Song Accompaniment
In this lesson you will learn your first basic Folk songs and a bass strum pattern to accompany that song.
Pick-Up Notes
Sometimes a song does not begin on the first beat of the bar. Any notes which come before the first full bar are called pick-up notes. When pick-up notes are used, the last bar is also incomplete. The combined notes in the pick-up and last bar add up to one full bar.
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad begins on the 4th beat of the bar. The chord progression to this song is a common sixteen bar Folk progression similar to the sixteen bar progressions that featured in the previous lesson. Practice the melody to this song first before trying the accompaniment on the following page.
Before trying the accompaniment to Going Down the Road Feeling Bad, familiarize yourself with the bass strum pattern to the G, C and D chords. Once you are comfortable with producing an even sounding bass strum try the full arrangement to the song as notated here.
