Red River Valley - Easy Guitar Lesson - Country & Bluegrass

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Lesson ID: A0135
“Red River Valley” is a traditional folk song and cowboy music standard that was written sometime during the 1800s. The exact song origins are unknown, but many believe it was composed at the time of the 1870 Wolseley Expedition to Manitoba’s northern Red River Valley. This song has been recorded by several artists over the years, including Woody Guthrie, Gene Autry, Roy Acuff, Jimmie Rodgers, and many others.
In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn a nice instrumental for “Red River Valley” that we’ll play with “Carter Style” boom chick country strumming. For the fast learners, I’ll play through the entire instrumental at a slow pace along with the tablature. Then I’ll break down each measure in detail and give you some pointers for working on your country rhythm. Download the tablature and Guitar Pro tab file below the video!
The Gear I Use:
Acoustic Guitar Strings - Woodtone Country Series woodtonestrings.com/
Acoustic Guitar - Martin D18 Ambertone Finish, Collings D2H, Atkin D28, Martin D-16GT, Martin D-15
Guitar Pick - BlueChip TP40
Thumb Pick - Dunlop 9003P White Plastic Thumbpicks, Large
Capo - Shub S1 Deluxe
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[@danielstone9404]

I miss the 1870's

[@madcowusa4277]

I watch a lot of old movies and encounter this song often. Also learning guitar so this was perfect, thank you.

[@sergiocanalini3979]

Lei è una persona bravissima, a suonare la chitarra folk ed anche ad insegnare gli accordi. Perché ha delle dita meravigliose quando toccano le corde. Ha un suono melodico e armonioso perché proviene dal cuore e dall'anima. Grazie ciao

[@55Cibby]

I'm a member and this is one of my favorites. Thanks

[@countryguitaronline]

Nice, thanks for joining the site! Glad you like this one! One of my favorites also...been picking this song a bunch this past week. Thanks for the message - Devin

[@Nomadahtous]

Very helpful to learn this great old tune... thank you

[@countryguitaronline]

Thanks for watching!

[@AytanLeibowitz]

The new tablature is really helpful. Thanks Devin!

[@patwalsh6587]

Thank you fir your time and easy to follow video. Keep up the good work´ "it is people like that make this world a better place to live in" Best Regards Green Paddy

[@vendetta1306]

Beautiful, thank you

[@codydutson9954]

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[@countryguitaronline]

Nice!! I’m glad my videos are helping you out! Appreciate the kind works 🤘🤠🤘 more videos on the way!

[@sj122s]

Excellent!

[@markwurz7660]

Please post the entire lesson please please please

[@raymundbesacruz8226]

Clear melody on bass!

[@johnieallen6115]

Hi,thanks for posting find your teaching good as i am just beginner,could you please do, When my blue moon turns to gold again? please .

[@gersey7279]

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TQ

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[@countryguitaronline]

If you send me a message here countryguitaronline.com/contact/ with your e-mail address you used to register I can take a look to see what happened.

[@rodneycampbell3825]

could you do a video on cannon ball blues

[@countryguitaronline]

Hey Rodney - Good song...sure, I'll add it to the lesson queue. Thanks for the request!

[@rodneycampbell3825]

Country Guitar Online thanks man much appreciated

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Can not afford the money to join. .but i would like to learn your songs..money in my country is called Rand and this means nothing to the dollar

[@rodneycampbell3825]

hey if you don't mind me asking what strings would you recommend

[@countryguitaronline]

Hey Rodney! I'd recommend Elixer Nanoweb phosphor bronze mediums...or the lights are nice also if you like a little lighter string gauge. Make sure you get the phosphor bronze and not the bronze..I like the warmer tone of the phosphor bronze. Let me know how you like them.

[@rodneycampbell3825]

thanks and with a higher gauge is for harder strumming?

[@countryguitaronline]

+Rodney Campbell yeah I like it for when I'm picking the strings a bit harder playing Fills and bluegrass licks...also will get a little more tone out of mediums and it won't sound quite as thin..but nothing wrong with lights at all. I played with lights until about five years ago or so

[@jerryrn62]

Love your lessons Devin! Are you on patreon for support? Would like to donate some! Thanks again.

[@countryguitaronline]

Thanks Jerry! Really appreciate it! If you haven't signed up for my lessons at CGO countryguitaronline.com/register/ I'd love to have you as a member there or there's a donate link bottom right sidebar of the lesson post pages if you feel inclined, but no pressure at all. Just glad you're enjoying the lessons! Have a good one. - Devin

Hi Devin, may I ask what strings you use? Lights I assume, but what brand and kind?

[@countryguitaronline]

Hey Luc - I've tried a bunch of different strings over the years and finally settled on Elixer Nanoweb phosphor bronze mediums...the lights are really nice also but I've been liking the mediums lately. If you try them out, make sure you get the phosphor bronze and not the bronze..I think the phosphor bronze has a bit warmer tone.