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Fingerstyle Guitar from the Ground up Volume One Taught by Buster B Fingerstyle Guitar from the Ground Up Volume One taught by Buster B. Jones BASIC CHORDS “Country” with 6th str. Gw Gw G‡w C C C‡ 4 w w w w w bww &4 w w ww w w w w w w w w w 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 Ô 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 E E‡ A A‡ D D‡ w ww w w # w # w & N #w #w #w #w w N w w w w w w w w w w w 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 3 2 2 3 1 Ô 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 STANDARD PROGRESSION Key I IV I V I IV V I AADAEADEA D DGDA DGAD G GCGD GCDG PICKING PATTERNS PATTERN #1 E chord G chord A chord D chord C chord œ œ œœœœ#œœœœ & Œ #œ Œ œ ŒœŒœŒ#œŒœŒœŒœŒNœŒœ œ œ Nœœœœœ Nœœœ œ œ Nœœœœ œ œ 00 33 00 22 00 00 00 22 33 11 Ô 11 00 22 22 00 22 00 220 22 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 2 EXERCISE in the KEY of G — PATTERN #1 G C # Œ œ Œ œ ŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœ & œ œ œœœœœœ œ œ œ œ œœœœœœœœ 33 33 00 00 00 00 11 11 Ô 00 00 00 00 00 00 22 22 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 #GœœœœD œœ œœ &ŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœœŒœ ŒœœŒœ œœœœœœœœœ œ œ œ 33 33 22 22 00 00 33 33 Ô00 00 22 22 00 000 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 G C #ŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœ &œœœœœœœœ œœœœœœœœœœœœ 33 33 00 00 00 00 11 11 Ô00 00 00 00 00 00 22 22 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 D G #Œœœ Œœœ ŒœœŒœœ &œœŒœ œœŒœ œŒœœŒœ œ œ œ œ œœœœœœœœ 22 22 33 33 33 33 00 00 Ô22 22 00 00 0 0 00 00 0 0 2 2 3 3 3 PATTERNS ON THE E CHORD PATTERN #2 PATTERN #3 # ## ˙ ˙ ###Œœ˙ & # ˙ ˙ &#œ˙ œ œ œ œœ œ œœ 00 00 00 00 Ô 11 Ô11 22 22 2 2 0 0 PATTERN #4 PATTERN #5 — Syncopated j ####˙Œœ ####Œœ‰œ &˙œœ &œœœœ œœ œœ 00 00 00 00 Ô11 Ô11 22 22 2 2 0 0 PATTERN #5 on D CHORD TAG in E j #D ## #Œœ‰œœœ ##œbœœnœ &œœ œ & œœ œ œnœœœ 22 0000 33 00 Ô22 Ô321 0 2 0 2 4320 NINE POUND HAMMER 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. 4 NINE POUND HAMMER E A # ## 4 ˙ ˙ Œnœœœ˙ & # 4 œœ œ œ ˙ œ œœœ œœœœœ œ œ œœ strum 00 332 0 002 2 Ô 2 1 22 22 22 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 A‡ E B‡ EA‡ ##Œnœœœ˙ Œ ˙˙ &## ˙ œœœ œ œ œœœœ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œœ 332 0 00 Ô 0 002 22 22 11 22 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 E E A ##˙ ˙˙Œnœœœ˙ &##œœ ˙ œœœœœœœœœœ œœœ œ œœ 0 00 332 0 Ô02 2 21 22 22 22 2 2 0 00 0 0 0 A‡ E B‡ EA‡ E ##Œnœœœ˙ Œ ˙˙w &## ˙ œœœ œ œ œœœœ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œœw 332 0 00 0 Ô 0 002 22 22 11 22 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 1st MELODY PART E A # # nœœœ # # œ œ œ }˙ ˙ Œ ˙}˙} & œœ }œ }œ œœœœ œ œ œ œœœœ strum }00 332 0 002 0}} }2} Ô 2 11 22 1 22 22 22 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 A‡ E B‡ EA‡ ##nœœœ ##Œ ˙˙Œœœœ}˙˙ &n}œ œ #}œ}œ ( œ) œ }œn}œ œ œ œœ œ œ œœ 332 0 }00 } } 0 } }002 0}} Ô0 1 1 2 10 22 22 11 22 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 E E A ## nœœœ ##˙œœ˙}˙Œ ˙˙ &#}œœ }œ}œœœ}œ}œ œœ œœœœœœ 0 00}332 0 }02 }0} }2} Ô1 11 22 21 22 22 22 2 2 0 00 0 0 0 A‡ E B‡ EA‡ E ##nœœœ ##Œ }˙˙Œœœœ}˙˙wœ œ &n}œ œ #}œ}œ ( œ) }œ }œn}œœœ œ œ œœ œ œ œœ˙œ strum 332 }0 }00 0 } 0 } 0 } }002}0}}02 Ô0 1 1 2 2 10 2 22 22 11 22 1 0 2 2 0 X 0 0 2 0 02 6 RHYTHM PART E A‡ #### Œ œ Œ œ ŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœ & œ œ œœnœœnœœ œ œ œœœœœœ 00 00 00 00 00 00 22 22 Ô 11 11 00 00 22 22 22 22 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 #E B‡ EA‡ E ###ŒœŒœŒœœŒœœŒœŒœŒœœÓœ &#œœœœœnœœœœ œœœœœœœœ strum 00 22 00 0 00 00 02 002 Ô11 22 10 12 22 11 22 21 2 2 0 X 0 2 0 02 E A‡ ####ŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœ &œœœœnœœnœœ œœœœœœœœ 00 00 00 00 00 00 22 22 Ô11 11 00 00 22 22 22 22 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 #E B‡ EA‡ E ###ŒœŒœŒœœŒœœŒœŒœ˙ œ œ &#œœœœœnœ#˙ œœ œœœœœœ˙ œ strum strum 00 22 000 00 00 02002 Ô11 22 1012 22 11 2221 2 2 0 2X 0 2 0 02 7 2nd MELODY PART E A #### ˙ ˙ Œnœœœ˙˙ & }˙ }œ }˙ }œ }œœ}œ}œ œ œ œœœœ }00}}332 0 0}0}0 }2} Ô 11 22 22 22 22 2 2 0 0 0 0 #A‡ nœœE B‡ ###Œ}œœ˙˙Œœœœ &œ n}œ }œ}œ( œ) }œ œ œ œœœ œ }332 0 2 } }0}}002} Ô0 11 2 2 22 22 11 0 2 2 0 0 2 #EA‡E ###˙˙ œ jœœœw &˙n˙ œ œœbœœw ˙ œ œ nœ ˙ œ Jœ œ w strum strum 000 000 0 020 Ô1012432 1 22 S 02 2 0 0 S432 0 8 SLIDES, HAMMERS & PULLS SLIDE Simplified Notation # # œj œ. œj œ. & # # œ œ. œ œ. œ. œ. Jœ Jœ Ô 0 0 24S 24 24S 24 HAMMER-ON Simplified Notation ####j j & nœ #œ. nœ #œ. ˙ ˙ Ô0 H 1 01 2 2 0 0 PULL-OFF Simplified Notation ####j j & œ nœ. œ nœ. ˙ ˙ Ô1 P 0 10 2 2 0 0 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”). 9 FREIGHT TRAIN 1st MELODY PART C GG‡ ˙ œœw 4 ˙ ˙˙œœ &4 œ œ œœœœœœ œ œ œ œ œ œœœœœœ 30 31 Ô 31 00 22 22 00 00 02 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 G˙ C œ ˙˙˙œœœw &œœœœœœœœ œœœœœœœœ 31 0 30 Ô 3 11 00 00 22 22 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 E‡ Am ˙.œ˙.œ œ & ˙. ˙œœ œœœœœœœœœœ œ œ œœœœ 010 31310 Ô 2 00 00 22 22 2 2 0 00 0 0 0 C G‡ C ˙œ.˙ w ∑ &˙œœœ œ œœ œœœ œ œœœœœœ 0 0 3 1 Ô0 22 00 22 3 2 3 302 3 3 3 3 10 RHYTHM PART C GœœG‡ Œ œ Œ œ ŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœ & œ œ œœœœœœ œ œ œœœœœœ 00 00 33 11 11 11 00 00 Ô 00 00 00 00 22 22 00 00 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 C ŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœ &œœœœœœœœ œœœœœœœœ 11 11 00 00 00 00 11 11 Ô00 00 00 00 00 00 22 22 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 E‡ Am ŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœ &#œœ#œœœœœœ œœœœœœœœœœ œ œ œœœœ 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 11 Ô11 11 22 22 00 00 22 22 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 C G‡ C ŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœŒœ∑ &œœœœœœ œœœœœœœœœœ 00 11 00 11 00 11 Ô00 00 00 22 00 22 33 2 3 302 3 3 3 11 2nd MELODY PART C GG‡ G ˙ œœw ˙˙ ˙ ˙˙œœ & œ œ œœœœœœœœ œ œ œœœœœœœœ 30 31 31 Ô 31 00 22 22 00 00 00 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 C E‡ ˙˙ œœw ˙.œ˙.œ & œœ #}œ œœœœœœœœœœœœœœœ œ œ œœ œ 0 30 010 3 11 }3 Ô 1 00 22 22 00 00 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 0 0 Am C G C œ ˙œ.˙ ˙ &˙. ˙œœ˙}˙ }œ˙ œœœœœœœœœœœœœ œœœœ œœ œ }0 0 0 1310 1 3 }1 Ô 20 0 22 22 22 00 22 0 00 3 2 3 0 3 3 3 G C G C œ.˙ ˙œ.˙ w ˙ &œ œ˙œœœ }œ œœ ˙ œ œ œœœ œ œœ˙˙ strum 0 0 0 3 3 }1 1 Ô 0 0 0 00 22 00 22 2 2 3 2 3 33 3 3 3 3 3 12 CAMPTOWN RACES 1st MELODY PART — Key of G G D # œ 4 œ œ œ œ œ˙œ˙.
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