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"Michael, Row the Boat Ashore"

"Michael, Row the Boat Ashore"

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"Michael, Row the Boat Ashore"

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- Let's do a little bit more with the Osborne roll right now. And we'll do an old folk hit from the early folk scare of the 60's. And this one's called "Michael Row the Boat Ashore". And it'll be primarily the Osborne roll, but at the end, just again, to keep it interesting we'll add some alternating thumb. Including a slide, one of the alternating slides that we used in "Boil them Cabbage Down". So let me play it for you first, and then we'll break it down. Okay, I just wanted to point out something that I did while I was playing. Just something for you to think about before we get into the tune itself. You might have noticed, or if you look back, that I moved my hand just a little bit away from the bridge. Because as I was playing it I thought, sounds a little too hard-edge. Because when you're close to the bridge you have that hard-edge sound, as I mentioned earlier. And as you move away from the bridge you get a more mellow sound over here. Sometimes just moving a quarter or an…

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