The Wellerman

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About This Lesson

The old "sea shanty" called "The Wellerman" went viral on social media over the past few years. The song is usually not played as an instrumental, but this solo fingerpicking arrangement is incredibly fun to play! Emil Ernebro added some banjo style rolls to make it even more interesting!

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Accurate TAB & notation
Multiple camera angels
High quality audio
Video slow down function

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AlwaysLearning 17mo ago

I'm struggling with nailing this part to speed and so had to really slow down and paying close attention to the video. I'm wondering if on the tab vs video: 1. In measure 22, the 7th note in the measure (a C played on the 7th fret of the D string) is actually still an A, played on the 10th fret. 2. In measure 26, similarly, the C (7th fret on D string) is also the A (10th fret). This makes measure 26 in particular more doable vs having having to to slide down to 7th fret and slide right back up to the index finger on the E (9th fret of G string). Lesson learned is I shouldn't just tackle the tablature without watching the video in depth - I end up wanting to just speed through it and learn it wrong. The other issue I'm having is how to avoid string squeak with the fast changes in position at tempo.

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