John Hardy
guitar advanced
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John Hardy is an old ballad written about a rough feller that lived in the late 1800's. This song has some great lyrics, but it's also played quite often as an instrumental! This song was recorded by the Carter Family in 1930, so the first break in this tab is reminiscent of Carter-style guitar. However, some of my favorite versions are from Doc Watson and Tony Rice, so I thought I'd weave you another break that has some of their type of licks in it. Enjoy this great tune!
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Gene Sowell
My fingers know it but my brain doesn't yet — I can't play it without the tab in front of me. How do you all commit these to memory?
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SlowHandSteve
Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.
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Bill Threadgill
Count it out loud. Everyone says it and everyone's right.
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Katie Clark Support
Glad it clicked! That timing is the whole point of this lesson, so if that landed you got what you came for.
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Ray Dunphy
That's the one that made me finally understand backup. Stick with it.
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SlowHandSteve
Welcome aboard — you picked a good one to start on.
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Hollis Barnett
Try it without the pick for a few passes. Sounds silly but it told me my right hand was doing too much.
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