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Originally Posted by foxo
I’ve been playing guitar for two and a half years now but solely as a tool for accompanying my singing. I really want to improve into more melodic stuff than just fingerpicked patterns and strummed chords. What would be a good instrumental piece to start me off?
I have the Bert Jansch song book but I am finding it frustratingly difficult.
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Ha! Bert wasn't one for composing easy instrumentals! Assuming you mean the Bert Transcribed book, I wouldn't consider any of the instrumentals we put in there to be easy.
But there are one or two he recorded that are not as tricky. These are the easiest instrumentals of his that I know:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is-B_pA9kRY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk_uI_4CmLA drop D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-BOxivT_po DADGAD - OK, some tricky bits in that one...
The first one will be in the planned Vol.2, but that could be several months away.
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Originally Posted by foxo
I really need something easier as my first instrumental piece. Folk or blues preferably but open to suggestions please.
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There's a nice Mississippi John Hurt tune in open D that works quite well as an instrumental:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-p214l5QLI
I consider that a beginner fingerpicking tune - easier then Freight Train because of the tuning and the single chord.
I can send tabs for any of the above if you want them. PM me with an email.