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Osborne roll: "Sourwood Mountain"

Osborne roll: "Sourwood Mountain"

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Osborne roll: "Sourwood Mountain"

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- Okay, let's apply this Osborne roll now to "Sourwood Mountain", which is just an old folk song, an old time song. Let me just play it for you so you can hear what it sounds like, and then I'll break it down. (banjo plays "Sourwood Mountain") Alright, so what we're gonna do, we're starting off "Sourwood Mountain" with two Osborne rolls, (banjo plays) open, (banjo plays) and then (banjo plays) Now this is sort of like patting your stomach and rubbing your head at the same time. You're gonna have your index on the 2nd fret of the 1st string, and the pinky on the 5th fret of the 1st string. Now the reason I'm using this and the pinky is because your pinky is becoming a vestigial organ, which means it doesn't get much use, and it's one of your weaker fingers, so I'm trying to help you build strength in your pinky. The idea is, and this is something as you get into a lot fancier music, is really handy to use one finger per fret in this case. In other words, you're not actually gonna be…

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