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The purpose of this video is to explain how we develop a Carter style tune. There are no tabs for this so you'll need your eyes and ears (and possibly a rewind button). We want you to come up with your own Carter style arrangements, so hopefully you find this little tutorial we put together helpful! Good luck, and let us know if you have any requests or tips on how we can make these more informative. Feel free to post a video response of your own Carter style tune, if you get the urge. Thanks for watching!
The tunes covered are Norman Blake's version of "Jordan Am A Hard Road to Travel" ( • Norman & Nancy Blake p... ) and Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" ( • Woody Guthrie- This La... ).
By the way, I've since been informed that this is not technically "Carter Style" because Mother Maybelle Carter played primarily with a thumbpick and fingerpick. This is really the modern flatpicking interpretation of Carter style. I suppose you could call it "Blake Style" since Norman is primarily who Nick learned it from...