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“Big Sciota” (basic): Melody

“Big Sciota” (basic): Melody

- Got a version for the basic curriculum here, of Big Sciota, good modern classic flatpicking tune, I'll play it here at 75 beats a minute, and then we'll talk about it. (light percussion) - [Voiceover] And one, two, three, go. (mellow guitar music) (light percussion) - Alright. Again, a good modern classic flatpicking number, you see this a lot in jam sessions. A lot of great modern recordings of this song. This is sort of a stripped-down basic version of the melody. But it does a good thing of sort of challenging some of the earlier ideas of the pick pattern, and a good solid basis for this tune, upon which to build for some later challenge. So, it kind of just starts with a good stream of eighth notes. (mellow, picked guitar melody) That's your first phrase, so the thing to think about, the downbeat of A, which is actually bar two of the tab here, the first bar of the melody. (deliberate, light guitar picking) Is a downbeat. And then, beat two is also a downbeat. (deliberate, light…

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