Lesson 11 – Country & Bluegrass Rhythm Course
Lesson ID: A0151
In this guitar lesson, we’ll practice some classic country strumming patterns over a country & bluegrass version of “You Are My Sunshine”. This arrangement incorporates a simple melody line with your standard Carter style “boom chick” country strumming. We’ll also work on a few country guitar fill riffs in the style of Gene Autry. Overall this is a great guitar lesson for developing accurate picking and strumming.
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New guitar lesson! Learn how to play the old classic melody “You Are My Sunshine” in a country & bluegrass style. Great lesson for all levels…good one for the newer pickers that are just now getting into country & bluegrass guitar and also for the more advanced players that are wanting to clean up their picking and strumming. Hope y’all like it!
I’m in a beginner jam group this will be a great addition. We have a fiddle player who calls is every so often. Thanks Devin!
Really nice lesson
Amazing, this really helped me Thank you
Clean up my picking and strumming! And finally spend some time of the F Chord.
Fun to play…
We will be adding this one to the nursing home set list! Thanks!
Fun backing track to work on improvisation in C
Hi Devin on measure 4 your tab is on g string but pointer finger is on b string walk up
Hey Mark – The tablature and video look correct to me…are you looking at measure 4 where we’re playing the C/G and doing the walk up on the G string? Your pointer finger will stay on the B string there to continue holding down that part of the C/G chord as we do the walk up on the G string with our left middle finger going from the open G to the 2nd fret on G with the middle finger. Hope that helps!
Devin, not sure why we hold the C/G position thru out all the measures ( killer on the hand) when it is really only used at the opening, couldn’t we just hold the C position after the opening?
You could try just playing the C instead of the C/G if you like. The more you play the C/G, it won’t kill the hand and it’ll get pretty comfortable. I usually end up forming a C/G in this song just to get ready for when I play the G bass notes in spots..and if I was just playing rhythm, I’d probably use the C/G and alternate my “boom chick” strumming bass notes between the 5th string and 6th string. Nothing wrong with just using the C chord if that’s easier!
A great lesson incorporating lists of different techniques using both the left and right hand. A simple song made complex and interesting. Now if I can just get the speed up!
Thanks! Great lesson and backing track. Lotsa fun!
Joined today and just wanted to say your site is incredible so easy to manuver and has everything you would want. I am happy to finally have found a guitar learning site that I was searching. Thank you Devon Fantastic job!
Thanks David, I really appreciate it! And glad you joined us!
This is a fun one Mr Devin and you are a great teacher!