Rural Life by Pat Kirtley

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Uploaded by on Dec 26, 2007

My attempt at a great fingerstyle piece by the great Pat Kirtley

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  • hey this is really nice!! beautiful job.

    you should never apologize for your art...!

  • thanks very much.

  • I think you did a splendid job on that tune. I haven't tackled that one yet because it sounded like a I'd have to use my left thumb to finger bass notes (which I can't do). But I thought you did a great job on a tough tune.

  • Thanks. I can relate...for years I only played strumming tunes but was always intrigued by fingerstyle. Guys like Chet Atkins, Leo Kottke, John Fahey, JT, Croce, etc. all inspired me.

    My advice is to pick a tune you love, get the tab, and just brute force through it. It'll take some persistence, but you WILL develop the muscle memory and your thumb and fingers WILL learn to move to the rhythm of the base line. It's very very satisfying to get a tune to come together. You can do it!

  • That was briliant mate. Can you tell me where i can get the tab for it ?

  • Thanks much - the TAB that I used (and found very accurate) is published in MelBay's "Master Anthology of Fingerstyle Guitar Solos" - Volume One.

    The MelBay product number is: MB98370BCD (Google it to find sources). Also, the ISBN No. is: 0-7866-5290-X

    enjoy!

    Phil

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  • hey man no apologies necessary i think your playing sounds beautiful! i have been working on 'the road scholar' by bill mize for a couple months now and am thinking this might be the next piece i practice. you have provided a wonderful inspiration for my learning this piece, thanks!

  • Wow your devotion to the tune shows. Having met Pat a number of times and attending clinics through the community college taught by him, I know that Pat would be impressed with how you've learned one of his tunes and also very grateful that you took the time to learn it!!!

  • amazing job! my only suggestions would be to work on reducing the scraping sound of sliding hand positions. but really this is a minor criticism and you should be proud!

  • WOW! Very well done.

  • really really really good

  • Excellent job on a very tough song!!

  • Dude, no reason at all to apologise!

    This video made my day man! Amazing..! My videos aren't anywhere near to this!

    Great job!

    Simon leferink

  • Great job Phil!!! Been waiting a long time for someone better then me to tackle this. Would you be willing to post a tutorial showing the fingering? There really isn't any Pat Kirtley video to learn from.

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