Acoustic Guitar Magazine | 4 years ago
In this lesson, North Carolina-based guitarist Alan Barnosky teaches his arrangement of "Home Sweet Home," inspired by banjo legend Earl Scruggs' classic recording of the tune.
At its core, the Scruggs style consists of a variety of fingerpicking patterns (or rolls, in banjo lingo) that are combined to produce a constant string of 16th notes while highlighting key melody notes. There are a handful of rolls Scruggs used, and one of them, called the backward roll, is featured prominently in “Home Sweet Home.” Many banjo arrangements don’t transfer that well to guitar because of the banjo’s tuning and the use of rolls. However, there are some surprising instances where we can learn a little bit more about the guitar through studying Scruggs’ banjo, and “Home Sweet Home” is a great example.
For Barnosky's full lesson, head to https://bit.ly/3fkmlos.
