1. Cover 2. Practical Music Theory 3. Chord Construction: Bluegrass Harmony 4. Chord Progression 5. Basic Guitar Chords 6. Rock of Ages Bluegrass 7. Jambalaya 8. River Mother Nature & Me 9. Nahlin River Song 10. The Next Time I’m In Town 11. Lonesome Songbook 12. Good Old Mountain Dew 13. Lonely Tombs 14. Handsome Molly Prepared by Jenny Lester 15. Won’t You Come And Sing For Me 16. Wildwood Flower For NimbleFingers 2018 17. Wildwood Flower Tab 18. Angel Band 19. Don’t This Road Look rough & Rocky 20. My Little Georgia Rose 21. Keep On The Sunny Side 22. Orphan Girl 23. The One I Love Is Gone 24. Lonesome Wind Blues 25. Once More 26. West Virginia 27. Farther Along 28. Where The Soul Never Dies 29. How Mountain Girls Can Love 30. Shady Grove 31. Big Spike Hammer 32. Endless Highway 33. Dark Hollow 34. Friends Like You 35. Midnight Moonlight 36. Worried Man Blues 37. Why You Been Gone So Long 38. Walls of Time 39. Steel Rails 40. Salty Dog 41. Rocky Top 42. High on a Mountain Top 43. Sitting Alone In the Moonlight 44. Blank tab 1 Practical Music Theory for Folk Music Musical Alphabet (ALL SEMITONES) Chromatic Scale (1 fret move) SEMITONE SEMITONE G G# A A# B C C# D D# E F F# G A♭ B♭ D ♭ E♭ G♭ The MAJOR SCALE WHOLE TONE = 2 semitones = 2 frets The scale is where you find the melody & harmony notes. TONE TONE SEMITONE TONE TONE TONE SEMITONE ➜ 1(key) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 C D E F G A B C G A B C D E F# G D E F# G A B C# D A B C# D E F# G# A E F# G# A B C# D# E B C# D# E F# G# A# B F G A B♭ C D E F B♭ C D E♭ F G A B♭ E♭ F G A♭ B♭ C D E♭ A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭ F G A♭ D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭ B♭ C D♭ G♭ A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F G♭ Three Elements of Music Tuning Timing & Tone 2 Chord Construction: Bluegrass Harmony Terms High Baritone An octave above baritone Tenor Nearest Harmony above lead LEAD MELODY Baritone Nearest Harmony below lead Low Tenor An octave below tenor Bass Independent structure, alternately doubling other parts while pursuing either a lead line or chord progression. Chord Construction A simple major chord uses the root (1), third (3) & fifth (5) of the chord’s scale. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 C D E F G A B C But can also use other intervals and are named accordingly. For Example: C= C E G th C7 = C E G + the flatted 7 = Bflat 3 Chord Progression The sequence in measures. To choose which chords are in the key take the major scale and make each note the root of a chord. 1=key 1,4,5 are Major 2,3 are major or minor 6 is minor 7 is diminished or ♭7 o C=key C, F, G D or dm, E or em am B B♭ Key is the sense of resolution. Key is chosen by the lead singer so that the song’s melody fits best into their range. Every singer has a best key for each different song. Some keys are easier than others for musicians. Common chords are the MAJOR chords: 1 4 5 C F G G C D D G A A D E A measure is the number of beats in the rhythmic count. 4/4 = ♩♩♩♩ 4 beats per measure / ♩gets a beat 3/4 = ♩♩♩ 3 beats per measure / ♩gets a beat 6/8 = ♪♪♪♪♪♪ 6 beats per measure / ♪ gets a beat Examples of a chord progression and CHORD CHARTS… 4/4 Part A ! Time: 3/4 Key: D G ♩♩♩♩ G C G 1 C G A D :|| V & C & Solos: 2A-D G || Part B 1 ♩♩♩ 1 4 4 C C G G 1 1 5 5 D D G G-G7 C C G G 1 1 4 4 D D G G || 1 5 1 1 4 Basic Guitar Chords 5 Rock of Ages Gillian Welch This version is based on using one chord, the Aminor, and letting the melody create tension against it. SCALE NOTES: A B C D E F# G Am Round, round wanna go round, wanna see the rock of ages When my body gives out, gonna read the final pages Oh my mother is gone she told me I should meet her Some day streets of gold gonna guide me on and greet her Solo once over form Once my father sat down and told me of the prophets Mathew, Mark, Luke and John they’re gone but not forgotten Chorus (change final to gospel pages) Moses heard a voice it called him up the mountain 40 days had set when Moses come a shouting Chorus Solo once over form X 2 Chorus (gospel pages) Chorus (final pages) 6 Jambalaya G D Goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh G Chord Progression Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou Time: 4/4 Key: G D Intro Turnaround My Yvonne the sweetest one, me oh my oh 5 5 1 1 V & C & Solos: G 1 1 5 5 Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou 5 5 1 1 1 1 5 5 Chorus: 5 5 1 1 1 5 Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a fillet gumbo Form Intro 1 Verse 1 Cause tonight I'm gonna see my cher a mi-o Chorus 5 Solo (split) Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o Verse 2 1 Chorus Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou Solo (split) Chorus Out on last word The Thibodauxs, the Fontaineauxs the place is buzzin' Kin-folk come to see Yvonne by the dozen Dress in style and go hog wild, me oh my oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo Cause tonight, I'm a-gonna see my my-my chez a mi-o Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou Number System: uses the major scale to show which chords fall in the key, and 1 is the key. 1 2 3 4 5 6m 7 8 C d e F G am b C G a b C D em f# G D e f# G A bm c# D A b c# D E f#m g# A 7 The River, Mother Nature & Me Composer: Jenny Lester 1994 C There’s a place in the north where you still see the moonshine F C When the morning sun is high Chord Progression It’s a place Mother Nature takes all her children Time: 3/4 Key: C F G C And none are more willing than I Intro & Turnarounds 4 5 1 1 Chorus: Verse: F C 1 1 1 1 Sitting on rocks down by the river 4 4 1 1 G 1 1 1 1 Feeling the powers that be 4 5 1 1 F C Am You can howl at the moon, wade the deep water Chorus: 4 4 1 1 F C 1 1 5 5 There’s no place that I’d rather be 4 4 1 6m 6m F G C 4 4 1 1 Just the river, Mother Nature and me 4 5 1 1 If you listen at nighttime you’ll hear her heart beating Arrangement It’s a rhythm that lulls me to sleep If I awake in the city I’ll dream of the river Intro It’s a feeling that I long to keep V1 Chorus Turnaround Chorus V2 Chorus If your heart needs healing go down to the river Turnaround And quietly sit on the shore V3 You’ll feel her run through you to mend and renew you Chorus Repeat chorus acapella You’ll feel life like never before Chorus 8 Nahlin River Song © Jenny Lester 2010 4/4 C F There’s an eagle above a mountain Verse & Chorus C G Floating high upon the breeze C C F F C F C C G G We are rolling to the river C C F F C G C C C G C And the river is rolling to the sea Bridge: I have felt the raindrops F F G G F F G G I have shed the tears F F G G Let the rivers rise up F F G G Wash away our fears Chorus Dance upon the white caps Bathe in the sun Look up to the morning The day is almost done Chorus F G Now stand in the moment F G Before the moments gone F G You can come back through the memories F G But the memories might be wrong Chorus 9 The Next Time I’m in Town Chord Progression Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler Time: 4/4 Verse 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 Now it’s been something seeing you again 1 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 4 And in this time we’ve had to spend Chorus 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 You’ve been so good to be around 1 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 I thank you for that special thrill 4 Number System: uses Keep me going on until the major scale to show 5 1 you which chords fall in the key, and 1 is the key.