• Strumming – Lesson 4

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    The last in a four-video series on strumming techniques. This video demonstrates a ‘cheat’ that can help you to move smoothly and comfortably through chord progressions. Don’t Marry Her (by The Beautiful South), one of the examples I use in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xo80hR-QfQ (This is the clean version!) Full video series: Lesson one. Lesson two.…

  • Strumming – Lesson 3

    The third in a four-video series on strumming techniques. This video demonstrates a host of advanced strumming techniques and patterns. It also demonstrates a method for figuring out a strum pattern by ear. You should be familiar with everything in Lessons 1&2 before starting with this one. Full video series: Lesson one. Lesson two. Lesson…

  • Strumming – Lesson 2

    The second in a four-video series on strumming techniques. This video introduces more complex strum patterns, shows you how you can invent and practice your own patterns, and demonstrates one of the most common patterns, the ‘Ghost Strum’. Download the Strum Pattern Sheet that I use in this video HERE. Full video series: Lesson one.…

  • Strumming – Lesson 1

    The first in a four-video series on strumming techniques. This video goes through the basic techniques – strumming arm movement, and some simple chord changes. My favourite metronome app: Apple: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de… Android: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pro-met… Full video series: Lesson one. (You are here!) Lesson two. Lesson three. Lesson four (Cheating with Chord Changes). Spotify playlist with loads…

  • Long Time Gone – guitar close-up

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    I recently recorded a cover version of Long Time Gone by Darrell Scott. Here’s a close-up of the guitar part. No transcription for this one! If you’re playing tunes at this level, you should be well able to figure it out by ear, like I had to! YouTube’s playback speed adjuster is really handy for…

  • Long Time Gone

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    Originally by Darrell Scott but you might be more familiar with the version by The Dixie Chicks, or indeed Sligo’s own Sharon Conway, who used to perform with her band Ruby Ridge in Hargadon’s. Sharon’s version was the first one that I heard, and now it’s my turn to record a version. I hope I’ve…

  • Hard Times – bass close-up

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    I recently published my version of Hard Times Come Again No More, which I recorded in Luke’s studio in Grange. Here’s a video featuring a close-up of the fretless bass part, for anyone who would like to delve a bit deeper into it. Transcription to follow soon!

  • Hard Times – guitar close-up

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    I recently published my version of Hard Times Come Again No More, which I recorded in Luke’s studio in Grange. Here’s a video featuring a close-up of the acoustic guitar, for anyone who would like to delve a bit deeper into it. It’s in drop-D tuning, and played with a fingerpicking technique that’s based on…

  • Hard Times, Come Again No More

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    ‘…many days you have lingered around my cabin door, oh, hard times, come again no more…’ Everybody else has done their take on this classic song by Stephen Foster, and now here’s mine. I based this recording on the version that appears on the fabulous album Appalachian Journey by Yo-Yo Ma, Mark O’Connor and Edgar…

  • Tore Down House – Bass Part

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    I wrote about this song and my journey towards learning to play it in this blog post. Here’s a video featuring just the bass part, for anyone who’d like to have a go at it. Transcription available here. While the transcription is accurate to what I played on the recording, it isn’t a 100% faithful…

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