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Migrating the Thumb, Part 1: “Shady Grove” in A

This lesson is part of the course Clawhammer Guitar with Steve Baughman.
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Learn how to use the traditional clawhammer style of old-time banjo on the guitar to play traditional dance tunes with a powerful groove or sweet, contemplative melodies. With clawhammer technique exercises and 12 great tunes to play.
 
 
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Learn to play the traditional music favorite “Shady Grove” using many of the techniques you’ve learned in the last two lessons. Steve starts by showing you how to modify the bum-ditty pattern slightly by just playing a single note instead of the brush stroke, and then he walks you through the melody of “Shady Grove” phrase by phrase, giving you a chance to play along with him as he goes.
 
 
 
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MIGRATING THE THUMB  
 
MIGRATING THE THUMB  
 
Migrating the Thumb, Part 1: “Shady Grove” in A
Migrating the Thumb, Part 1: “Shady Grove” in A
 
So far you’ve been playing the bum-ditty clawhammer pattern with your thumb only playing the sixth string, but it can play other strings as well. In this lesson, you’ll start learning how to “migrate” your thumb to other strings, first with a version of “Shady Grove” in the key of A, where your thumb will play the fifth string, A. Steve walks you through “Shady Grove” in A slowly, pointing out how he’s playing the “brush” gently, usually on just one string.

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