In this part of our site we're going
to look at a tune and learn how to apply different styles of flatpicking
to it. The tune we've chosen for this is "Wildwood Flower." There
are two ways to approach the material in this section:
- You can learn to play the arrangements note-for-note to improve
your technical playing skills and/or expand your repertoire.
- You can look at what's going on in the music when these different
styles are developed from the melody.
Both of these are good learning objectives, but the second bullet
is the main reason for putting this material together. We're
going to look at what happens in the music when you arrange it
to play different picking styles. Our goal is to help you to
learn how to develop your own arrangements by seeing how it's
done for the study tune.
| Basic Tune |
On the Basic Tune page we'll learn the basic melody of "Wildwood
Flower" as it is sung. That's our starting point, and
our reference, for other playing styles. |
| Carter Style |
Next, we'll develop a couple of "Carter-style" arrangements
for the song from the basic tune. You can find this on our
Carter-style page. |
| Crosspicking |
Then we'll explore how to play the tune using the crosspicking
style of picking on our Crosspicking page. |
| Where to Go from Here |
We've included a "Where To Go from Here" page
to help you look further into the information covered. |
You'll find a couple of file formats in the Study Tune section
for audio and tablature files. In order to view and hear them
correctly, it is necessary for your to have
the the right plug-ins and equipment installed on your computer.
Please refer to the table below for details on the file types
used and plug-ins.
| mp3 |
We use mp3 files for sound
clips. This format is compatible with almost all computers. |
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| Scorch |
We use Scorch to display our tab files. Scorch lets you
play the arrangements while you view it, and offers other
cool features. These files require the Scorch Plug-in which
is available for free. To learn more about Scorch and how
to download the plug-in, visit
our Scorch page. |
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