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Next Song
First, a little background.
I'm just now coming up on a year of practicing every day. Mostly working on fingerstyle. Regardless of where I am with lessons, I keep a few simple 8 bar exercises that are my 'song list' These either came from a book I am working through or an online lesson. With time and practice, as expected I always get where I can play and possibly perform them, although they tend to run about 1 minute each. A few weeks ago, I turn the page in a book and there is Freight Train. I'd heard it by many people, including Elizabeth Cotten and Tommy Emmanuelle. This was, I assumed, a simplifed version that ran about 16 bars. I plucked through it a time or two, then listened to the version presented in the lesson. After spending just a few minutes with the song, I knew I could nail this one. I've been practicing it for a couple of weeks now. It's not at performance level, but I feel this was the right song at the right time. What I'm asking is, what's next? I will continue the lessons, and I don't know what's on the next page, but this is the first time in a year where I felt like I was 'playing a song,' and I want more. Can you think of any songs that are similar in complexity to Freight Train that I could tackle next? Hope this makes sense. Thanks |
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I have some other good Travis picking songs. I will look them up and post later today. Freight train was my first and I still play it fairly often - I use it as a warm up sometimes.
One of them I also play often is Yankee Doodle Dixie. May not be PC today, but it is fun to play and was a tremendous challenge to learn. I will look up some others for you later this evening. |
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Jorma Kaukonen's video lessons for Homespun have some good stuff in them, which is not too hard, e.g. Hesitation Blues and San Fran Bay Blues.
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I'll check that out. thanks!
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Casey Jones was the second one I learned, right after Freight Train.
Also, Never Let Your Deal Go Down is another Etta Baker tune. Doc Watson - Deep River Blues is another. I play Windy & Warm by Chet Atkins a good bit too. |
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He's got a lot of stuff on there. Is there one you recommend for my level?
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Any of the Etta Baker tunes.
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Freight Train was my first fingerpicking tune, too. My second was My Creole Belle by John Hurt. I still play it often, it a a great one for adding little variations. Check it out!
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Good stuff. Thanks. I would love to play Windy & Warm, but that may have to wait a bit.
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