Session 5: C Tunes, Part 1: “Done Gone”

from: Flatpicking Old-Time Fiddle Tunes with Scott Nygaard

This lesson is part of the workshop Flatpicking Old-Time Fiddle Tunes with Scott Nygaard.

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About This Workshop

Explore playing traditional American fiddle tunes on the guitar from the perspective of an old-time square dance fiddler, with an emphasis on phrasing, rhythm, and melodic improvisation that is constant but never extreme. You’ll learn 12 tunes in four keys and get examples and ideas for melodic variations for each tune.

The Flatpicking Old-Time Fiddle Tunes Workshop Includes:

12 great old-time tunes to play in the keys of A, D, G, and C
Instruction on articulations and fingering designed to create powerful phrasing and rhythm
Variations on the melody for each tune and advice on creating short melodic variations that maintain the integrity of the melody
Notation and tab in downloadable PDF form provided for all tunes
Six 1.5–hour live Zoom sessions, held every other Tuesday, from 5 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. PST (8 P.M. to 9:30 P.M. EST), starting on April 1, 2025
High-quality video recordings of each session, posted on Peghead Nation within a week of each session, so you can review what you've learned and revisit them after the workshop has concluded

Workshop fee of $200, participate live or view recordings on your own schedule.

Session 5: C Tunes, Part 1

Session 5: C Tunes, Part 1: “Done Gone”

Session 5: C Tunes, Part 2: “Rocky Pallet”

Session 5: C Tunes, Part 3: “Richmond Blues”

Session 5: C Tunes, Part 1: “Done Gone”

In this session, you’ll learn two fiddle tunes in the key of C, “Done Gone” and “Rocky Pallet,” as well as a fiddle break to the classic old-time song “Richmond Blues” (also known as “All Night Long Blues”) in the key of C. “Done Gone” is most often played by bluegrass and Texas fiddlers in the key of Bb, but Georgia fiddler Clayton McMichen recorded a great version in the key of C in the 1920s. McMichen was also partially responsible for “Rocky Pallet,” recorded when he was a member of the iconic Georgia old-time string band the Skillet Lickers, one of the most successful country acts of the 1920s.

Done Gone

Clayton McMichen

Lowe Stokes

Ruthie Dornfeld

Rocky Pallet

The Skillet Lickers

Tatiana Hargreaves and Bruce Molsky

Richmond Blues

Foster and Rutherford

All Night Long Blues

Burnett and Rutherford

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