Eric Thompson teaches "Shady Grove"

[la196]

Maybe it's the way it looks on the video but it look like you like low gauge strings. They look pretty hefty. Your guitar sounds great.

[huds1223]

i cant get the last lick on the c..ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhh

[geocam2]

You never actually played the fourth part slowly enough to learn it. You also didn't explain how to mix the strumming with the picking. However, I keep working with this lesson because you play the song so darn well!

[Blechi]

>Id like to have the original text for this pretty song

[debifeb]

the best teaching on a tube tune nice and easy to fallow

how about will the circle ,,, and dust bowel childern your a cool teach

ZarknSaw

[ceroeck]

this guy is so cool

[higgins243]

Your instruction for this song helped me break a major barrier for me and the guitar. You had me literally jumping for joy after working with you for like 30 mins. Thank you!!!!!!

[higgins243]

Hey man! Great job! Really enjoyed. I was wondering if one of those hammer-ons is actually more of a pull-off? Just wondering, not trying to be picky. No pun intended! Thanks for sharing!

[topherstubin]

who cares if someone else played it in Dm? He makes it sound great in the major key. This is bluegrass, not classical music. geez.

[capbubba]

That's a great lesson thanks!

[Superbowserfreak11]

Love. It.

[CMGS94]

Great lesson my good sir.

[ex0ja]

great lesson, and love that guitar!

[queral58]

This is the first time I've ever heard this tune in a major key. I hear it in a Dm, Doc Watson plays it in Dm. It's in D minor.

[Putaspellonyou]

excellent presentation of a classic tune...and one of the coolest-looking guitars i've ever seen this side of willie nelson

[nebojsav]

yea its Dm but no matter....this sound just as good :D too bad its too hard for me bigginer...in any chord way :D

[elasticsociety]

Yes the video is cool, but the tune it's in D minor, not flat.

[johnpwnsyou]

HOW HIGH IS THIS GUY? Great lesson thanks bro =]

[CEEBS11]

Eric Thompson smokes trees!!!!

[normspot]

I remember knowing Eric in Palo Alto in the mid sixties playing with Jerry Garcia and David Nelson at The Tangent and some private parties. Fabulous player... Very nice guy... I'd know that voice anywhere...

[joelpits]

The notes are A-C-D-E-F-G

I BELIEVE this is how the melody is played:

Line I: D-D-EDC

Line2: D-F-A-AhG

Line3: C-A-G-EpD-C

Line4: DhE-G-EpD-C-D

Great version, awful lesson

[joelpits]

The notes are C-D-G-A-E

Also known as the Major Pentatonic Scale in C

[BarreraMusic]

Thanks man. I have been playing it my own way, a little too different than should be played. Now I will try it similarly to this lesson. Sounds smooth

[thebeautifulman69]

hell yeah..if i cant have the girl i love i wont have no girl at all...

[Malc666the1]

Nice instruction. Would it sound better with the D chord in Minor?

[try2bcool]

@Malc666the1 Most of the time you see it played with a Dm, but I'm not sure of the skill level this DVD is aimed towards, if it is geared more toward beginners, it would be easier for them to play as D major is one of the first chords you learn.

[jmoxom56u]

Dm.

[tlspyder]

If someone posted the 5 notes that would be really helpful! Thanks.

[xXkingPurpXx]

this dude looks so fking stoned teaching this lesson. good ass lesson though

[elasticsociety]

Eric, it's D minor !!!!!

[JohnnyHorton]

sounds great. thanks.

[whishkeyboy]

eric seems to be not using the high E anyway, so try tuning it up to F. leave it open, then if you happen to hit it, it sounds ok. (in other words, like a Dm)

[GDguitarplayer]

those are not the lyrics friend. funny though. I never ever heard that tune played that way before. cool.

[whishkeyboy]

"not the lyrics"? do you mean not the doc watson lyrics? or not the bill munroe lyrics? not the jerry garcia lyrics? etc. etc. 'never heard the tune played that way': i think it's a safe guess this somber version predates the (wonderful)bluegrass treatment by many many years.

[0098apple]

Thanks for the video. Any chance for tabs?

[Hjaltland2]

Shame he's knacked up the top of a perfectly good guitar though

[reveille187]

@Hjaltland2 I think it makes the guitar more beautiful

[jumahl47]

@Hjaltland2 He bought that guitar new when he was a kid. It and he have been through a lot of changes since then.

[MrMathir]

One of my all time songs. Thanks for posting it. I think it was the Dillards playing this on the old Andy Griffith show that convinced me to take up playing guitar.

[HEADSUPBERKELEY]

Eric is so generous to share his expertize with us!

Wanna be on my Public Access TV program? Just ask!

Love+Thanks Eric, Bb

[toady115]

I would love to see this tabbed out to help out us beginners a little more. But thanks for posting.

[Plikten]

I love these down to earth tunes.Thanks for the tutorial and thanks Eric.

[sillyfan]

Great song and tune, excellent instruction too. Thanks Eric Thompson, I'll be searching out for more of your vids.

[markstrad2]

Thanks so much for posting this. The only thing better than the tune itself is the crystal clear explanation of how it is played.

[bustarhymez85]

this is awesome thank you very much

[scrumpper]

thanks so much!!

[banjoleper]

Eric is also a very nice chap.

[CEEBS11]

Great lesson Eric.

You are a fantastic teacher.

[dennisrocker]

Thanks Eric, Good lesson.I used to hear Doc Watson sing it.I always wanted to try this song but always got sidetracked.Bet I'll be playen'Shady Grove' by this weekend! Thanks to you.

[trueirishmann]

is there anywhere i can get a tab to this song? or sheet music?

[bigdjindustriez]

Almost. Except the song is in a minor key, not major. Most people do it in Am, but Tony Rice does it in Dm.

[FLATP1CKER]

well actually it is played in G modal

[panamintjoe]

excellent

[kwolek420]

hey man, could you do the same thing with olla belle's song "high on a mountain"? Whats model?

[letebaguere]

MODAL, you idiot. and eric thompson isnt some youtube user you simpleton, its from a dvd. this guy's a legendary guitarist, not some idiot making guitar videos in his mother's basement. the only thing you can be thankful for is that he wont be reading your dumb comment.

[kwolek420]

thanks for clearing that up for me. you are so kind sir.

[kwolek420]

This is great! I love this tune and wanted to play it so bad. I am thankful for your kindness and sharing your wealth of knoledge.

[ng256]

awsome guitar, why do you play it in D major instead of D minor

[02x9]

In modal mountain tunes, the melodies do not include the third of the diatonic scale. A lot of them are constructed from pentatonic scales. The third whether flatted or not, acts more like a color tone in the guitar rhythm, since most guitar pickers do not use the modal tuning that old time banjo pickers use.

[howboutyounow]

I am thankful that people like you are willing to show others how to move along

thanks

wayne

[packratt]

Nice tune, I enjoyed and learned from your lesson! keep it up! Thank you for taking the time to teach.

[aphasia2]

good lesson.great played and singing

[maurieer]

Good lesson.

Thanks for posting.