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The Power Of Traditional Melodies printed supplement The Girl I Left Behind is of Irish originand first appeared in print around1790! The English version of the song is called Brighton Camp, during the American Civil War, the Union army adopted it as a marching song. There are many notable recordings, so try to do a YouTube search for fun. As I said in the main lesson the source material for this is everything related to the G major chord found in the third position. The arpeggios for the IV chord, C major, and the V chord, D major are in close proximity. The Girl I Left Behind is clearly and easily playable in the open position but this is a lead guitar exercise designed to help you see different possibilities based on closed position,easily transposable chord shapes, scales and arpeggios. Karl Aranjo, www.GUITARU.com
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The Power Of Traditional Melodiesprinted supplement
The Girl I Left Behind is of Irish originand first appeared in print around1790! The English version of the song is called Brighton Camp, during the American Civil War, the Union army adopted it as a marching song. There are many notable recordings, so try to do a YouTube search for fun.
As I said in the main lesson the source material for this is everything related to the G major chord found in the third position. The arpeggios for the IV chord, C major, and the V chord, D major are in close proximity.
The Girl I Left Behind is clearly and easily playable in the open position but this is a lead guitar exercise designed to help you see different possibilities based on closed position,easily transposable chord shapes, scales and arpeggios.
Karl Aranjo, www.GUITARU.com
Karl Aranjo, www.GUITARU.com
Karl Aranjo, www.GUITARU.com
Karl Aranjo, www.GUITARU.com
Turkey In The Straw is also know as The Old Zip Coon and was first published in 1830 but has served as the backup music and movies, television shows and even for Mickey Mouse. There are scores of notable versions so once again I recommend turning this into a YouTube research assignment.
Musically speaking, there are no mysteries here it’s just a good old-fashioned workout in the key of G and is a great way to practice fast scale runs. The ear training aspects of the song are also quite valuable as the melody is driven by chord tones at letter B. By the way, the rhythm at letter B (eighth, quarter, eighth) is known by musicologists as the universal syncopation and can be found in folk music throughout the world.
Karl Aranjo, www.GUITARU.com
Karl Aranjo, www.GUITARU.com
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Arkansas Traveler and Fishers Hornpipe are both in the key of C, and reperesent the type of playing, practicing and learning that result in serious musical skills. The two tune rely on the same musical elements, The C Major scale and chord tones from the three primary chords in the key; C Maj, the I chord, F Maj, the IV chord and G Maj, the V chord.
Arkansas Traveler is your scale workout with the C Major scale and is a study in the inherant melodic power of simple scale passages. Fishers Hornpipe could also be considered an ear training exercise as it concentrates on chord tones and arpeggios.
Karl Aranjo, www.GUITARU.com
Karl Aranjo, www.GUITARU.com
