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Deep Elem Blues

April 13, 2025June 3, 2016 by Devin

Lesson ID: A0075

“Deep Elem Blues” is a traditional American song from the early 1900s. This song is usually played in a blues format but we’re going to add a country and bluegrass twist to it for this guitar lesson. We’ll go over several country strumming patterns, the song intro, a nice country filler riff, and we’ll go over all of the vocals verse by verse.

Overview & Rhythm

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Overview
03:01 min	G Chord Formation and Hammer-On
04:35 min	Country Strumming Patterns
10:21 min	“Building Up” Chord Progressions
14:05 min	Intermediate Country Strumming
17:08 min	Apply This to Deep Elem Blues

Song Intro & Filler Riff

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Easy Intro
01:13 min	Intermediate Intro
06:01 min	More Advanced Intro
08:16 min	Filler Riff
13:04 min	Play Through Entire Intro

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Full Song Breakdown

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Chord Progression

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Deep Elem Blues Tablature Chords & Lyrics Woodtone Strings

Wildwood Flower

April 13, 2025May 25, 2016 by Devin

Lesson ID: A0073

“Wildwood Flower” was first published in 1860 and was later recorded by the Carter Family in 1928 on the Victor label. Maybelle Carter leads a rendition of the song on the 1972 album Will the Circle be Unbroken, and frequently performed the song in concert with Johnny Cash. In this guitar lesson, I’ll teach you a traditional version of Wildwood Flower and then an intermediate version with a ton of crosspicking.

Overview

Traditional Version

Intermediate Version

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Cherokee Shuffle

April 13, 2025May 8, 2016 by Devin

Lesson ID: A0071

Cherokee Shuffle is an old traditional fiddle tune that’s become a popular tune for bluegrass flatpickers to play on acoustic guitar. The first version of this tune was recorded by fiddler Tommy Magness in the 1930’s. Tommy Jackson is generally credited with transforming Magness’s rendition into “Cherokee Shuffle” in the key of A. In this lesson, we’ll slow down this tune and play along with interactive guitar tablature note for note. Be sure to use the AB Looping and playback speed controls on the video player!

Flatpicking Breakdown

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Song Overview
01:10 min	Important Tips
02:54 min	Tablature Play Along – Slower Speed
06:00 min	Practice Along – Faster Speed
07:48 min	Extra Pointers

Backing Tracks

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Cherokee Shuffle Guitar Tablature Chord Progression Woodtone Strings

Improvising with Bluegrass G Licks

April 13, 2025May 1, 2016 by Devin

bluegrass g licks guitar lesson flatpicking

Lesson ID: A0070

In this guitar lesson video, we’ll break down the scales that are commonly played in key of G open bluegrass licks. They’re called “open” licks or open riffs because they incorporate a lot of hammer-ons and pull-offs to and from the open strings. These licks are used all the time in country and bluegrass music and they sound great over a standard I – IV – V chord progression. Clamp on your capo and you can play these open riffs at any location on the guitar neck!

Lesson Video

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Lesson Overview
01:31 min	How to Use Open G Licks
02:21 min	Bluegrass Scale Chart Breakdown
05:37 min	Creating Licks with the Chart
06:35 min	Most Common Open G Lick
07:31 min	Mixing Major and Minor Pentatonics
09:02 min	Blues Note
09:51 min	Hammer-On Ideas
15:16 min	Double Stop Technique
17:51 min	Pull-Off Ideas
20:43 min	Lesson Recap

Jam Tracks

Standard Open Tuning

Capo 2nd Fret

Capo 3rd Fret

Capo 4th Fret

Capo 2nd Fret

Open Standard Tuning

Capo 3rd Fret

Open Standard Tuning

Capo 3rd Fret

Open Standard Tuning

Capo 2nd Fret

Open Standard Tuning

Open Lick Chart

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