From the course: Acoustic Guitar Lessons: 2 Scales, Walking Bass, Hammer-Ons, and Pull-Offs

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“Big Sciota” (basic): Rhythm

“Big Sciota” (basic): Rhythm

From the course: Acoustic Guitar Lessons: 2 Scales, Walking Bass, Hammer-Ons, and Pull-Offs

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“Big Sciota” (basic): Rhythm

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- I want to cover the basic cord changes here at Big Sciota. For students here that are new to Bluegrass, new to flat-picking, just double check as you read along with the tab here, you see the cords changing. So, I'll just play the rhythm part of Big Sciota and then we'll talk a little bit about it. So, I'll count it in one, two, three, go. (guitar strums) Repeat. (guitar strums) B section. (guitar strums) There's your repeat. (guitar strums) Okay, so a couple of things going on here to be aware of, play it at a fairly slow tempo, but there is still a kind of a quick change immediately as you jump into the downbeat here. You play a boom-chuck on the G. (guitar strums) And then, quickly to a D cord, (guitar strums) and then back to G, the melody. (guitar strums) You pull the rhythm for that like (guitar strums). So, it's important that you really spend some time thinking about those downs, the boom-chucks being consistent. (guitar strums) And again, as you move your fingers from cord…

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