"False Hearted Lover's Blues" Lesson
Added 2022-01-14 14:01:03 +0000 UTCeCFGC ~ f♯DGAD. I learned "False Hearted Lover's Blues" from the original recording by Dock Boggs (banjo) and Emry Arthur (guitar). My understanding is that they recorded it in Chicago around 1927.
Tab contributed by Patreon member, ToneWoods86.
Comments
Never mind the singing, I’d be very pleased to get the tune down. Nearly there in the space of 2 hrs… lovely tune! Many thanks from the UK Clifton!
Henk
2022-08-20 10:17:59 +0000 UTCRight on Thank you, I’ve got my work cut out for me for the weekend.
DYLAN DOWD
2022-04-30 17:00:15 +0000 UTCYou can play tons of stuff. I think I played "Death and the Lady" in this tuning. You can also play "Moonshiner," "Southern Texas," "Two White Horses," "Bloody Bill Anderson," and many others.
Clifton Hicks
2022-04-30 16:14:44 +0000 UTCI’m wondering what else you can play out of this tuning that isn’t one of those three dock Boggs songs?
DYLAN DOWD
2022-04-30 15:06:42 +0000 UTCThis is fantastic Clifton! Thanks for providing some instructions for one of my favorites!
Tommy Eklund
2022-01-30 16:52:16 +0000 UTC💘
Clifton Hicks
2022-01-17 11:01:11 +0000 UTCI have been working for hours on this and finally got it where I liked it. Had to capo up 2 for my voice. This is one of those times, Clifton where I have to let go of what you are doing and make it my own...it should be every time, but sometimes I like the way you play things so much that I want it to sound EXACTLY like yours.
Joanne Baum
2022-01-16 19:57:04 +0000 UTCWonderful!! Now that there is an old timey that stirs the folky heart. What a dark lamenting sound. They don't make them like that anymore. Thank you Clifton for this lesson and the video.
Jonas Siler
2022-01-15 06:40:56 +0000 UTCI been watching your lessons for a while and I understood you don't intend us to play any piece note to note like you or anybody. I play the basic arrangement and add some Texas twang.
Texas Mopar
2022-01-15 04:17:33 +0000 UTCYes, you can see and hear him filling in frequently. He also would alternate between bass string and picking 1st-2nd strings simultaneously, which I emulate with two fingers. This was the first banjo technique I ever learned.
Clifton Hicks
2022-01-14 18:02:21 +0000 UTCI never noticed before that they are basically the same tune. I'm sure they could be played in numerous tunings.
Clifton Hicks
2022-01-14 18:01:22 +0000 UTCThat’s awesome!
Jai Uttal
2022-01-14 17:52:46 +0000 UTCAnother question if you have time: This melody sounds similar to Darling Corey. Can you play that one in the same tuning?
Daniel Pearce
2022-01-14 17:14:00 +0000 UTCWonderful! Did Doc Boggs do 3 finger rolls as 'filler' in the way you do 2 finger rolls? I guess the lead must be the melody which remains the same ...
Daniel Pearce
2022-01-14 17:11:46 +0000 UTC
