Hills of Mexico | Lesson
Added 2018-06-01 03:09:49 +0000 UTC"Hills of Mexico" from Roscoe Halcomb of Daisy, Kentucky.
Performance (two-finger): https://youtu.be/zTsDSWlwPro?si=ehM38aaqhe1M9_HD
Tutorial (two-finger): https://youtu.be/9NXoNrqED0Y?si=iAbYduU7A4HO9ygY
Close-up (overhand): https://youtu.be/6dhXwEXfdPk?si=ZyJpz4AkM1q4-jmo
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Comments
Glad to hear it Michael. This was a really hard one to transcribe, actually.
Clifton Hicks
2020-08-06 19:16:46 +0000 UTCYES! I have wanted to learn this for a while now, one of my favorite songs of all time. The only tab I had found up to this point was excessively complicated...so this is a blessing! Cheers
Michael T
2020-08-06 17:36:17 +0000 UTCUpdate, took me a while but I got it, playing along at about 80% speed and loving it!
Luke McGrath
2019-05-09 01:09:33 +0000 UTCI know I probably shouldn't be asking but any chance you've got the tabs for this written out? I've been learning just over a year (bluegrass and a little clawhammer) and decided to start fingerstyle so I'm struggling a fair bit to keep track... short of stop-starting frame by frame I doubt I'll get very far.
Luke McGrath
2019-03-11 08:31:00 +0000 UTCChad, glad to be of use to you! I encourage you to develop as many different approaches or "styles" as you want, you'll find that it opens up more and more worlds as you progress. Having the freedom to approach each song differently, choosing the style that you think best suits the tuning, melody and rhythm is an awesome experience--as you have already seen.
Clifton Hicks
2018-06-09 12:22:38 +0000 UTCThank You Sir, Very much appreciated. This is the song where the 2-finger style starts to click for me. I learned a 2-finger thumb lead style with a drone on the 1st string which turns the bum ditty upside down. It was hard to flip to this style (which I think sounds better) but now switching between the two and syncopating opens up a whole new world.
Chad Hawkins
2018-06-09 11:21:20 +0000 UTCKurosh, I'm thrilled that experimenting with lower tuning has helped with your singing--I know it did wonders for mine! I will certainly post a slower close-up with some singing over it to help you along. Keep a look out!
Clifton Hicks
2018-06-01 14:52:15 +0000 UTCLOL, Goodwin, I KNOW your are!
Clifton Hicks
2018-06-01 14:51:00 +0000 UTCThanks for the encouragement, Bobby.
Clifton Hicks
2018-06-01 14:50:46 +0000 UTCYour lowered tunings are really helping my voice come out. Even know the banjo seems to sing each word, this one for me is tricky singing and playing smoothly. Maybe a left hand closeup, with words on top could help, if time allows. If not, I will watch it slowed down countless times, as I have for almost all your videos. Lol.
Kurosh Ghodshowghi
2018-06-01 14:04:00 +0000 UTCI'm on it!!
louie goodwin
2018-06-01 12:03:35 +0000 UTCAnother one for Kinman tuning! I'm currently camping and have been attempting to play this from memory. Will have give it a good bash when we get back to site - won't have any signal, just me and the banjo (and the Mrs)! Cheers Clif, keep em coming
Bobby Banks
2018-06-01 09:12:32 +0000 UTC
