Chords for Little Sadie on clawhammer banjo
Tempo:
56 bpm
Chords used:
G
B
C
A
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I have so much work to do that I [B] thought I would just ignore it all and do this instead
because it's a lot more fun.
So I was just noodling [Dbm] around my banjo and I thought, oh, you [G] know, teach Todd another
tune and [B] anybody else that's listening.
[Bm] One thing you don't do, most traditional players of the climber banjo, you don't play everything
out of the same tuning.
[B] You retune for different keys.
In this case, the banjo is tuned in a [E] G modal tuning.
It's also called sawmill or mountain minor.
[G] It's all just like the regular G tuning except for the second [C] string.
[G] Here's G tuning.
[Ab] This is a tune called [G] Little Sadie.
It's only got one part.
Most fiddle tunes have two parts, A, A, B, B.
They're 32-bar tunes.
But this one's just got one part.
It's a [B] singing thing.
[G] But it still helps you get [Ab] that motion and figure out how to make that into a song.
I'm kind of a big proponent of learning [B] a few tunes, just a few, note [Ab] by note, so that
you can see how this [G] business translates into playing a tune.
[B] This one's nothing to think about much for your left hand, so it's pretty easy.
Remember, banjo on your right leg.
Make sure the peghead of the [G] banjo is aimed a little more toward horizontal.
[B] All the action here takes [G] place at the third fret, pretty much.
[F] In [G] this key, it's an F chord.
[B]
[G] Here's the tune.
[A]
[D]
[Bb] [G] Now, there's a couple ways I talked [Db] about before about getting that one [B] and, two and.
That first and, so it's more bum and diddy instead of bum diddy.
[Db] Those [G] are a drop thumb, one and, two and, or one and, two and, a hammer on, or one and,
two and, pull off, or one and, two [B] and, and there's one more way, but we don't worry [E] about
that one yet.
A [G] couple of those are used in here.
[Bb] If we call your basic thing a bum diddy, some people don't like that terminology.
I don't have any problem with [G] it.
Bum diddy.
Remember, try to have your thumb come down and rest and do that.
You've been practicing that.
Bum diddy, bum diddy.
Okay, that's the first measure [Ab] in the tune.
The next thing is a drop thumb.
The thing you have to remember about the drop thumb, and it's good to start working on the
drop thumb right away, and you won't have any trouble with that, per se.
It's the hitting thing that you'll have more trouble with because you're a guitar player.
[G] So, you come down, you come down, that's my fingers playing it, not my thumb, and then
your [C] thumb plays the second string in this [G] case, and then the first string, and then
the fifth string.
So the motion for your hand is a lot like going bum diddy, but instead it's bum and
diddy, bum and diddy, bum and diddy.
And to practice those, you might want to go bum diddy, bum diddy, bum and diddy, bum
diddy, bum and diddy.
I'm sorry my thumb looks like it's going down there.
It's not playing anything.
It is there.
But when I'm just playing, my thumb, for whatever reason, kind of goes like this, and I don't
know why, but I can't seem to
If you focus on keeping your thumb glued to that fifth string and then just pulling it
off, pulling it away every other time, that's a good thing to go.
So anyway, so we went
[Gm] That's the third string.
[G] And then open.
Diddy.
So again, that's
Okay, the next [B] is kind of a mirror of that.
It's here on the third fret, second
That would be second [Am] fret of the third string.
Oops.
[C]
[A] [G] That's a pull off and diddy.
So, so far you have
And open.
[A] Bum, [C] diddy, second string, diddy, pull off and [G] tap two.
[B] To continue, this is an F chord [F] we showed you before.
[B] We're going to hammer on, and we're going to hammer on the whole chord.
I [Bm] think you can handle that.
We're going to hit the fourth string and then hammer on, [Em] diddy, and then up. Another bum.
[C] We're going to do that [D] again.
[F] Hammer on, bum, [Cm] and a little bit faster it sounds like.
[C] [Db] Okay.
And then [B] the last line.
[G] Okay.
Hammer on, diddy, drop thumb and
And then the hammer on, diddy, and then open third string to resolve it.
Drop [D] [G] thumb
Here's a whole tune.
[Dm] [A] [G]
[C] [G]
[A] [D] [G]
[G] Little Tatey.
You [B] can look up the words if you don't know it.
[Bm] [N]
because it's a lot more fun.
So I was just noodling [Dbm] around my banjo and I thought, oh, you [G] know, teach Todd another
tune and [B] anybody else that's listening.
[Bm] One thing you don't do, most traditional players of the climber banjo, you don't play everything
out of the same tuning.
[B] You retune for different keys.
In this case, the banjo is tuned in a [E] G modal tuning.
It's also called sawmill or mountain minor.
[G] It's all just like the regular G tuning except for the second [C] string.
[G] Here's G tuning.
[Ab] This is a tune called [G] Little Sadie.
It's only got one part.
Most fiddle tunes have two parts, A, A, B, B.
They're 32-bar tunes.
But this one's just got one part.
It's a [B] singing thing.
[G] But it still helps you get [Ab] that motion and figure out how to make that into a song.
I'm kind of a big proponent of learning [B] a few tunes, just a few, note [Ab] by note, so that
you can see how this [G] business translates into playing a tune.
[B] This one's nothing to think about much for your left hand, so it's pretty easy.
Remember, banjo on your right leg.
Make sure the peghead of the [G] banjo is aimed a little more toward horizontal.
[B] All the action here takes [G] place at the third fret, pretty much.
[F] In [G] this key, it's an F chord.
[B]
[G] Here's the tune.
[A]
[D]
[Bb] [G] Now, there's a couple ways I talked [Db] about before about getting that one [B] and, two and.
That first and, so it's more bum and diddy instead of bum diddy.
[Db] Those [G] are a drop thumb, one and, two and, or one and, two and, a hammer on, or one and,
two and, pull off, or one and, two [B] and, and there's one more way, but we don't worry [E] about
that one yet.
A [G] couple of those are used in here.
[Bb] If we call your basic thing a bum diddy, some people don't like that terminology.
I don't have any problem with [G] it.
Bum diddy.
Remember, try to have your thumb come down and rest and do that.
You've been practicing that.
Bum diddy, bum diddy.
Okay, that's the first measure [Ab] in the tune.
The next thing is a drop thumb.
The thing you have to remember about the drop thumb, and it's good to start working on the
drop thumb right away, and you won't have any trouble with that, per se.
It's the hitting thing that you'll have more trouble with because you're a guitar player.
[G] So, you come down, you come down, that's my fingers playing it, not my thumb, and then
your [C] thumb plays the second string in this [G] case, and then the first string, and then
the fifth string.
So the motion for your hand is a lot like going bum diddy, but instead it's bum and
diddy, bum and diddy, bum and diddy.
And to practice those, you might want to go bum diddy, bum diddy, bum and diddy, bum
diddy, bum and diddy.
I'm sorry my thumb looks like it's going down there.
It's not playing anything.
It is there.
But when I'm just playing, my thumb, for whatever reason, kind of goes like this, and I don't
know why, but I can't seem to
If you focus on keeping your thumb glued to that fifth string and then just pulling it
off, pulling it away every other time, that's a good thing to go.
So anyway, so we went
[Gm] That's the third string.
[G] And then open.
Diddy.
So again, that's
Okay, the next [B] is kind of a mirror of that.
It's here on the third fret, second
That would be second [Am] fret of the third string.
Oops.
[C]
[A] [G] That's a pull off and diddy.
So, so far you have
And open.
[A] Bum, [C] diddy, second string, diddy, pull off and [G] tap two.
[B] To continue, this is an F chord [F] we showed you before.
[B] We're going to hammer on, and we're going to hammer on the whole chord.
I [Bm] think you can handle that.
We're going to hit the fourth string and then hammer on, [Em] diddy, and then up. Another bum.
[C] We're going to do that [D] again.
[F] Hammer on, bum, [Cm] and a little bit faster it sounds like.
[C] [Db] Okay.
And then [B] the last line.
[G] Okay.
Hammer on, diddy, drop thumb and
And then the hammer on, diddy, and then open third string to resolve it.
Drop [D] [G] thumb
Here's a whole tune.
[Dm] [A] [G]
[C] [G]
[A] [D] [G]
[G] Little Tatey.
You [B] can look up the words if you don't know it.
[Bm] [N]
Key:
G
B
C
A
Ab
G
B
C
I have so much work to do that I [B] thought I would just ignore it all and do this instead
because it's a lot more fun.
So I was just noodling [Dbm] around my banjo and I thought, oh, you [G] know, teach Todd another
tune and [B] anybody else that's listening. _
[Bm] One thing you don't do, most traditional players of the climber banjo, you don't play everything
out of the same tuning.
[B] You retune for different keys.
In this case, the banjo is tuned in a [E] G modal tuning.
It's also called sawmill or mountain minor.
[G] It's all just like the regular G tuning except for the second [C] string. _
[G] Here's G tuning. _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] This is a tune called [G] Little Sadie.
It's only got one part.
Most fiddle tunes have two parts, A, A, B, B.
They're 32-bar tunes.
But this one's just got one part.
It's a [B] singing thing.
[G] But it still helps you get [Ab] that motion and figure out how to make that into a song.
I'm kind of a big proponent of learning [B] a few tunes, just a few, note [Ab] by note, so that
you can see how this [G] business translates into playing a tune.
[B] This one's nothing to think about much for your left hand, so it's pretty easy.
Remember, banjo on your right leg.
Make sure the _ _ peghead of the [G] banjo is aimed a little more toward horizontal.
_ [B] All the action here takes [G] place at the third fret, pretty much.
[F] In [G] this key, it's an F chord.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[G] _ Here's the tune.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [G] _ Now, there's a couple ways I talked [Db] about before about getting that one [B] and, two and.
That first and, so it's more bum and diddy instead of bum diddy.
[Db] Those [G] are a drop thumb, one and, two and, or one and, two and, a hammer on, or one and,
two and, pull off, or one and, two [B] and, and there's one more way, but we don't worry [E] about
that one yet.
A [G] couple of those are used in here.
[Bb] If we call your basic thing a bum diddy, some people don't like that terminology.
I don't have any problem with [G] it.
Bum diddy.
Remember, try to have your thumb come down and rest and do that.
You've been practicing that.
Bum diddy, bum diddy.
Okay, that's the first measure [Ab] in the tune.
The next thing is a drop thumb.
The thing you have to remember about the drop thumb, and it's good to start working on the
drop thumb right away, and you won't have any trouble with that, per se.
It's the hitting thing that you'll have more trouble with because you're a guitar player. _
[G] So, you come down, you come down, that's my fingers playing it, not my thumb, and then
your [C] thumb plays the second string in this [G] case, and then the first string, and then
the fifth string.
So the motion for your hand is a lot like going bum diddy, but instead it's bum and
diddy, bum and diddy, bum and diddy.
And to practice those, you might want to go bum diddy, bum diddy, bum and diddy, bum
diddy, bum and _ diddy.
I'm sorry my thumb looks like it's going down there.
It's not playing anything.
It is there.
But when I'm just playing, my thumb, for whatever reason, kind of goes like this, and I don't
know why, but I can't seem to_
If you focus on keeping your thumb glued to that fifth string and then just pulling it
off, pulling it away every other time, that's a good thing to go.
So anyway, so we went_
_ [Gm] That's the third string.
[G] And then open.
Diddy.
So again, that's_
_ _ _ _ Okay, the next [B] is kind of a mirror of that.
It's here on the third fret, second_
That would be second [Am] fret of the third string.
Oops.
[C] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] That's a pull off and diddy.
_ _ _ So, so far you have_
_ _ _ And open.
[A] Bum, [C] diddy, second string, diddy, pull off and [G] tap two.
[B] To continue, this is an F chord [F] we showed you before.
[B] We're going to hammer on, and we're going to hammer on the whole chord.
I [Bm] think you can handle that.
We're going to hit the fourth string and then hammer on, [Em] diddy, and then up. Another bum.
[C] We're going to do that [D] again.
[F] Hammer on, bum, _ [Cm] and a little bit faster it sounds like.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] Okay.
And then [B] the last line.
_ [G] Okay.
Hammer on, diddy, drop thumb and_
And then the hammer on, diddy, and then open third string to resolve it.
_ Drop [D] _ _ [G] _ thumb_
Here's a whole tune. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[G] _ Little Tatey.
You [B] can look up the words if you don't know it.
[Bm] _ _ [N] _
because it's a lot more fun.
So I was just noodling [Dbm] around my banjo and I thought, oh, you [G] know, teach Todd another
tune and [B] anybody else that's listening. _
[Bm] One thing you don't do, most traditional players of the climber banjo, you don't play everything
out of the same tuning.
[B] You retune for different keys.
In this case, the banjo is tuned in a [E] G modal tuning.
It's also called sawmill or mountain minor.
[G] It's all just like the regular G tuning except for the second [C] string. _
[G] Here's G tuning. _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] This is a tune called [G] Little Sadie.
It's only got one part.
Most fiddle tunes have two parts, A, A, B, B.
They're 32-bar tunes.
But this one's just got one part.
It's a [B] singing thing.
[G] But it still helps you get [Ab] that motion and figure out how to make that into a song.
I'm kind of a big proponent of learning [B] a few tunes, just a few, note [Ab] by note, so that
you can see how this [G] business translates into playing a tune.
[B] This one's nothing to think about much for your left hand, so it's pretty easy.
Remember, banjo on your right leg.
Make sure the _ _ peghead of the [G] banjo is aimed a little more toward horizontal.
_ [B] All the action here takes [G] place at the third fret, pretty much.
[F] In [G] this key, it's an F chord.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[G] _ Here's the tune.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [G] _ Now, there's a couple ways I talked [Db] about before about getting that one [B] and, two and.
That first and, so it's more bum and diddy instead of bum diddy.
[Db] Those [G] are a drop thumb, one and, two and, or one and, two and, a hammer on, or one and,
two and, pull off, or one and, two [B] and, and there's one more way, but we don't worry [E] about
that one yet.
A [G] couple of those are used in here.
[Bb] If we call your basic thing a bum diddy, some people don't like that terminology.
I don't have any problem with [G] it.
Bum diddy.
Remember, try to have your thumb come down and rest and do that.
You've been practicing that.
Bum diddy, bum diddy.
Okay, that's the first measure [Ab] in the tune.
The next thing is a drop thumb.
The thing you have to remember about the drop thumb, and it's good to start working on the
drop thumb right away, and you won't have any trouble with that, per se.
It's the hitting thing that you'll have more trouble with because you're a guitar player. _
[G] So, you come down, you come down, that's my fingers playing it, not my thumb, and then
your [C] thumb plays the second string in this [G] case, and then the first string, and then
the fifth string.
So the motion for your hand is a lot like going bum diddy, but instead it's bum and
diddy, bum and diddy, bum and diddy.
And to practice those, you might want to go bum diddy, bum diddy, bum and diddy, bum
diddy, bum and _ diddy.
I'm sorry my thumb looks like it's going down there.
It's not playing anything.
It is there.
But when I'm just playing, my thumb, for whatever reason, kind of goes like this, and I don't
know why, but I can't seem to_
If you focus on keeping your thumb glued to that fifth string and then just pulling it
off, pulling it away every other time, that's a good thing to go.
So anyway, so we went_
_ [Gm] That's the third string.
[G] And then open.
Diddy.
So again, that's_
_ _ _ _ Okay, the next [B] is kind of a mirror of that.
It's here on the third fret, second_
That would be second [Am] fret of the third string.
Oops.
[C] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] That's a pull off and diddy.
_ _ _ So, so far you have_
_ _ _ And open.
[A] Bum, [C] diddy, second string, diddy, pull off and [G] tap two.
[B] To continue, this is an F chord [F] we showed you before.
[B] We're going to hammer on, and we're going to hammer on the whole chord.
I [Bm] think you can handle that.
We're going to hit the fourth string and then hammer on, [Em] diddy, and then up. Another bum.
[C] We're going to do that [D] again.
[F] Hammer on, bum, _ [Cm] and a little bit faster it sounds like.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] Okay.
And then [B] the last line.
_ [G] Okay.
Hammer on, diddy, drop thumb and_
And then the hammer on, diddy, and then open third string to resolve it.
_ Drop [D] _ _ [G] _ thumb_
Here's a whole tune. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[G] _ Little Tatey.
You [B] can look up the words if you don't know it.
[Bm] _ _ [N] _