{"id":2583,"date":"2019-09-24T20:02:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T20:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/blog\/?p=2583"},"modified":"2019-09-24T20:02:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T20:02:55","slug":"totally-guitars-weekly-wrap-up-september-20th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-blogs\/guitar-news\/totally-guitars-weekly-wrap-up-september-20th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Totally Guitars Weekly Wrap Up September 20th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Totally Guitars Weekly Wrap Up September 20th, 2019\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nNyqnJqyTzk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ken Burns was on my mind at the top of today\u2019s update, well his new documentary on Country Music specifically. I was not familiar with the term \u2018Carter Scratch\u2019 but had explained the technique hundreds of times, which is basically what we now think of as the flatpicking technique used in the Bluegrass style where the melody is played on the lower strings, as opposed to the fingerpicking technique of playing the melody notes on the higher strings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week\u2019s new lessons included <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Linger by The Cranberries (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/target-songs\/800-cranberries-the\/28331-linger-by-the-cranberries-guitar-lesson.html\" target=\"_blank\">Linger by The Cranberries<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The River by Bruce Springsteen (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/target-songs\/698-bruce-springsteen\/28330-the-river-by-bruce-springsteen-guitar-lesson.html\" target=\"_blank\">The River by Bruce Springsteen<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/target-songs\/315-beatles\/28332-till-there-was-you-by-the-beatles-guitar-lesson.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Beatles\u2019 arrangement of Till There Was You (opens in a new tab)\">The Beatles\u2019 arrangement of Till There Was You<\/a>. 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Since our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.internationalguitarcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"International Guitar Camp (opens in a new tab)\">International Guitar Camp<\/a> is coming up really soon these will have to go back on a side burner for a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Till next week\u2026 Stay Tuned &amp; In Touch,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ken Burns was on my mind at the top of today\u2019s update, well his new documentary on Country Music specifically. 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