Twangology II
Hi all! I hope you all enjoyed the first Twang-lesson, and thanks for all emails and comments! Ready for one more?
This month we´ll work a lot with the right hand technique. I´ve written a solo over the chord changes to Earl Scruggs´ Bluegrass-tune “Foggy Mountain Breakdown”, and this solo will boost your hybrid picking to the next level for sure! I´ve also thrown in some traditional banjo-rolls in there. I totally agree with Albert Lee when it comes to right hand technique; always to use the closest finger available. For another great exercise in the banjo-style, check out the Albert Lee-song “Country Boy”!
The scales used in this solo are G major pentatonic, and E minor penatonic. Theoretically these two scales are 100% identical, but the target notes over the G and Em chords are a little different.
The tab in the Youtube-clip is not so clear, so i recommend you all to view and download the pdf-tab below.
Next month we´ll move on to the key of E!
Twang em´high and have fun!
That sounds awesome and I hope that someday I can play like that. One question I printed the tab out and see that there are some symbols I’m not familiar with. What do the a / m and p mean? I think a means pick, m means middle finger and p means pinky? Thanks- JW
Howdy!
P means pick, m means middle finger and a means ring finger! Good luck, mate!
woow that’s awesome I can’t wait to watch next lessons
You’ve done great work
Another great lesson Marq, thanks!! Keep em coming! You should put together a series, folks would pay decent money for that.
Hey, would you mind continuing to post the MP3s along with these? It’s handy to be able to import them into software to slow them down even further.
Thanks again!
Andrew
Does anybody have an mp3 of this? Along with the tab the sound file would be great. Fabulous lesson! Thanks so much.
I´ve posted it to your email! //Marcus
Thanks so much for the mp3 Markus. I’m having a blast with these. Cheers
Hej Mark! Hur Stur Du Til?
Great lessons! (and I’m glad I found ‘em again….. sometimes TDPRI can be frustratin’!)
I recently started a thread that I would love to hear your comment(s) on:
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tab-tips-theory-technique/250686-pick-vs-fingers.html
BTW: The picture is from the cover of my album recorded in ’69 on Sonet Records, Stockholm. It was called
“KALIYUGA EXPRESS”
Michael
MarQ, thank for the great lessons! They have opened the world of hybrid picking to me
One thing I wanted to mention, is that around 0:53 the tabs don’t match the melody. I think I’ve figured it for myself, but maybe you want to update the PDF (thanks for providing it, by the way!) – unless you changed the tune on purpose.
Thanks again!