Learn the essential techniques of bluegrass flatpicking guitar through classic and lesser-known songs and tunes, from bluegrass blues to old-time fiddle tunes to country swing sounds.
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Home Sweet Home
In Part 2 of the lesson on crosspicking, you'll learn the first part of Scott's arrangement of "Home Sweet Home," which mostly uses the traditional 3-3-2 roll. Since crosspicking is usually used to play song melodies, it's a good idea to learn the melody of a song before tackling a crosspicking arrangement, so Scott starts by making sure you know the melody to "Home Sweet Home" and then takes the arrangement apart phrase by phrase (or roll by roll).
The B part of “Rebecca” basically repeats the last 5½ bars of the A part, playing that 5½ bars twice but ending on the V chord to transition back to a final A part. So you’ve already learned 90% or so of the B part. But Scott shows you a variation for the second half of the B part that Herschel Sizemore played and then shows you the ending and transition back to the A part. You’ll also learn a couple of variations on the first half of the A part in this video, and Scott finishes by giving you advice on improvising or creating your own solos to “Rebecca.”