All the Good Times Are Past and Gone, Part 1: Melody and First Solo

from: Intermediate Flatpicking Guitar with Scott Nygaard

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Learn to play fiddle tunes and other bluegrass and roots melodies, with an emphasis on alternate picking, simple scales, and developing good picking- and fretting-hand technique. Designed for guitarists just starting to play melodies as well as intermediate players who want to work on their flatpicking technique.

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Sally Gooden

The B part of “Sally Gooden” starts with a simple scale fragment, starting on the open G, that may be familiar from the Alternating Picking video. Scott walks you through the melody of the B part phrase by phrase, and gives you advice on keeping your fretting-hand fingers in position above the notes, as well as “planting” them: keeping them down on the fret until after you play the next note in the phrase.These are very important things to work on, as they give your playing a lot of fluidity and make your fingering more efficient.

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All the Good Times Are Past and Gone

All the Good Times Are Past and Gone, Part 1: Melody and First Solo

All the Good Times Are Past and Gone, Part 2: Second Solo

All the Good Times Are Past and Gone, Part 3: Melody Play-Along Track

All the Good Times Are Past and Gone, Part 4: Rhythm Play-Along Track

All the Good Times Are Past and Gone, Part 1: Melody and First Solo

The bluegrass standard “All the Good Times Are Past and Gone” was recorded by Bill and Charlie Monroe (the Monroe Brothers) in 1937 and has long been a jam session favorite. It’s in 3/4 time (also called “waltz time”). To play a solo on a song in 3/4, you can take the same approach to you learned for “Lonesome Road Blues” and “Bury Me Beneath the Willow,” filling out the melody with intro licks, fills, and ending licks, but you’ll have to adjust your licks to fit the 3/4 time signature. Scott walks you through the basic melody, and then shows you a solo that is just a slightly elaborate version of the melody.

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