Fingerstyle Guitar From The Ground Up – Vol. 1

B. Jones

B ASIC C HORDS

“Country”

with 6th str.

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S TANDARD P ROGRESSION

Key

I IV I V I IV V I

P ICKING P ATTERNS

PATTERN #1

E chord

G chord

A chord

D chord

C chord

& Œ œœœ# Œ œœœ Œ œœœN Œ œœœ Œ œœœ# Œ œœœ Œ œœœN Œ œœœ œœœ

N œ œœœ

Nœœœ

EXERCISE in the KEY of G — PATTERN #1

G # C & Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ

G # D Œ œœ Œ œœ Œ œœ Œ œœ & Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ

G # C & Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ

D # G Œ œœ Œ œœ Œ œœ Œ œœ

PATTERNS ON THE E CHORD

PATTERN #4 PATTERN #5 — Syncopated

PATTERN #5 on D CHORD

œœ œœb œœ œœœn œœœœ

œ œn œ œœœ

N INE P OUND H AMMER

In the Merle Travis style, “unintended” notes are the order of the day. For example, the thumb often brushes against the 3rd string while intentionally playing the 4th string on Counts 2 and 4. Also, the first finger may strike the 2nd string while intentionally playing the first string. These modifications are not planned; the player decides as he goes along when to let this happen. The first section of the next tune is played straight, while the following section includes some of these extra notes (shown in brackets) the way they are played on the video.

N INE P OUND H AMMER

#### E Œ œn œ œ ˙

A‡

E B‡

E A‡

1st MELODY PART

#### E Œ œn œ œ

A‡

E B‡

E A‡

œ œœn}

œœ} œ œœn}

strum

RHYTHM PART E

A‡

Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœn Œ œœœ Œ œœœn Œ œœœ œœœ

E #### A‡ &

Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœn Œ œœœ Œ œœœn Œ œœœ œœœ

strum strum

2nd MELODY PART E

œœn} œ œ

#### Œ œœn} œ œ

A‡

E B‡

œœn}

#### E &

E A‡

jœ œœ

œœb

ww

œn

Jœ

strum

strum

S LIDES ,H AMMERS &P ULLS

#### jœ

SLIDE

Simplified Notation

#### Simplified Notation

HAMMER-ON

jœœn .œ#

jœœn .œ#

#### Simplified Notation

NOTE: The ascending or descending order of the fret numbers indicates whether the slur represents a hammer-on or a pull-off, so the letters “H” and “P” are not really necessary.

ALSO: A “quick” hammer, pull or slide is represented by a grace note in the music/tab. In standard music notation such grace notes are written BEFORE the beat, though they are actually played ON the beat. (See the slides at the end of “NINE POUND HAMMER”).

F REIGHT T RAIN

1st MELODY PART

C G ˙ G‡

œœœœ w & œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ

E‡

Am

C G‡

RHYTHM PART C

G G‡

E‡

Am

C G‡

2nd MELODY PART

C G G‡

C E‡

Am C G C

strum

C AMPTOWN R ACES

1st MELODY PART — Key of G G

# D & 44 œœœœ œœ˙

œœ w œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ

œœ w & ˙

( ww )

œœ w œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ

RHYTHM PART — KEY of G G

# D Œ œœ Œ œœ Œ œœ Œ œœ

2nd MELODY PART — Key of G G

D # G & œœœœ œœ˙

(Modulating G D G E‡

# to Key of A) & œœœœ œœ˙

# wwww

œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœ˙ ww

strum

1st MELODY PART — Key of A A

E ### A œœœœ œœ˙

ww ) (œ œœœœ œ œœœœ œ œœœœ

œœ œœ} w

RHYTHM PART — KEY of A A

### E & Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ

E ### A & Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ œœœ

2nd MELODY PART — Key of A A

E ### A œœœœ œœ˙

œœ ww

ww &

strum

T HE W EEPING W ILLOW T REE

1st MELODY PART D

.˙ G œ .˙

## œœ Œœœ w ∑

.˙ G œ .˙ ##

œœ w

RHYTHM PART D

## G Œ œœ Œ œœ Œ œœ Œ œœ

2nd MELODY PART D

strum strum

H AMMER -O N AND P ULL -O FF E XERCISE

D jœ .œ ‰ jœ œ ## ˙ ‰ jœ œ &

œœœ