Guitar How-To

One way to get a grip on playing bluegrass music on acoustic guitar is to think of yourself as a bass player who also plays chords. Or as a single note player who throws in chords to add some interest. Those two ideas will help you to understand what you are listening to when you are choosing some bluegrass playing to emulate. As your picking technique progresses you should be able to add in some hammer-ons and pull-offs when you see opportunities for them come up naturally. If you are not good at these techniques yet, you will need to look up some exercises on the internet and set aside some practice time to get your left hand fingers working. Here is a video on playing bluegrass on acoustic guitar . . .

Here is an article called Learn To Play Bluegrass Guitar at the Online Guitar Lessons blog.