Hello All,
Nice to be back with you after a little break! This week I’m showing you the B part of Cherokee Shuffle, which is notable for its cool chromatic pickup notes at the very beginning.
You can learn the B part and play it and that can be the end of that. OR you can put on your music theory hat for a second and notice how those chromatic notes turn our 1 chord into a 7th chord which changes the harmonic gravity of the whole key for a second and makes us crave a big 4 chord! Good thing that this B section is mostly rooted around a 4 chord. It all adds up to a super satisfying whole.
Nerdy stuff, but I think it’s so cool to try and glimpse behind the curtain and figure out what makes the things we like tick. Sort of like taking a radio apart and putting it back together.
Enjoy!
Chris
Topics and/or subjects covered in this lesson:
Bluegrass
Print Chords & Tab
Loop 0:00 Run-Through of Cherokee Shuffle B Section
Loop 0:31 Breakdown of Cherokee Shuffle B Section
Loop 17:55 Slow Practice Loop of B Section
Loop 18:56 Closing Thoughts
Loop 20:00 Chris Playing Rhythm
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Hi Chris - I've been working on Cherokee Shuffle and wanted to check in with what I have so far so I don't get too far out of line before you get to a point where you may wrap it up. I've modeled parts of it the way you played it in the very first lesson when you introduced the tune. I'm having trouble with what I regard as one of the coolest parts of the tune in the B section and I tell you what I mean in my video. The tune is really fun to play as is most everything you show us. As always ... thank you so much for all of your help and I'm so happy this site exists and you're part of it.
Kip
Kip, man, you sound great! Seriously, I love how much of this stuff you've learned and how quick and fluent you've gotten. It's really awesome!
Re: that part in the B section: it is much easier for me to do a big stretch like that if I open up between my index and middle fingers. I have an easier time splitting those two knuckles, vs splitting the ring and pinky fingers. So you might try using, index, middle and pinky for that big stretch/chord.
Cheers!
Chris
Thanks Chris for the encouragement ... I have to make up for years of strumming and bumbling around but I do work at it when I can and really enjoy your lessons. I can't thank you enough and would really dig another Norman Blake tune some time like maybe a version of Ginseng Sullivan : )
Ginseng Sullivan - noted!
:-)