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

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“Daley's Reel” (basic): Part 1

“Daley's Reel” (basic): Part 1

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

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“Daley's Reel” (basic): Part 1

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- We're going to jump into the tune here called "Daley's Reel." It's a tune that I learned when I was a kid. I heard a great band, the Carroll Best String Band played this around Asheville, North Carolina. It's a great tune. You don't hear it a lot at jam sessions, but it seems like it's gaining popularity. I recorded this back three or four year ago on a record called "Bluegrass Guitar," and present it here at the basic level, and then we'll have two more levels beyond this, as you work through here, but it's a great tune and there's a good challenge in this basic level. In talking about all our fret access and there are four fingers to four frets, there's a moment coming up in this tune that we'll get into, but first I want to play this tune at 65 beats a minute. Here's "Daley's Reel." One, two, three, go. (picks guitar with rhythm guitar and metronome clicks) All right. That's "Daley's Reel" at 65 beats a minute at a basic level. That's the bare bones melody of this tune, and jump…

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