Genre: Old Time Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Posted by adamsk, updated: 2/19/2015
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Notes: Based on Lloyd Chandler's song on the High Atmosphere recording. Tuning is fDGCD (I play it 1/2 step down) but works fine in Sawmill.
Posted by adamsk, updated: 1/1/2016
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Notes: Based on Lloyd Chandler's song from the High Atmosphere recording. Arrangement influenced by the playing of Dock Boggs. Can be played gDGAD or f#DGAD. I added the Dock Boggs "Oh, Death" refrain.
Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD)
Posted by adamsk, updated: 12/30/2015 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: Based on Boggs version. Intro is abbreviated and the timing is off. I took a little liberty with the arrangement, but it's pretty true to Boggs. Open G, 3-finger.
Tuning: Open D (f#DF#Ad)
Posted by adamsk, updated: 12/26/2015
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Notes: Based on Roscoe Holcomb's version of the song, but influenced by the playing style of Dock Boggs. Open D, 3-finger.
Posted by adamsk, updated: 5/7/2015 - 3 Member Comments
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Notes: Based on Dock Boggs Folkways recording. f#CGAD, about a half-step low on the recording. He adds/omits square rolls in a couple of places throughout the song.
Style: Other Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD)
Posted by adamsk, updated: 12/26/2015
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Notes: Based on Dock Boggs Folkways recording. Melody should be accurate. Strums and chord fingerings based on how I play it. Open G (about a quarter-step down on the recording), 3-finger.
Genre: Folk Style: Other Tuning: Standard Open G (gDGBD) Difficulty: Beginner
Posted by adamsk, updated: 5/4/2015 - 1 Member Comments
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Notes: Played 3 finger (not Scruggs). Includes three slightly different versions of the song.
Genre: Other Style: Other Key: D Tuning: Open D (f#DF#Ad)
Posted by adamsk, updated: 5/12/2015
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Notes: Based on the melody sung by Blind Blake. Doesn't include arrangements of his breaks, but Stefan Grossman has a guitar book with a couple tabbed out. f#DF#AD (Blake plays it up a step in open E).
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