Today Jerry Reed is a Hollywood movie star. But his roots are in country music and he made his name with his songs and guitar playing. He has a very unique guitar style that combines the folk tradition with jazz/blues elements of composition, chordings and right hand techniques. Chet Atkins has recorded many of Jerry's original instrumentals. This series of three lessons is for the advanced guitar player. 32 page tab/music book.

LESSON ONE: Baby's Coming Home played in the key of C using the traditional alternating bass technique. Jerry Reed's best known composition Blue Finger follows. This combines a melodic walking bass line with the jazz/blues feeling that is a trademark of Jerry's sound.

LESSON TWO: East Wind played in the key of Am illustrates how a melody can be played with a ragtime piano feel using triad chords. 500 Miles Away From Home is a good example of Jerry's rock/blues accompaniment technique. Stump Water revolves around the use of a roll technique that mimics the sound of a bluegrass banjo. Just Another Rag concludes this lesson combining the roll technique with an alternating bass.

LESSON THREE: Down Home uses four fingers for picking out 3 and 4 melody lines played at the same time creating a blues piano feel! A rhythmic accompaniment for Tennessee Stud follows in dropped D tuning. Jerry's Breakdown completes the series.

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