Blues In E Monotonic Bass Style
Brother John Morris presents the monotonic bass style of fingerpicking as used by Mance Lipscomb, Lightning Hopkins and Big Bill Broonzy.
Baby Please Don’t Go
Baby please don’t go by Lightning Hopkins. Beginners level Arrangement by Brother John Morris.
Robert Johnson Blues In A
Brother John presents a classic blues in A based on the playing of Robert Johnson.
This arrangement is in the monotonic bass style. It also has some syncopated and walking bass notes.
Next Stop Beulah Land
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The Alternating Bass Style of Mississippi John Hurt: Louis Collins
An introduction to the Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar studio by Brother John Morris. Today we are looking at the alternating bass style as played by Mississippi John Hurt and featured in his song Louis Collins.
Pay Day by Mississippi John Hurt
A tuition video featuring Pay Day by Mississippi John Hurt and played by Brother John Morris. It is in the alternating bass fingerpicking style. Pay Day is in open D tuning (DADF#AD). The bass in this song alternates constantly between the 6th and the 4th strings. There are no chord changes. This piece is a good example of the power and beauty in the simplicity of a melody supported by a D drone.
Flat Picking Techniques
If you are interested in Flatpicking and you are a beginner, try these patterns.
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Pattern 3 (clip3)
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Alternating Bass Fingerpicking Exercises
Here are some basic fingerpicking patterns in the alternating bass style designed to provide the ground work to be able to play like Mississippi John Hurt.
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Click here for more finger picking patterns for beginners.