"Cumberland Gap" Lesson
Added 2018-03-21 10:00:01 +0000 UTC(Banjo is tuned 1.5 steps below fDGCD)
Before moving on to the next song I need to wrap up this series on Cumberland Gap with a brief discussion on my technical approach to the song. In this segment I'll focus mainly on the left hand chording, pulls and hammers that really make this an outstanding version of the classic song.
According to Bascam Lamar Lunsford, "Cumberland Gap" is an Appalachianized update to a much earlier Scottish fiddle piece/ballad called "Bonnie George Campbell." If anyone is interested we can learn that song, too--Lunsford recorded "Campbell" on a violin playing 3/4 rhythm, and the lyrics are very interesting.
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Comments
I love your C part interlude. It really gives me vibes of "Last Chance", as recorded by Hobart Smith.
Gavin St. John
2021-04-27 09:07:56 +0000 UTCYou gave us some good insight for this one! Thanks, Clifton.
John L Schneider
2021-04-19 14:00:02 +0000 UTCThis helps! I was trying to learn this from watching you with no tab and was struggling. Thank you!
Nate Bowser
2021-04-19 11:24:40 +0000 UTCThanks Clifton!
Al Neale
2021-04-18 20:40:28 +0000 UTCSeems that your actual tuning here is dbeab (not dbead).
Charlie VanTassel
2020-03-17 17:19:06 +0000 UTCThis really helped me. Thanks! looking forward to thebreak down of Jesse James in that tuning next. I can get bits and pieces of that one but certainly not the whole thing .
Taylor Davis
2018-03-28 01:59:44 +0000 UTCI learnt a version of this in double C a few weeks ago but I too prefer this tuning for this song. I've adapted it to clawhammer until I can get the hang of 2-finger style. Thanks for the lesson/tips.
Mark Handford
2018-03-24 13:30:11 +0000 UTCI must be in the lower of the two: 1.5 steps below fDGCD whatever that is. Confusing!
Clifton Hicks
2018-03-22 20:53:08 +0000 UTCI got a bit confused on your tuning. Are you playing in eBEAD or ebCFBbC? I really like the quality the tuning gives to the piece but it's not sounding quite right when I try it.
Matt Spears
2018-03-22 20:42:26 +0000 UTCSure thing, it's a fun one.
Clifton Hicks
2018-03-21 22:26:57 +0000 UTCGood lesson thanks. I, for one, would love to hear your take on "Bonnie George Campbell"
mshrms
2018-03-21 20:49:11 +0000 UTC
