Quote:
Originally Posted by davidbeinct
...I’m a noob and have enough trouble with Mississippi John Hurt.
|
Having not listened to John Hurt in decades, I randomly pulled up this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fg20kQUMHY
I was immediately struck by the similarity of it to Bruce Cockburn's old tune, one I used to play as a teenager:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrjuriwfPiI
Both are typical I, IV, V blues, both use a similar alternating bass repeated picking pattern. Different keys, though: Cockburn's is in C major shapes, C, F, G (tuned a semi-tone flat), Hurt's probably E major. Once you get the constant bass down, the rest isn't too difficult, fingers picking either on the beat, with the thumb, or off the beat, in-between thumb notes. Fun stuff to play.