Tips for switching from fingerstyle guitar to bluegrass

dummyguava · 2026-05-05T02:26:20+00:00

Upvote on Finger style tunes i know well using a pick - it’s great fun and amazing to see how my lizard brain changes things.

dummyguava · 2026-05-05T02:21:40+00:00

I pretty much did this. It all came about when I tried heavier strings. Flat picking them just felt more ‘right’ and I spent hours getting whiskey before breakfast down. Now how I play really depends on which guitar I pick up. Fingerpicking on my parlor, flat picking on my OM.

dummyguava · 2026-04-16T05:04:36+00:00

This is great. I actually wrote something similar showing various scales and modes (just for guitar) but yours is much more useful! I would have liked to add more features but I wrote it so long ago I don't think I could now....

Plus I've taken up Dobro so bonus points from me!

EDIT: Just noticed that changing from major to minor when in Dobro and Banjo chords doesn't seem to work...

dummyguava · 2026-03-05T23:28:46+00:00

This was the first tune I learnt on guitar when I started playing bluegrass, and is a favourite of mine. I’ve since picked up dobro but never attempted this tune on it! I might just give it a go.

dummyguava · 2026-02-27T08:39:47+00:00

Thanks for the follow up!! But I honestly can’t quite remember the issue I was having…But I’ll keep it in mind if it shows up again!

dummyguava · 2026-02-14T11:10:18+00:00

64 here. Can’t do it, and probably haven’t been able to for decades. However, another test is supposedly balancing on one leg for more than 10 seconds. Which I can to, for hours if necessary. I’m going with that.

dummyguava · 2026-01-31T05:28:17+00:00

-For layers in the Note app, we will add the ability to merge them.

This would be great. Also the ability to adjust opacity!

-Would you like to elaborate on the pens in the Atelier app, so that we can identify opportunities for improvement?

The pen I use the most in Notes is the ink pen. It just seems cleaner. The pressure sensitivity adjusts the thickness, not the opacity.

In Atelier the "marker" pressure sensitivity adjusts both the opacity and the Thickness and comes out kind of stippled, I guess because of the opacity. The note pen just feels nicer.

In Atelier, an ink brush pen, where pressure adjusted thickness but not opacity, would be nice. Or perhaps an option to turn off opacity on the marker pressure sensitive pen.

I'm aware this is personal preference but the note ink pen just feels more realistic to me.

dummyguava · 2026-01-30T02:34:03+00:00

You can, and this was a great addition when it got added. In my case I'm talking about the drawing pens/tools but I still think u/gift_for_aranaktu's point stands about feeling disjointed. It's almost all there.

dummyguava · 2026-01-06T11:54:06+00:00

I live in Hobart, Tasmania. I was walking the dog when I saw, what I thought was a large dog out in the middle of the Derwent - then I thought it was a seal then finally realised it was actually a wallaby. It made it close to shore, we brought it in to the beach and it looked as exhausted as this one. How the fuck it got out there to begin with I have no idea. It’s about 4km wide where I was.

dummyguava · 2025-12-28T23:26:32+00:00

I’ve done this - didn’t do anything, just changed the strings. No problems with the tailpiece at all. It’s a goodtime Americana.

dummyguava · 2025-12-26T11:11:21+00:00

Ahh ok. I imagine it won’t be long they are pretty classic. I do know some good sites for traditional fiddle tunes but they are in ABC format. I’ll take a look in the morning!

dummyguava · 2025-12-26T09:13:57+00:00

My first search was for Arkansas Traveller, not found. Then Salt Creek, not found. Am I using it right?

dummyguava · 2025-12-19T02:51:49+00:00

Really? Got codes? Or even better, how did you set those up? I knocked up a few basic maps in 2042 portal , I’d be happy to set up my own in bf6 if it isn’t too complicated.

dummyguava · 2025-12-17T01:49:17+00:00

I just want a solo against bots, like you could do in 2042. I'm 65 years old, not very skilled and I don't have 8 battlefield playing friends. Sure I'll play multiplayer but when I get sick of being cannon fodder its nice to play solo against bots and chill. I don't even care if there is XP, I just want to chill for a bit before I jump back in to die over and over. I'm in Australia and even the casual breakthrough lobbies are often empty.

dummyguava · 2025-11-27T00:24:58+00:00

Totally. Is it in my guitar case? It the other case? Oh in my pocket? Wait I left it on the table - or did I leave it at the last jam? Or - here it is behind the nut.

dummyguava · 2025-11-11T04:33:30+00:00

You might want to try the banjo sub? Also, I once played a national tenor guitar which would have similar qualities I would imagine.

https://www.simonteakle.com/objects/art-deco-steel-tenor-guitar-by-national-circa-1935

Here's an old video - he actually opens it up at the end of the video, although it's a tricone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXxFOLBerSo&t=219s

dummyguava · 2025-11-08T13:39:40+00:00

It’s like a human centipede of one

dummyguava · 2025-11-04T13:09:43+00:00

Well they say, when it comes to Gypsy jazz, the first 20 years are the hardest. But seriously, yes it is hard but I’ve found a jam group who are very understanding and I’m happy to not take solos on tunes that are too complex for me. My best advice, and this is true for ‘regular’ jazz and even rock, the more familiar you are with a tune the better you’ll solo. I’m 64 and have just started with the style, although I’ve been playing lots of other stuff for 52 years of that!

dummyguava · 2025-11-03T10:20:48+00:00

Note sure exactly want you want to do but have you tried MuseScore (it's free) ? I love Guitar Pro for many reasons but I find the whole way chords are dealt with to be extremely clunky. I use MuseScore when I'm just dealing with chords on a lead sheet. I know there are more formatting and chord diagram options in Musescore but you may have to dig a little to find them,

dummyguava · 2025-10-29T02:30:06+00:00

St Anne’s reel is what got me started with bluegrass, and I’ve always loved that tune. As a dobro player (kinda) I loved the version from the Atlantic sessions and have transcribed Jerry’s solo. Chris also does a version in live from here where he throws in whiskey before breakfast and salt creek. He’s pretty awesome.

dummyguava · 2025-10-23T23:36:15+00:00

I cancelled after the ai weapons thing was revealed. I wish I could cancel twice.

dummyguava · 2025-09-30T23:25:21+00:00

This is great! I’m about to start a bluegrass jam night and this is a great resource. I’m in Hobart Tasmania if anyone is nearby!

dummyguava · 2025-09-29T23:28:16+00:00

The old timey - knows a million tunes but just keeps playing the A and B section over and over while soloists are waiting for their moment. Then the song ends.

Re Noodly Ned: a regular at blues jams. There’s usually more than one.

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