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Salt Creek- Melody Solo

intermediate guitar

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Step 5 of 12 in Bluegrass Jam Standards 1

1 earlier step

  1. 2 Big Sciota- Melody
  2. 3 Bill Cheatham- Melody
  3. 4 Blackberry Blossom- Melody Solo
  4. 5 Salt Creek- Melody Solo — you are here
  5. 6 Cuckoo's Nest Up next
  6. 7 Old Joe Clark- Intermediate
  7. 8 Cherokee Shuffle- Intermediate

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There's lots of places to be, but up Salt Creek without a paddle ain't a good one. Let's learn the bare bones melody of this classic fiddle tune that will prepare you to navigate the rapids later on.

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  1. SlowHandSteve ·

    Just want to say the multiple camera angles make all the difference. I could actually see what the right hand was doing.

  2. Bill Threadgill ·

    The pinky thing goes away, I promise. Took me about three months.

  3. Katie Clark Support ·

    Glad it clicked! That timing is the whole point of this lesson, so if that landed you got what you came for.

  4. flatpick_dad ·

    Recording yourself is humbling but it's the fastest fix I've found.

  5. Bill Threadgill ·

    Recording yourself is humbling but it's the fastest fix I've found.

  6. Gene Sowell ·

    Welcome aboard — you picked a good one to start on.

  7. Hollis Barnett ·

    There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.

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