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Instruments > Guitar > Flatpicking Academy with Tyler Grant

Flatpicking Academy
with Tyler Grant

National Flatpicking Champion, Tyler Grant, teaches his unique methods in a series of online guitar lessons for players of all levels. Learn techniques that can be applied to bluegrass, Americana, and jam band styles, plus improv methods, songs, tunes, & more. Students have access to hundreds of video lessons and learning materials, plus the option to submit videos to Tyler for feedback.

Bluegrass Guitar Styles + MoreMusic Theory + Improv

160+ Play-Along TracksGuitar Tabs + Written Materials

About Online Flatpicking Guitar Course with Tyler Grant


Prepare to embark on a thrilling musical adventure as ArtistWorks presents an extraordinary opportunity to learn the art of flatpicking guitar from the masterful Tyler Grant. With his exceptional skill, deep knowledge, and contagious passion for flatpicking, Tyler Grant is here to guide you through an immersive online course that will transform your guitar playing.

Welcome to a world-class online platform where you can develop your flatpicking skills at your own pace, right from the comfort of your own home. Whether you're a beginner seeking a solid foundation or an intermediate player looking to take your flatpicking to new heights, this comprehensive course is designed to provide you with the tools and techniques to become a proficient flatpicker.

With years of experience as a highly regarded flatpicking guitarist, Tyler Grant has shared the stage with renowned musicians and graced festivals around the world. Now, you have the exclusive opportunity to learn directly from him through a meticulously designed curriculum of video lessons, tailored to aspiring flatpickers of all levels.

From mastering the fundamentals of flatpicking technique, including pick grip, right-hand position, and efficient movement, to exploring advanced concepts such as crosspicking, double stops, and improvisation, Tyler Grant will guide you through each step of your musical journey. With his clear and concise instruction, you'll gain a comprehensive understanding of flatpicking guitar, enabling you to play with precision, speed, and musicality.

One of the remarkable features of this online flatpicking guitar course is the interactive learning experience facilitated by the ArtistWorks platform. As a student, you'll have the unique opportunity to submit practice videos to Tyler Grant, who will personally provide detailed video feedback and guidance. This personalized instruction ensures that you receive individual attention, allowing you to refine your technique and overcome any challenges along the way.

Additionally, you'll become part of a vibrant online community of fellow flatpicking enthusiasts. Connect with like-minded guitarists from all corners of the globe, share your progress, and receive support from both your peers and Tyler Grant himself. This collaborative environment fosters a sense of camaraderie and inspires you to push your boundaries, enhancing your learning experience and propelling your growth as a flatpicker.

With the flexibility to access the course materials anytime, anywhere, and the ability to learn at your own pace, this online flatpicking guitar course caters to players of all levels. Whether you're a dedicated flatpicking aficionado or an adventurous guitarist seeking to expand your skills, Tyler Grant's expertise and guidance will unlock your potential and allow you to express yourself authentically through the art of flatpicking.

Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to learn from a true master of flatpicking guitar. Enroll in the online flatpicking guitar course with Tyler Grant today, and embark on a transformative musical journey that will elevate your playing and ignite your passion for flatpicking. Get ready to unleash the power and beauty of flatpicking guitar and become the guitarist you've always aspired to be!


About Video Exchange® Learning



What ultimately sets these guitar lessons apart from other offerings is the ability to submit a video for review using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange Learning® platform. Tyler reviews each submission and records a video response, offering specific guidance to take your guitar playing to the next level. All students can access the Video Exchange library and watch each other’s interactions with Tyler. This library is constantly expanding and may contain the key to unlock your playing.


About Tyler Guitar


A National Flatpicking Champion and renowned guitarist, singer, songwriter, storyteller, producer, and educator—Tyler Grant’s adventurous career has spanned the better part of thirty years, and has taken him from sideman to bandleader; and young hotshot to mentor in the Bluegrass, Americana, and Jam Band scenes. Tyler has appeared at most major US festivals and performed thousands of concerts and guitar workshops worldwide. He was an original member of the Emmitt-Nershi Band and a sideman for Abigail Washburn, April Verch, and Adrienne Young. Tyler founded the Cosmic Americana band Grant Farm® in 2010. After five albums, a collaborative release with Fruition (the celebrated Meeting On The Mountain EP), eleven episodes of the Meeting On The Mountain LIVE Broadcast®, and hundreds of concerts and festival sets around the US, the band called an indefinite hiatus, seeking new directions during the “Great Pause” of 2020. Tyler has produced six solo albums to date, and released six albums by Grant Farm for his own Grant Central Records. When he’s not on the road performing, Tyler calls Denver, CO his home, and has been teaching at ArtistWorks since May 2023.


Flatpick Guitar Lessons


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Beginner's Corner

Guitar Anatomy & Practice Posture
Holding the Pick & Tuning the Guitar
Reading Tablature & Notation
Learn Your Notes in Open Position
Your First Tune - “Skip to My Lou”
Your First Open Chords
Boom Strum Rhythm - “Skip to My Lou”
Your First Song - “John Henry”
Your Next Tune - “Cripple Creek”
Next Steps
Miscellaneous Topics - Video Exchange Category

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Fundamentals

Warm Ups & Calibration Exercises - Introduction
Warm Ups & Calibration Exercises - Calibrating the Picking Mechanism
Warm Ups & Calibration Exercises - Calibrating the Fretting Mechanism
Grace Notes - Hammer-Ons
Grace Notes - Pull-Offs
Grace Notes - Slide Technique
Learning Melodies by Ear - The C Major Scale
Learning Melodies by Ear - Simple Melody in C
Learning Melodies by Ear - The C Major Pentatonic Scale
Learning Melodies by Ear - Simple Useful Lick #1 in C
Learning Melodies by Ear - Simple Useful Lick #2 in C
Miscellaneous Topics - Video Exchange Category
"Jimmy Brown the Paperboy" - Song in C Major
Bluegrass Rhythm - The Boom Strum
"Jimmy Brown the Paperboy" - Using the Boom Strum
Alternate Picking - Basic Guidelines
Alternate Picking - Exercise 1
Alternate Picking - Exercise 2
Alternate Picking - Exercise 3
"The Gal I Left Behind Me" - Tune in C Major - Melody
"The Gal I Left Behind Me" - Tune in C Major - Rhythm
Self-Accompaniment Style 1 - The Melody Strum
"Jimmy Brown the Paperboy" - Guitar Break in C
Timing & Dynamic Variations Explained
"The Gal I Left Behind Me" - Chord Shape Variations in C
"The Gal I Left Behind Me" - Single Note Variations in C
Ear Training Challenge: 2 Simple Melodies in C Major
Taters & Tags in C
How Are You Feeling?
Learning Melodies by Ear - The G Major Scale
Learning Melodies by Ear - The G Major Pentatonic Scale
Learning Melodies by Ear - Transposing Simple Melody in C to G
Learning Melodies by Ear - Transposing 2 Simple Licks in C to G
"Worried Man Blues" - Song in G Major - Melody
"Worried Man Blues" - Song in G Major - Rhythm
"Worried Man Blues" - Song in G Major - Melody Strum Arrangement
"Worried Man Blues" - Song in G Major - Guitar Break
"Miss McLeod's Reel" - Tune in G Major - Melody
"Miss McLeod's Reel" - Tune in G Major - Rhythm
"Miss McLeod's Reel" - Tune in G Major - Single Note Variation
Bass Runs in G
"Worried Man Blues" - Song in G Major - Applying Bass Runs
G Runs
Strum Patterns
Ear Training Challenge: 2 Simple Melodies in G Major
Learning Melodies by Ear - The D Major Scale
Learning Melodies by Ear - The D Major Pentatonic Scale
Learning Melodies by Ear - Simple Melody in D
Learning Melodies by Ear - 2 Simple Useful Licks in D
"All the Good Times Are Past & Gone" - Song in D in Waltz Time - Melody
"All the Good Times Are Past & Gone" - Song in D in Waltz Time - Rhythm
"All the Good Times Are Past & Gone" - Song in D in Waltz Time - Guitar Break
"Angelina Baker" - Tune in D Major - Melody
"Angelina Baker" - Tune in D Major - Rhythm
"Angelina Baker" - Tune in D Major - Variations
Ear Training Challenge: 2 Simple Melodies in D Major
"Banks of the Ohio" - Song in C Major - Melody
"Banks of the Ohio" - Song in C Major - Rhythm
Bass Runs in C
"Banks of the Ohio" - Song in C Major - Applying Bass Runs
Self-Accompaniment Style 2 - Introduction to Crosspicking
Crosspicking 1: Exercises - 4 Note Rolls
Crosspicking 1: Exercises - 4 Note Rolls with Boom Strum
Crosspicking 1: Exercises - "Banks of the Ohio" Rhythm Arrangement
Crosspicking 2: Exercises - 5 Note Forward Reverse Rolls
Crosspicking 2: Etude 1
Crosspicking 2: Etude 2
Crosspicking 3: Exercises - 3 Note Forward Rolls - Alternate Picking
Crosspicking 3: Exercises - 3 Note Forward Rolls - Down, Down, Up Picking
"Banks of the Ohio" - Song in C Major - Crosspicking Arrangement
"Worried Man Blues" - Song in G Major - Crosspicking Arrangement
Using a Capo
Introduction to Transposing Keys
"The Gal I Left Behind Me" - Transposing the Melody from C to G
"The Gal I Left Behind Me" - Transposing the Rhythm from C to G
"Worried Man Blues" - Transposing the Melody from G to C
"Worried Man Blues" - Transposing the Rhythm from G to C
Pentatonic & Blues Patterns in Open Position
Useful Licks in C
Useful Licks in G
Useful Licks in D
Jam Terminology
"Lonesome Road Blues" - Song in G Major - Working Up a Kickoff
"Lonesome Road Blues" - Song in G Major - Rhythm
"Lonesome Road Blues" - Song in G Major - Rhythm Variations
"Lonesome Road Blues" - Song in G Major - Bluesy Guitar Break
"Cripple Creek" - Tune in A Major (G Position, Capo 2) - Variations
Chord Reference - Relevant Open Chords
Chord Reference - Relevant Barre Chords

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The Journey

"Bury Me Beneath the Willow" - New Melody Strum Moves - Key of E, Capo 4
Crosspicking - Stylistic Modifications
Crosspicking - Etude 3
"Bury Me Beneath the Willow" - Key of E, Capo 4 - Crosspicking
Scale Sequence Exercise - Three Note Sequence in C
Scale Sequence Exercise - "Chugging Along" Sequence in C
Scale Sequence Exercise - "Doin' Thirds" in C
“Arkansas Traveler” - Key of D, Capo 2 - Fiddle Tune with Built-in Sequences
“Arkansas Traveler” - Key of D, Capo 2 - Melody Strum & Crosspicking Variations
”Lonesome Road Blues” - Song in G Major - Solo Using Scale Sequences
"Billy in the Lowground" - Tune in C Position - Melody
Miscellaneous Topics - Video Exchange Category
"Billy in the Lowground" - Tune in C Position - Rhythm
“Billy in the Lowground” - Tune in C Position - Crosspicking Variation
Next Level Calibration Exercises
Pet Song / Pet Tune Concept
Case Study: Writing & Arranging a Simple Tune - “The Old Time Country Guitar”
"East Virginia Blues" - Song in G Major - Melody
"East Virginia Blues" - Song in G Major - Melody Strum
"East Virginia Blues" - Song in G Major - Kickoff
"East Virginia Blues" - Song in G Major - Guitar Break Using New Licks
"East Virginia Blues" - Song in G Major - Rhythm Guitar Moves
Learning to Love Your Metronome
Music Theory for Flatpickers - Rudiments of Music
Music Theory for Flatpickers - Basic Chord Theory
Music Theory for Flatpickers - 7th Chords
Music Theory for Flatpickers - Secondary Dominant Chords
Music Theory for Flatpickers - Intervals
Music Theory for Flatpickers - Blue Notes & Other Non-Diatonic Notes
Music Theory for Flatpickers - Circle of 5ths
Music Theory for Flatpickers - The Minor Scale
"Wayfaring Stranger" - Song in E minor - Melody
"Wayfaring Stranger" - Song in E minor - Rhythm
"Wayfaring Stranger" - Song in E minor - Simple Chord Melody
"Wayfaring Stranger" - Song in E minor - Guitar Break
"Rights of Man" - Tune in E minor
"Down in the Willow Garden" - Song in G Using the 6 minor Chord - Melody
"Down in the Willow Garden" - Song in G Using the 6 minor Chord - Rhythm
"Pickin' Through the Changes" - Major Tune Using 1-6m-2m-5 Progression
"Stompin' the Grass" - 12 Bar Blues Tune in G Major - Melody
"Stompin' the Grass" - 12 Bar Blues Tune in G - Bluegrass Stomp Rhythm
"Stompin' the Grass" - 12 Bar Blues Tune in G - Swing "Sock" Rhythm
"Stompin' the Grass" - 12 Bar Blues Tune in G Major - Guitar Break
“Dream of the Miner's Child” - Song in G Using a Secondary Dominant Chord - Melody
“Dream of the Miner's Child” - Song in G Using a Secondary Dominant Chord - Rhythm
"Dream of the Miner's Child" - Song in G Using a Secondary Dominant Chord - Guitar Break
“Bill Cheatham” - Tune in G Position - Key of A, Capo 2 - Melody
“Bill Cheatham” - Tune in G Position - Key of A, Capo 2 - Rhythm
“Bill Cheatham” - Tune in G Position - Key of A, Capo 2 - Guitar Break
Modes Explained: Modes of the C Major Scale in Open Position
Modes Explained: Modes of the G Major Scale in Open Position
“Cold Rain and Snow” - Song in D Position - Melody
“Cold Rain and Snow” - Song in D Position - Rhythm
“Cold Rain and Snow” - Using D Mixolydian Mode - Guitar Break
“Omie Wise” - Modal Song in C Minor, Capo 3 - Melody
“Omie Wise” - Modal Song in C Minor, Capo 3 - Melody Strum Rhythm
"Ships Are Sailing" - Modal Tune in E minor - Melody
"Ships Are Sailing" - Modal Tune in E minor - Rhythm
“Eighth of January” - Tune in D Position - Melody
“Eighth of January” - Tune in D Position - Rhythm
“Eighth of January” - Tune in D Position - Variations
Scales in Open Position - A Major Scale
Scales in Open Position - A Major Pentatonic Scale
“Sitting On Top of the World” - Song in A Position - Melody
“Sitting On Top of the World” - Song in A Position - Rhythm
“Sitting On Top of the World” - Song in A Position - Guitar Break
"Cattle in the Cane" - Tune in A Position - Melody
"Cattle in the Cane" - Tune in A Position - Rhythm
Scales in Open Position - E Major Scale
Scales in Open Position - E Major Pentatonic Scale
“In the Pines” - Song in E Position - Melody
“In the Pines” - Song in E Position - Rhythm
“In the Pines” - Song in E Position - Guitar Break
“Old Joe Clark” in A, Capo 2 - Melody
“Old Joe Clark” in A, Capo 2 - Tags
Speed Training - “Old Joe Clark” in A, Capo 2
"Blue Water Hornpipe" - Tune in Bb, Capo 3
Twin Guitar Harmonizing - “Blue Water Hornpipe” - Tune in Bb, Capo 3
Twin Guitar Harmonizing - "Billy in the Lowground" - Tune in C Position
Twin Guitar Harmonizing - Assignment Challenge

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Branching Out

“Stompin' the Grass” - Mixolydian Mode Over Dominant 7th Chords in G
“Don't Let the Deal Go Down” - More Secondary Dominant Chords in G - Melody
“Don't Let the Deal Go Down” - More Secondary Dominant Chords in G - Rhythm
“Don't Let the Deal Go Down” - Guitar Break in G
“Beaumont Rag” - Navigating Ragtime Changes in D
Arranging "Good Morning Mr. Railroad Man"
"Good Morning Mr. Railroad Man" - Key of E - Guitar Break
Non-Diatonic Neighbor Tones
Pentatonic Patterns Across the Entire Fretboard
The C Major Scale Across the Entire Fretboard - CAGED System
The C Major Scale Across the Entire Fretboard - 3 Notes Per String
Miscellaneous Topics - Video Exchange Category
Diatonic 3rds
Diatonic 6ths
Major Scale Southwest Waltz Jam
Dorian Jam - Dm-G7 Progression
Lydian Jam - F-G Progression
Mixolydian Jam - G-F Progression
Aeolian Jam (Natural Minor) - Am-Dm Progression
True Minor Jam - Am-E7 Progression

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