Carter Family Guitar Lesson

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9 жыл бұрын

A lesson on Maybelle Carter's guitar style made famous in her recordings with A.P. and Sara Carter. Included are the basic Carter strum and songs in C, F, and G: "Keep on the Sunny Side," "Single Girl, Married Girl," "Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow," and "Storms Are on the Ocean."
List of Carter Family songs with playing positions and actual pitches: weeniecampbell.com/wiki/index....
Lyrics for songs in the lesson: www.sausagegrindermusic.com/ca...

Пікірлер: 42

@MrJasdog107 5 ай бұрын

Good lesson on this iconic stylie.

@tonylee1693 9 жыл бұрын

good on you chris berry nicely done mate . I had the pleasure of meeting with mother in 1971 and being invited to lunch with her . I was thrilled to be in her presense for about two and a half hours in Melbourne Australia , thanks again...tony

@hazensweeney9903 9 ай бұрын

You are a great teacher!

@Rubydoobiedee 4 жыл бұрын

my favorite lesson on KZfaq. I come back often...it's harder than it looks! love it!

@alanklee 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the lesson, I've admired Maybelle's style of playing. Your lesson was great because of your explanations and slowing down to demonstrate the technique. I also like the video because it didn't pretend to be classy and polished. I could relate really well to how you presented the songs and playing Well done. I hope you make some more lessons in this easy to follow style Thank you very much Alan Western Australia

@k.y.6148 3 жыл бұрын

Best imitation of Maybelle I've heard!

@jeromerice3448 5 ай бұрын

Great lesson thanks for sharing it.

@Quack4Zac 9 жыл бұрын

You gotta keep these lessons going, Chris! The internet misses your banjo lessons.

@trafalgar22a8 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris, This is the best and comprehensive lesson. I'll be studying this over and over till I get it right. Regards

@aaronzischkale6069 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to do another great lesson, Chris! I generally see the Carter lick as down-up strum, not up-down-up--I think you're closer to the style than most. Great tutorial, I've loved Single Girl, Married Girl since I heard it on the Anthology

@janewillis7762 4 жыл бұрын

Thankyou so very much for the lesson. I’ve just started learning fingerpicking and your lesson was most helpful to learn Mother Maybelles style. With much appreciation.

@raphaelc3517 8 жыл бұрын

Very good playing, very well explained. Thank you :)

@gregorypoetester9229 6 жыл бұрын

Great lesson

@brosner8073 7 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks Chris! This lesson is exactly what I was wishing for, to get Maybelle's picking style and tunings. I'm just starting into this video, and had to thank you!

@banjochris 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Barbara!

@rockturtleneck 4 жыл бұрын

This is great, thanks for posting. Really interesting that she had her guitar tuned down so much. I was trying to play SIngle Girl, Married girl with A and D chords and I could tell something was off, now I know.

@robertsears7881 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the help and your time. It seems everyone does the strum a different way, but from listening I think yours sounds more correct.

@blogue3800 9 жыл бұрын

Great guitar lesson thanks Chris, also a bit of history on Mother Maybelle's guitar style

@davesiler4064 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice Chris!!!

@johndurning6609 6 жыл бұрын

Nice one young man.From a Glasgow 74year old kid.still learnng and thank you again.I would also welcome Banjo lesson from you as referred to on your comments role.cheers

@banjochris 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I do have some banjo lessons up here on KZfaq if you just look at my channel.

@AlbertoMartinezDelRio 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant.

@Evertonian1968 8 жыл бұрын

Very good

@Rubydoobiedee 5 жыл бұрын

good stuff!

@zenmasterutube 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! I just love Maybelle's picking style. Could you break down her style on "Solid Gone"? I listen to that song every day, it really displays her picking style well. Thanks again!

@johnlynch660 Жыл бұрын

ive always wanted to learn this in this style on a 4 string Rickenbacker bass guitar playing it as a 4 string guitar not a traditionally bass style to me she was the greatest bass guitar player that ever lived able to keep the bass and lead going at the same time call me crazy

@14141818 4 жыл бұрын

merci pour cette vidéo constructive

@generalbarry 4 жыл бұрын

A lot of people try to teach the Carter scratch, but I've never seen anyone get the sound right. I think you did. It seems to me that the way she gets away with the finger pick is that she did upstrokes with the finger pick on the index finger, and the down strokes with the back of the nail of the middle finger.

@SirCoughsalot 4 жыл бұрын

Do you have any tips for learning Maybelle's flatpick style as demonstrated on songs like "I'm Leaving You This Lonesome Song"? She seemed to like playing out of an F position when flatpicking but I'm having a hard time starting out.

@banjochris 4 жыл бұрын

SirCoughsalot I'm no expert on her flat picking style but I know she did play in F position quite a bit, and of course C and G. Her right hand stroke isn't that different; she still picks down and then up-down-up. Sometime in the middle to late '30s left-hand wise she seemed to switch between her original low-tuned style and also tuning more or less normally but capoing quite high, sometimes at the 7th fret. If you watch footage of her from the '60s you'll often see her capoed up like that. That might help you figure out the left hand.

@banjochris 4 жыл бұрын

@FrankieRevell 6 жыл бұрын

Is that a Kalamazoo guitar?

@banjochris 6 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed. It's a KG-14 Carson J. Robison model, originally sold through Montgomery Ward.

@Mcrafty1 4 жыл бұрын

Do you do This World Is Not My Home?

@banjochris 4 жыл бұрын

Mcrafty1 Not actively but once you get this basic style down it’s very easy to pick up other Carter Family songs. 90% of them are in C position tuned down and the melodies are usually all open strings or part of C, F or G chords. Tune down to match the record and you’ll get it.

@Mcrafty1 4 жыл бұрын

@@banjochris Thank you!

@jordankay5159 5 жыл бұрын

Maybelle also wore a metal fingerpick

@banjochris 5 жыл бұрын

Jordan Kay indeed she did. I can’t get them to stay on when I play this style.

@jordankay5159 5 жыл бұрын

Ahhh yeah I know what you mean. I can only play carter style guitar and yes many times has the pick flown off. It’s nice to see someone who is actually playing the way she actually played and not with a flat pick though later she did record some tunes with a flat pick