Lonesome Fiddle Blues, Part 2

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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Lonesome Fiddle Blues

Lonesome Fiddle Blues, Part 1

Lonesome Fiddle Blues, Part 2

Lonesome Fiddle Blues, Part 3: Melody Play-Along Track

Lonesome Fiddle Blues, Part 4: Rhythm Play-Along Track

Lonesome Fiddle Blues, Part 2

The B part of “Lonesome Fiddle Blues” doesn’t have a specific melody, just a series of chords: two measures each of G, D (major), E7, and A7, which leads back to a repeat of the A part in D minor. Scott shows you a typical solo on the bridge, including a couple licks that Vassar played. You’ll also learn a couple of variations on two phrases in the A part.

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