Rabs Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Woahhh!!! watching that hurts my brain (cos im trying to work out the fretting backwards).. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Upside down! She's been a marvel of guitar history all my life.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 Upside down! She's been a marvel of guitar history all my life.... Well shes left handed so its both upside down and backwards :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 "Freight Train" was the first fingerpicking piece I (and many others) learned. Happy Traum "Fingerpicking Styles For Guitar" page 10 - I just looked it up. It uses the same picking pattern throughout. Another influential guitarist (though she never made as much money) with the initials EC..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Albert King played it that way too. So does Doyle Bramhall II - can't think of any others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Closer to home, check out "Eviction Notice Blues" in the acoustic forum.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 I knew a fellow who played the guitar upside down & back to front. I was at Art College with him. His name was Dave and I never failed to be amazed at how this left handed guitarist played a right handed guitar. And yes, he finger-picked just like Elizabeth Cotten. Just using the fingers for the alternating bass & the thumb for the melody is mind boggling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JO'C Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Albert King played it that way too. So does Doyle Bramhall II - can't think of any others. Otis Rush also. That's why Albert's and Otis' bend phrasings are so difficult for us "normal" players. They were pulling while we are pushing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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