Blackberry Blossom is right up there towards the top of the heap of fiddle tunes that are way overplayed. Love it or hate it here is an example of it. The trick to making this tune sound like a musical performance as opposed to an exercise is to give it a bit of that shoulder-shrugging fiddle bounce. Either way it’s a good exercise in alternate picking. This video runs through the melody twice, once fast and once slow, followed up by an example of one possible chord progression that could be …
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15 Comments to 'The Blackberry Blossom'
December 13, 2009
Hi there!
It ‘ so nice instruction for my playing guitar.
from Hiro “samurai” in japan
December 13, 2009
Right on!
That’s kind of freaky seeing you play my arrangement note for note but I dig it.
See, who needs tab when you have ears & eyes?
December 13, 2009
hey there, I have been working on this for months, and just posted a really crappy video response, nothing like your cool original…thanks for posting and helping all of us limited pickers!
December 13, 2009
Great! I´ve tried to figure this one out by myself, but yours is a much cooler way to play it! Love it! It will help to improve my guitar playing. Thank you!
December 13, 2009
So cool!! Thanks!
December 13, 2009
Thanks Will,
It’s a Santa Cruz Tony Rice model.
December 13, 2009
I hope you know that now they’re gonna be a whole bunch of pickers doing your exact (if they’re lucky) version of B^2 ! I’ve been playing this tune for 5+ yrs & you’ve given me some nice ideas of stuff to add to it. I like the early beat occurring at the 37 second mark and you use it somewhere else as well.
Also- Possibly the best camera angle for tutorial stuff. Just too bad you couldn’t afford to buy dot markers for that sweet sounding guitar. What type of box is that anyway?? Thx, Will.
December 13, 2009
How does it feel to be sending all of us of learning to play the Sean Ray version of B^2?
I’ve been playing this song for 5+ yrs & you’ve given me a lot of tasty ideas to add to it & to apply to my playing.
Also- Possibly one of the best camera angles for tutorial stuff; sound quality great, too. Too bad that someone stole the dot markers off your neck!
December 13, 2009
thanks for the lesson, great arrangement
December 13, 2009
wonderful! I’ll definately be learning this one = )
December 13, 2009
thanks for the great instruction !
December 13, 2009
Can you play “Billy in the low ground”. That’s one I want to learn.
December 13, 2009
This is great! Do you have tabs for this? The slow part isn’t quite slow enough for me, and I can’t keep up; I’m a beginner, and I play for my own entertainment.
December 13, 2009
Thank you so much for your videos from someone who
wants to be picker someday.
December 13, 2009
very nice breakdown of this song
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