What Child is This (Greensleeves)
intermediate guitar
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← Back to the videoStep 11 of 14 in Christmas Intermediate
- 8 God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
- 9 The First Noel
- 10 Jingle Bells– Tony Wray Banjo Solo
- 11 What Child is This (Greensleeves) — you are here
- 12 Banjo POV Pickalong: Away in a Manger Up next
- 13 I Saw Three Ships
- 14 Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus- Banjo
Though this tune is traditionally a waltz, this particular version is built in 4/4 time and jazzed up a bit. It's in the key of E minor, and features lots of blues notes as well as an "up the neck" version of the chorus.
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Rita Alvarez ·
Slowed the video to 50% and worked it a measure at a time. Two weeks in and it's coming. Patience is the lesson here as much as the notes.
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Hollis Barnett ·
Metronome at 60 and no faster until it's clean twice through. Boring but it works.
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Karen Doyle ·
Take the capo off and play it in open G a few times, then put it back. Helped me hear it.
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Katie Clark Support ·
Memorization comes from playing it at a tempo you can think at. If you need the tab, you're playing it faster than you know it.