Flatpicking Foundations

Flatpicking Foundations is your step-by-step path from “I’ve never touched a guitar” to confidently playing your first bluegrass fiddle tunes. With 26 beginner-friendly video lessons and over two hours of clear, structured instruction, you’ll learn everything you need to get started the right way — from understanding the parts of the guitar and choosing the right instrument, to proper posture, right- and left-hand technique, boom-chuck rhythm, and your first simple melodies. By the end, you won’t just know about the guitar… you’ll be playing real bluegrass music with confidence, clean technique, and a solid foundation that sets you up for a lifetime of growth.

$197.00 USD

Fretboard Freedom + Applications

Fretboard Freedom + Applications is a complete, step-by-step system for guitarists who want the fretboard to finally make sense. Featuring over 12 hours of instruction, you’ll start by building clear anchor points across the neck—learning where notes live, how triads and pentatonics are constructed, and how scales grow naturally from them. Then you’ll take those tools into real music, applying them to common bluegrass and jazz-influenced chord progressions so you’re not just learning theory—you’re using it. By the end of this course, you won’t be guessing or memorizing shapes anymore. You’ll understand how the fretboard connects, how harmony moves, and how to confidently find musical ideas anywhere on the neck. If you’ve ever thought, “I kind of know this stuff, but I don’t really know how to use it,” this course was built for you.

$197.00 USD

Intro to Swing Guitar

Intro to Swing Guitar is a complete, self-paced deep dive into the language of swing guitar—designed for players who want to move beyond cowboy chords and start comping, soloing, and hearing harmony with confidence. You’ll learn closed-position swing chord shapes, essential inversions, walking bass movement, and the rhythmic feel that defines classic and Western swing, while also developing the fretboard awareness and ear skills needed to actually use these sounds in real music. Whether you’re brand new to swing or looking to solidify your foundation, this bundle gives you a clear, step-by-step path to building authentic swing rhythm and melodic vocabulary—without overwhelm, and at your own pace.

$197.00 USD

Modern Bluegrass Crosspicking

In this step-by-step course, Hayes Griffin unpacks one of the core elements of bluegrass and modern acoustic guitar playing - crosspicking. Pioneered by legends like George Shuffler, Doc Watson, Clarence White, and Tony Rice, crosspicking has become an essential technique employed by nearly all modern acoustic guitar players.  Through this course, Hayes will show you the basic building blocks of crosspicking, applying them to numerous etudes, exercises, and tunes.  All PDFs and MP3 downloads are listed on the Course homepage, so download your files and let's get to crosspicking!

$97.00 USD

30 Days of Bluegrass Guitar

This fun, vertical-format 30-day course is the perfect starting point for absolute beginners. In short, easy-to-follow daily lessons, you’ll learn the essentials of bluegrass rhythm guitar, get introduced to lead playing, master classic beginner tunes like Angelina Baker, explore simple scales, and even take your first steps into improvisation. By the end of the month, you’ll have the skills and confidence to strum along, pick basic melodies, and start making real music on your own—no prior experience required. Hayes even includes a bonus month of content to keep you headed down the path to flatpicking glory!

$97.00 USD

Bluegrass Flatpicking Masterclass Collection

Level up your playing with this comprehensive series of fifteen hour-long masterclasses designed for intermediate to advanced guitarists. Each session dives deep into essential flatpicking skills, including floating-hand technique, creative ways to vary fiddle tunes, effective practice strategies, chord substitutions, voice-leading with triads, introductory swing lead guitar concepts, ear-training tactics, and more. With over fifteen hours of guided instruction, this course gives you the tools to refine your mechanics, expand your musical vocabulary, and unlock more confident, musical improvisation across the fretboard.

$97.00 USD

Intro to Western Swing Rhythm Guitar

Intro to Western Swing Rhythm Guitar gives you the tools to play the classic “sock rhythm” style made famous by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Asleep at the Wheel, Hot Club of Cowtown, and other legendary western swing bands. Through clear, step-by-step lessons, you’ll learn the closed-position swing chord shapes and essential inversions that create that unmistakable driving groove — including the walking bass–infused sock patterns that define the genre. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to lock into a solid western swing rhythm, outline chord changes cleanly, and bring authentic Texas-style swagger to any jam, band, or solo performance.

$47.00 USD

Everyday Music Theory

Everyday Music Theory is a clear, lecture-based course designed to teach you how music works from the inside out. Instead of focusing on playing exercises, this course trains your ears and your mind—guiding you from zero theory knowledge to a practical understanding of the musical alphabet, how to measure intervals, how scales and chords are built, and how common harmonic progressions function. By the end, you’ll be able to recognize what you’re hearing, understand the “why” behind the music you play, and apply these concepts confidently to any style.

$47.00 USD

6 Lesson Accelerator

Perfect for players who want focused progress on a specific skill in a defined timeframe. This 3-month track (biweekly lessons) gives us the space to target a clear musical goal and actually finish it together — whether that’s building a solid understanding of basic music theory, mapping triads all over the fretboard, or taking 2–3 fiddle tunes and learning how to create variations, breaks, and improvisations. This package creates accountability, momentum, and a tangible musical win you can point to at the end.

$600.00 USD

12 Lesson Accelerator

Designed for students who want deeper, long-term growth and transformation in their playing. Over 6 months of biweekly lessons, we can tackle bigger projects that take time to develop: correcting technical habits, building speed and accuracy, applying jazz or bluegrass theory in real improvisation, or reshaping how you approach the guitar altogether. This package gives us the continuity and structure to make lasting changes—not just quick wins—so you come out with stronger technique, clearer musical understanding, and a more confident voice on your instrument.

$1,000.00 USD

Bluegrass Survival Kit

Free

Intro to Electric Mandolin

This is your complete crash-course in all things electric mandolin! Even if you've never touched an acoustic mandolin in your life, this course will get you up and running on Day 1 with the Biggest Little Instrument in the World!

Free