Chords for Kentucky Waltz: Fiddle Lesson by Casey Willis

_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D#] _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _
[Em] _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [D#] _ _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G#m] _
[B] _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[C#] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[D] All _ _ _ [Bm] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
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[E] _ right, in this lesson we're going to look at the basic melody for Kentucky Waltz.
It's
a great waltz in the key of D.
Good simple waltz to start on.
So if you're not up for
advanced melodies, beginner player, [F#m] this is a great waltz to start on.
So let's get started.
I'll play the first little bit.
It starts on the A string.
_ [A#] _
[A#m] _ _ [A#] _ _ [C] _ _
[F#] _ _ [N] _ So _ _ you walk up to a third
finger on [D] the D note and then walk back down.
[A#] _
_ [A#m] _ _ [A#] _ _
You pause on your A string again.
_ [A#m] _
_ [A#] _ _ [C] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [C] So I doubled
up on that G note, that third finger on the D string.
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] You go 3 3 1 and then back up to
your 2. _
And then you repeat that kind of a phrasing, but you end it [A] slightly differently.
[A#] _ _ [A#m] _ [B] _ [F#m] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A#] So that walk down is _
_ [A#m] _ [B] _ [A#] _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [A#]
2 1 open 1 1. _
All right, in this lesson we're going to look at the
advanced melody for Kentucky Waltz.
Great song under the key of D.
I'll be playing a
bunch of double stops and showing you how to do those.
And some third position and second
position licks.
An aug scale, an augmented scale, so [D] that's a little different.
Some
trills.
So this is definitely, once we take that basic melody, we can do a lot with it.
I'll show you some different versions and different licks to put in this.
So we'll get
started with some drones on the D string and play the melody over that. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ So I'm playing
the regular melody, I'm just playing open A and open D when I'm not on those strings.
[D] Again.
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A#] _
And I am changing the melody up a little bit from the basic.
_ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ Ornamentation.
_ _ [A#] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ Keep going. _
[F#] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[D] So there, _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [D] I went over and caught a fourth finger A note.
_ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [A#] _ _
_ And [F#m] just drone with an open
D, or an open A.
[A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#] Okay, [G#] [F#] so keep going. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#]
So [Am] right there.
[A#] _ _ _
So I'm barring across first finger _
D and A and bringing that second finger up.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [Gm] _
Right [F#m] there I'm playing open A and a third
finger on the D [A] string.
_ _ [A#] _
_ _ So right here, this double [E] stop.
_ [C#m] _ [Bm] You're going down and catching
a fourth or third finger high. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _