Church Street Blues lesson Tony Rice version broken down and explained briefly

[shankarank]

Nice video! I had tried to figure out what Tony did and failed at hitting it exactly on the money. His sweep crosspicking technique threw me for a loop, so I combined it with the original version by Norman Blake to make my own. I'm definitely gonna go take another stab at the Tony version with the aid of this vid. Thanks pretourious!

[pretourious]

@shankarank Thank you Shankarank! I hope this vid helps! It's a fun little tune to play but one of the hardest I ever learned!

[joeshea1010]

working the last fortnight on CS blues, and this I found to be a great piece of teaching very natural, non-pedantic, loose enough to leave something for the imagination, very nice once again.

[pretourious]

@joeshea1010 Thank you Joe, I hope it helped in some way, hard little tune to play.

[tonyrice199]

what's that at 2:57

[pretourious]

@tonyrice199 Referring to the capo as the nut, I'm noting the 5th string at the second fret and the second string at the third fret and playing strings in the order of 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, and first. It's partially a "G" major chord just not playing all the notes.

[altadena57]

What's the chord at 7:50, right after the G, in the verse?? And does Tony put that in every time?

Thanks VERY MUCH; I love that chord; I want to get it right.

[pretourious]

@altadena57 I hope I'm referring to the right chord, it's a C sharp, you only want to hit strings 4,3 and 2 bared at the 6th fret, Tony hits this with a downward stroke with the pick, hitting them upwards produces a different sound. He uses this chord once in his video instruction tape, but he seem to use it twice on live performances in the second and third verses only.

I love that chord too! using it to enter the g sharp in any song has a cool sound. :)

[qoquaq]

Certainly took me a while to get this down, and play it at the right tempo, but I’m finally there.

Thank you very much, your lesson was invaluable.

[pretourious]

@qoquaq Thank you qoquaq, I'm glad it helped, this is a tough little tune to pull off and I need to practice at it more myself.

[tramboithao]

HEY GREETINGS FROM AN ENGLISHMAN LIVING IN AUSTRALIA.GOOD VIDEO YOU ARE A GREAT PLAYER.IT IS A BIT DIFFICULT FOR ME AS I,M A COMPULSIVE FINGERSTYLE PLAYER.YOU SOUND LIKE A GREAT GUY TO. BEST WISHES TO YOU FROM THE LAND OF OZ

[pretourious]

@tramboithao Hey thank you so much my friend for the nice words and compliments, I love fingerstyle picking, I've sort of stolen some of it from banjo and working it on guitar but I need to do more of it. Let me know if there is anything I can help with. :) Cheers from the states! :)

[joshy4]

so awesome! i've been wanting to learn his version for a while! really appreciate this

[pretourious]

@joshy4 Thank you man, and you're welcome, I hope this helps ya out, if I can help just let me know. :)

[hochbob]

Excellent lesson. I know how difficult it is to slow things down. You do it very well while maintaining the rich melody of this classic Norman Blake tune. Thanks for posting.

[pretourious]

Thank you! It is very hard for me to slow things down this slow, I find myself playing it different. lol Thanks for the kind words, I hope this lesson helps.

[0098apple]

Just wanted to thank you again for this Church St Blues video. It may take me the rest of my life to play it...but!!! I'll get it!

[pretourious]

Thank you! And it sounds like you're in the right mindset, speaking for me, I can practice this song daily for weeks and it's still a difficult one to play clean. Good luck, and if I can help just let me know.

[croceater2]

me to, thank you

[pretourious]

YW! And thank YOU! :)

[ntsh100]

This was amazing! It was just what I'm looking for... I'll let you know how it goes when I start practicing!

[pretourious]

Thanks man, and yes please let me know I'd like to hear it when you work it up.