Old Gray Coat, Part 2

from: Advanced Flatpicking Guitar with Scott Nygaard

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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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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).

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Old Gray Coat

Old Gray Coat, Part 1

Old Gray Coat, Part 2

Old Gray Coat, Part 3: Chords and Soloing

“Old Gray Coat” Play-Along Track

Old Gray Coat, Part 2

The bridge of “Old Gray Coat” starts with the melody of the first four bars of the tune moved to D minor and played up an octave. You can duplicate this melody exactly in D minor, but on Tony’s recording he plays a variation that Scott shows you. The second half of the bridge moves that melody to C minor and ends with a lick that gets you back to the key of E minor for a repeat of the A melody played up an octave. This final A part, however, instead of just repeating the original 16-bar part, consists of the second eight bars of the A part along with the four-bar interlude.

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