Melissa - tutorial

[maplebaby]

The Allman Brothers acoustic classic: a quick look at the chord progressions in this tune with an emphasis on some alternative chord grips/voicings.......thanks for watching!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4JIo_bIobY

[kevin8122006]

Hey Maplebaby, great to see you on here. Another great lesson by the way!

Kevin

[angus99]

Great lesson, Dale, and excellent bonus material on the other voicings.

I used to have a lot of trouble moving from the E to the F#m smoothly, but what seems to work for me is to play the open E with my 2, 3 and 4 fingers and just release the 2 finger and play the F#m etc. with 1, 3 and 4 for as I move up the neck. FWIW.

[flathead]

Originally Posted by angus99

Great lesson, Dale, and excellent bonus material on the other voicings.

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I agree. This was an excellent lesson. Thank you!

[shrp11]

Very nice lesson and good subject matter, also appreciate the coherent presentation - well thought out and easy to watch.

One thing though, why is the C chord being played as a triad, it's a C major 7th on the recording (the C isn't fretted at the first fret B string) - Greg maintains the open E and B strings throughout the verse.

A bit of trivia, this tune was recorded with an entirely different bridge when it debuted, it's interesting in a sort of psychedelic 1967 way Also, Sam Samudio sang the original.

Ed (first post)

[maplebaby]

thanks for your kind posts and taking time to watch!

shrp11 - you are right and i just 'forgot' honestly on the video. The cmaj7 is correct and better sounding - sorry, i'm old!

peace,
dale

[shrp11]

Originally Posted by maplebaby

thanks for your kind posts and taking time to watch!

shrp11 - you are right and i just 'forgot' honestly on the video. The cmaj7 is correct and better sounding - sorry, i'm old!

peace,
dale

Cool, no problem, I'm "old" too

Looking forward to more of your posts.

Ed

[maplebaby]

thanks Ed, let's just say we have lots of experience!

[MGT]

Your lessons are excellent! Thanks for taking the time to create them. I've spent quite a bit of time on the lead parts for a few Allman Brothers songs recently and didn't realize some of the great chord voicings being used in the rhythm parts (like this song).

Look forward to seeing more of your lessons...keep up the great work.

[maplebaby]

Thanks for your kind words...i sure appreciate you watching - the lead work is so melodic and some of my all time favorite playing - great to hear you have enjoyed it as well!

best,
dale