The old-time fiddle tune “Half Past Four” comes from the great Kentucky fiddler Ed Haley, who was recorded by his son in a series of home recordings in the 1940s. It has also been making the rounds of bluegrass jams lately, and Scott recorded it with John Reischman and Sharon Gilchrist on Harmonic Tone Revealers. Scott’s version is much like the way a fiddler would play it, but with fingering choices designed to make it flow on the guitar. You’ll learn “Half Past Four” in two octaves, played out of G position on the guitar, though fiddlers and mandolin players play it in A. Scott walks you through the A part of “Half Past Four” in the upper octave in this video.
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