Steve Eulberg teaches a classic bluegrass song entitled "I Am a Pilgrim." He covers strumming, the melody, and walking bass lines.
Taught by Steve Eulberg in Bluegrass Guitar with Steve Eulberg seriesLength: 28:57Difficulty: 2.0 of 5
Bluegrass is one of the most recognizable styles of guitar. Some refer to bluegrass as a celebration of the simple things in life. Dive into this series to learn the essential components of the bluegrass guitar style.
Lesson 1
Steve demonstrates basic, essential bluegrass techniques. In this lesson, you will learn the bass/chop technique.
Length: 16:00 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 2
Now that you have the bass/chop down, Steve demonstrates additional bluegrass techniques.
Length: 21:06 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 3
Steve takes our bluegrass song one step further in this lesson. He demonstrates how to play a walking bass line between chords.
Length: 21:07 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 4
In this lesson, Steve discusses hammer-ons and pull-offs and how they are used in the bluegrass genre.
Length: 33:34 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 5
Steve explains double picking, also known as alternate picking. He teaches a scale that enables you to play an awesome bluegrass lick.
Length: 30:04 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 6
Steve teaches a widely used bluegrass lick.
Length: 22:34 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 7
In this lesson Steve teaches a descending bluegrass lick.
Length: 34:00 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 8
Steve gives tips on playing a melody line in the bluegrass genre.
Length: 37:00 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 9
Steve demonstrates how you can use "closed chord" voicings in order to raise the octave of the melody. Great lesson!
Length: 38:00 Difficulty: 3.5 Members OnlyLesson 10
Steve demonstrates some bluegrass licks that serve as introductions, endings, and transitions within a song.
Length: 23:00 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 11
Steve Eulberg teaches a classic bluegrass song entitled "I Am a Pilgrim." He covers strumming, the melody, and walking bass lines.
Length: 28:57 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 12
Steve teaches a bluegrass waltz titled "Angel Band."
Length: 28:09 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 13
Steve dives deep into another classic Bluegrass lick that you can use to flare up a jam session or song.
Length: 20:46 Difficulty: 2.0 FREELesson 14
Steve Eulberg teaches the first part of the bluegrass classic, "Wabash Cannonball."
Length: 18:52 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 15
Steve continues his two part "Wabash Cannonball" series by teaching how to develop the basic rhythm and melody into unique solo sections.
Length: 23:53 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 16
Steve Eulberg teaches this old tune as if it were being played back in the old days. Here, Steve demonstrates the verse, chorus, and melody. Enjoy the story behind this one!
Length: 15:26 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 17
In his second lesson of "The Ballad of Jesse James," Steve Eulberg demonstrates a more in depth look at how to play the song in a bluegrass form. This lesson is all about double stops, and when combined...
Length: 21:53 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
About Steve Eulberg
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An Award-winning multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, Steve Eulberg weaves mountain and hammered dulcimers with a variety of unusual instruments to create thought-provoking, smile-inducing, toe-tapping acoustic experiences.
He has sung and composed for religious communities, union halls, picket lines, inter-faith retreats, mountain-top youth camps, as well as the more familiar venues: clubs, coffeehouses, bookstores, festivals, charity benefits and showcase concerts.
Born and raised in the German-heritage town of Pemberville, Ohio, Steve was exposed to a variety of music in his home. Early piano lessons were followed by trumpet in school band, and he became self-taught on ukelele and guitar and harmonica. Mandolin was added at Capital University where, while majoring in History, he studied Ear Training, Voice and took Arranging lessons from the Conservatory of Music.
While at college, he first heard hammered and mountain dulcimers, building his first mountain dulcimer just before his final year. Seminary training took him the west side of Denver where he built his first hammered dulcimer. With these instruments, he was able to give voice to the Scottish, English and Irish traditions to which he is also heir.
Following marriage in 1985 to Connie Winter-Eulberg he settled in Kansas City, Missouri. There he worked cross-culturally in a church of African-Americans, Latinos and European Americans, with music being a primary organizing tool. He moved with his family in 1997 to be nestled beside the Rocky Mountains in Fort Coillins, Colorado.
Founder of Owl Mountain Music, Inc. he teaches and performs extensively in Colorado and Wyoming with tours across the US and the UK. He delights in introducing the “sweet music†of dulcimers to people in diverse settings and in addition to his own recordings, has included dulcimers in a variety of session work for other musicians.
In 2000 he was commissioned to create a choral composition featuring dulcimers for the Rainbow Chorus in Fort Collins. It was recorded in the same year (BEGINNINGS). He is currently at work on a commissioned symphony that will feature hammered dulcimer and Australian didjeridu.
Eulberg passionately believes that music crosses cultural and language barriers because music builds community. Influenced by a variety of ethnic styles, his music weaves vital lyric with rap, rock, folk, gospel and blues. Audiences of all ages respond well to his presentation and to his warm sense of humor.
Steve is a member of Local 1000 (AFM), The Folk Alliance, BMI and BWAAG (Better World Artists and Activist's Guild).
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Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.I am not sure, but to me it looks like, the supplemental content does not fit with what you are playing. (Scene 4, and the supplemental)
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Steve, I Just wanted to take a second to say thanks for creating all of this lesson content. I've been following your lessons for a bit and they are fun and helpful! I've gotten a lot better, thanks to you! I'm really digging the bluegrass lessons! Thanks Again!
At last!! Playing these songs actually sounds like music. Your lessons are taking my playing passed that durn boom chucka plateau!! Thank you, Steve. (Now, for a lot more practice . . .)
I am not sure, but to me it looks like, the supplemental content dont fit with what you are playing. (Scene 4, and the supplemental)
Steve, I have been playing a long time and can finger most chord grips but am having a heck of a time with open G using fingers 2,3,4 instead of 1,2,3. I can finger it, but finger 3 on low G mutes the B note on string 5. Any suggestions for fingering this grip cleanly? (perhaps it is because i cut off 5/8" off of finger 2).
The way I sang and posted it on the board is the way I learned it. Sorry, I didn't type up the lyrics...don't know the source of them. Steve
I think the lyrics in the supplemental content are what Merle Travis sang...not 100% sure though.
this a great song Steve, but why did you change the WORDS in the lyrics it says AND, GOOD LORD, GOOD LORDY THE MELODY & LICK BOARD SAYS,BUT,O GOD, O LORD.?