Colleen Malone, Part 2

from: Advanced Flatpicking Guitar with Scott Nygaard

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Learn the essential techniques of bluegrass flatpicking guitar through classic and lesser-known songs and tunes, from bluegrass blues to old-time fiddle tunes to country swing sounds.

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In Part 2 of the lesson on crosspicking, you'll learn the first part of Scott's arrangement of "Home Sweet Home," which mostly uses the traditional 3-3-2 roll. Since crosspicking is usually used to play song melodies, it's a good idea to learn the melody of a song before tackling a crosspicking arrangement, so Scott starts by making sure you know the melody to "Home Sweet Home" and then takes the arrangement apart phrase by phrase (or roll by roll).

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Colleen Malone

Colleen Malone, Part 1

Colleen Malone, Part 2

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Colleen Malone, Part 2

The ending line to the “Colleen Malone” solo is not really based on the melody, so it’s a good place to come up with some variations, so you have something different to play while still sticking to the melody. Scott shows you three variations on the ending line to “Colleen Malone,” walking you through each, and showing you how he moves up and down the neck through three-note F and G chord shapes.

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