From the course: Acoustic Guitar Lessons: 2 Scales, Walking Bass, Hammer-Ons, and Pull-Offs
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“Blackberry Blossom” (basic): Rhythm
From the course: Acoustic Guitar Lessons: 2 Scales, Walking Bass, Hammer-Ons, and Pull-Offs
“Blackberry Blossom” (basic): Rhythm
- Blackberry Blossom provides a great challenge for someone new to playing bluegrass rhythm and playing rhythm under these fiddle tunes here. And basically as you look at the tab, you'll see that every bar has two different chords in it, so there's a lot of changing in the A section here. So we wanna use that as a challenge and recognize an opportunity to kinda establish some expectations, make some commitments to sound here. The key thing is just to keep things flowing, to keep the rhythm and the energy of the song consistent, even though we're changing a lot. So that's the big challenge for someone new to this style. Basic boom chuck rhythm, we're in four-four time. (guitar strumming) So what I learned from that is I hear that consistency of the boom-cha-boom. Hear the sustain of those notes. So even though I'm makin' lots of chord changes, I wanna try to maintain that song. That's gonna be my challenge. Okay. Not a lot of room for walking bass lines, not a lot of room for…
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“Wildwood Flower” (basic)8m 6s
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Using a capo4m 15s
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“Big Sciota” (basic): Melody9m 43s
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“Big Sciota” (basic): Rhythm4m 29s
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“Daley's Reel” (basic): Part 15m 48s
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“Daley's Reel” (basic): Part 26m 46s
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“Blackberry Blossom” (basic): Melody10m 6s
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“Blackberry Blossom” (basic): Rhythm4m 35s
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“Blackberry Blossom” (basic): Performance 75 BPM58s
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“Blackberry Blossom” (basic): Performance 85 BPM51s
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