Sunday Morning Blues

[John H]

Recorded in the dark of night… I get in these moods where I prefer one style over another and I guess I am in my fingerpicking mood-trying to understand the fingerboard, build my chops/repertoire and make things more musical. Here’s some Elizabeth Cotten-Freight Train for ya.

John

[Garry]

Very fine pickin’ John. A great listen to start the day. All the best! 😎🎸😎

[Michael Krailo]

That’s way beyond my ability with finger picking. Very good stuff John.

Root note patterns >>> CAGED shapes >>> TRIAD'S. Just put in the work and watch your guitar skills soar.

[Dieter]

Great picking; it sounds wonderfully authentic.

Dieter

[AndréM]

Awesome John, I tried that song many times to no avail.
My fingers get all twisted.
Yeah I get those kind of mood sometimes.

AndréM

AndréM

[Geoff]

Great picking John. It is always good to go out and do something different to the usual repertoire 😊

[JoeD1]

Kudos to you John for playing what looks like a difficult piece so well!

Joe

The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
--Graeme Edge

[Guido]

I love this Elizabeth Cotten’s classic song and you payed homage to it with a very enjoyable rendition, flawlessly finger picked, John!

It’s hard to reproduce the original Elisabeth picking, because she was left-handed and played a flipped right-handed guitar upside down, so the highest strings were up, played with the thumb for the melodies, and the bass strings down, played with the index for the alternated bass: really crazy and one-of-a-kind!

But you did a wonderful job with a standard finger picking!

Guido

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[Bill]

Nice take on this fingerpicking classic!

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