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Saltflat Rhapsody, Part 1

This lesson is part of the course Fingerstyle Guitar with Stevie Coyle.
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Saltflat Rhapsody  
 
Saltflat Rhapsody  
 
Saltflat Rhapsody, Part 1
Saltflat Rhapsody, Part 1
 
Stevie’s original “Saltflat Rhapsody,” is a fun fingerstyle tune that uses the fretting-hand thumb to play many of the bass notes. It has a regular alternation bass and some Merle Travis and Chet Atkins-influenced voicings in which you play higher notes on lower strings, for a ringing, chimey effect. Stevie plays the tune through and then starts taking it apart, piece by piece, showing you how to finger the up-the-neck chord voicings he uses and explaining how he gets the muted-bass “Chet and Merle sound” by using “palm muting” and a “double alternating bass.” You’ll learn the first part of “Saltflat Rhapsody” in this video.

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