Ripple by the Grateful Dead. Composed by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter. Timecodes below detail the lesson. Strumming lessons and playing the melody are included. My email is bobby@thehallsofmusic.com or bobhallguitar@gmail.com or you can visit thehallsofmusic.com to find out more about lessons.
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Ripple PDFs for the lesson
Ripple Chords and Lyrics Sheet pdf link
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Ripple Full Form for simple, boom chuck strumming with music/measures
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Ripple Simple Intro pdf link that is explained in the lesson portion
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Ripple Fancy Intro that I play in the video performance
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Timecodes
0:00 Backing track performance
4:39 Intro to lesson
Who composed the music?
Who composed the lyrics?
This lesson contains:
Simple, boom chuck strum instruction
A simple intro melody with tablature
Tablature for my intro that is more complicated
5:31 Simple, boom chuck strumming intro
6:04 Example playthrough with simple strumming
Ripple Full Form for simple, boom chuck strumming pdf linked below
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7:37 Explanation of how to use the boom chuck rhythm
What sort of down strokes or upstrokes do you use for boom chuck?
8:07 Adding interest to the rhythm
How do I add interest to the rhythm?
Do you need to keep good time when resting (leaving space) with your strokes?
What does leaving space in the strumming do for the other parts of the music?
8:39 Example playthrough adding space/rests to the strumming
You should use listen to this and NOT play along
After listening to it, try adding space on your own
You can use the recording to help keep time
10:15 Explanation of walkdown before the chorus
10:56 Intro to simple intro melody on guitar
Simple Intro on guitar pdf liked below
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11:58 Measures pickup measure and measure 1 simple intro
Can you add the extra note to make it sound more like Jerry Garcia?
12:56 Measures 2 and 3 simple intro
13:25 Measures pickup through measure 3 simple intro
13:58 Going into measure 4
14:36 Last beat of 5 and first two beats of measure 6
15:13 Going into measure 4 through first two beast of 6
16:42 Second half of measure 6 to the last note in measure 7
16:40 Measure 4 to the last note of measure 7
17:43 Beat 2 of measure 8 to the first note of 9
Can you add the extra note to make it sound more like Jerry Garcia?
19:00 Measures 10 and 11
19:40 Second beat of measure 8 to 11
20:50 Measures 12, 13, and 14
21:53 Measures 15 and 16
22:23 Measures 12 through 16
23:34 Thoughts after the lesson
Can you explain in your own words the strategy that we used?
23:54 Simple intro performed in full
24:42 Intro to complicated intro
The metronome is on 120 bpm
25:33 Measures 1 and 2
25:53 Measures 3, 4, to first C in measure 5
26:44 The and of 3 in measure 5 to the and of 2 in measure 7
27:24 Pickup into measure 8 to the first note of measure 9
27:45 Measure 9 and 10
28:23 Measures 11 and the and of 2 in measure 12
28:58 Measure to the and of 2 in measure 13
29:34 Pickup to measure 14 to the and 4 in 14
30:23 Pickup into 16 to the first note of 17
30:58 Measures 17 and 18
31:35 Pickup into 17 to measure 18
32:03 Thoughts after the lesson
Play along with the video to get the rhythms correct
32:28 Complicated intro performed in full
33:17 The Waltz of Blooms and Blossoms by Bobby Hall