Guitar Techniques

AMERICANA PART 4

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Key: Various

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✓ Bluegrass picking

✓ Crosspicking

✓ Playing in open position

his month I’m concluding my look at Americana with more examples from The Americana Guitar Book. You’ll explore the styles of key artists who shaped the genre in its infancy, and then as it was gathering pace. First, Clarence White, perhaps best known for his playing in The Byrds, a bluegrass master whose picking style influenced a whole generation. Tony Rice

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