As a finger style student and a reluctant one I am glad I know a few patterns.
If you sing or want to sing then knowing how to play in a different tuning may put you in the magic spot - your vocal register. Janette sings.
Playing around with the capo will help you find your register even in normal tuning.
Mike also uses a thumb pick and a finger pick so this is perfect for the right person or devotee of this almost hymn like kind of Christian roots Americana. You know who you are!
Woody Guthrie made good use of the popular melodies of the day....
Comes with a nice pamphlet of music and tab.
The menu looks like this: Intro, Carter Family Background, Jimmy Brown the Newsboy tuning and performance, Guitars, Picks and basic picking patterns, Jimmy Browns simplified melody, Same with finger up strokes, with up stroke fills, with a G7 lick, with variation
Wildwood Flower performance, W. F. 1928 version broken down, played slowly, later version, later broken down, played slowly, Little Darling Pal of Mine Hawaiian style, Setup tuning and basic technique, Pal broken down, played slowly, The Cannonball, Cannonball performance, Basic strum, 1930 version, 1930 slowly, 1936 version performance, You are My Flower performance, basic pattern, broken down, slowly, Sara's back up style, Pretty Polly, broken down, A.P.'s picking style, I never will marry, outro
The Carter Family ~ Mike Seeger Page One | Page Two | Page Three
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