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Thx guys. I wasn’t planning on posting this specific recording but it came out pretty good on the first shot so I guess this will be my before video. I usually try to play it with a pick. This was actually the first time I just used my fingers instead. I basically used alternating bass note country style boom Chicka strumming. Some chords are root to fifth but others sounded better root to the third to get the right tone of the song. I was struggling with the vocals because I forgot to put the capo on
Just some background: I’ve heard it described as a modal song. Not sure which mode or key though. Seems to be centered around a D minor shape chord which would of course change based on where you put the capo.
The real version definitely has a medieval tone to it. The song is believed to be from at least the 1600’s in one form or another. You can tell from Doc Watson’s version it was a fiddle tune adapted to guitar in the bluegrass style as well at one point.
The song is usually performed anywhere from no capo up to capo’d at the third fret from what I see on youtube. Most seem to play it as Dm-C-Dm-C
I played it as Dm-C-Dm-F-C-Am-Dm to walk down the bass note sometimes skipping the F chord based on how the specific lyrics are enunciated in the verse.