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Songs From Scratch: The Crawdad Song

guitar intermediate

In this lesson

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  • ๐Ÿ”’ Rhythm & Chords
  • ๐Ÿ”’ Spicing Up the Rhythm
  • ๐Ÿ”’ Finding the Melody
  • ๐Ÿ”’ Tricks & PickAlong

Let's take a common song & learn to play it from scratch! We'll learn the chords, rhythm patterns, melody solo, & how to back yourself up as you sing!

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  1. Tom Vasquez

    โ™ฅ 6

    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?

  2. Karen Doyle

    โ™ฅ 7

    I had that exact problem. Turned out my thumb was anchoring in the wrong spot.

  3. Deb Carrigan

    โ™ฅ 1

    Take the capo off and play it in open G a few times, then put it back. Helped me hear it.

  4. Ben Clark Instructor

    โ™ฅ 28

    Glad it clicked! That timing is the whole point of this lesson, so if that landed you got what you came for.

  5. Wes Pittman

    โ™ฅ 6

    Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.

  6. Mick Stanton

    โ™ฅ 10

    Recording yourself is humbling but it's the fastest fix I've found.

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