Appalachian Fingerstyle Guitar in DADGAD Tuning #2

Al teaches a dynamic arrangement of Clarence Ashley s iconic clawhammer banjo tune, The Cuckoo (The Coo-Coo Bird), replete with hammer-ons, pull-offs, octave licks and other tricks of the trade. Using DADGAD for fiddle tunes can build your arranging skills as well as your picking techniques. Bonapart's Retreat, Red Haired Boy, Frosty Morning and the pure bluegrass of Black Mountain Rag all fall neatly into DADGAD as Al plays the melody with alternating bass accompaniment and the added power of some iconic bluegrass licks. Al closes the lesson with Etta Baker s One Dime Blues, played using a bass/chord thumb rhythm against syncopated high notes to help make one guitar "sound like two instruments."