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Shady Grove

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Step 7 of 10 in Intermediate Bluegrass Jam Standards (2)— Guitar

3 earlier steps

  1. 4 Cattle in the Cane
  2. 5 Saint Anne's Reel
  3. 6 Sweet By-and-By Flatpick
  4. 7 Shady Grove — you are here
  5. 8 June Apple Up next
  6. 9 Cold Frosty Morning
  7. 10 Grandfather's Clock
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This is a Doc-style guitar solo for Shady Grove in D minor. However, we're going to strip it down to the basic melody first, then add some hammer-ons before we dive into Doc's version.

Doc Watson Key of D Minor Theory technique

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