Learn the essential techniques of bluegrass flatpicking guitar through classic and lesser-known songs and tunes, from bluegrass blues to old-time fiddle tunes to country swing sounds.
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Home Sweet Home
In Part 2 of the lesson on crosspicking, you'll learn the first part of Scott's arrangement of "Home Sweet Home," which mostly uses the traditional 3-3-2 roll. Since crosspicking is usually used to play song melodies, it's a good idea to learn the melody of a song before tackling a crosspicking arrangement, so Scott starts by making sure you know the melody to "Home Sweet Home" and then takes the arrangement apart phrase by phrase (or roll by roll).
The basic melody of the fourth part of “Cazadero” is fairly simple with some descending half-note double-stops played on the fiddle or mandolin. Scott shows you a version with three-note chords and a few variations on the simple double-stop melody. He ends by playing all four parts at a medium tempo so you can see how they all fit together.
