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Recomended level: Beginner

Tags: #murder ballad, #medium-tempo, #skaggs and rice, #vocal song

This classic bluegrass ballad provides an excellent opportunity for advanced beginner flat-picking guitarists to build their technical skills.

  • Guitar Bury Me Beneath the Willow Melody - C

    Melody - C

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      C
    • Tempo
      120 bpm
    • Tuning
      EADGBE

    When playing melodies on the bass strings, pick a little closer to the bridge. That will give those low notes more clarity and help them "cut" through the mix when playing with others.

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  • Guitar Bury Me Beneath the Willow Bluegrass - C

    Bluegrass - C

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      C
    • Tempo
      80 bpm
    • Tuning
      EADGBE

    If you have learned the melody you will be well prepared for this arrangement! Use the tempo and difficulty sliders to adjust this to your current needs.

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  • Guitar Bury Me Beneath the Willow Melody - C - Higher Octave

    Melody - C - Higher Octave

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      C
    • Tempo
      120 bpm
    • Tuning
      EADGBE

    Learning the same song in multiple keys is great for your understanding of fretboard layout. Give it a shot! Make sure to pay attention to those suggested fingerings.

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  • Guitar Bury Me Beneath the Willow Bluegrass - C - Higher Octave

    Bluegrass - C - Higher Octave

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      C
    • Tempo
      80 bpm
    • Tuning
      EADGBE

    This one is switches between third and first position. Make necessary position shifts when you play open strings.

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  • Guitar Bury Me Beneath the Willow Melody

    Melody

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      G
    • Tempo
      80 bpm
    • Tuning
      EADGBE

    Always start with the melody! Try and sing or speak the words as you play. This will help bring play in a more musical way very naturally, it also greatly helps with long term memori...

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  • Guitar Bury Me Beneath the Willow Jam

    Jam

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      G
    • Tempo
      100 bpm
    • Tuning
      EADGBE

    This version of Bury Me Beneath the Willow is still fairly sparse but adds in some scalar lines to lead you into the important melody notes.

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  • Guitar Bury Me Beneath the Willow Bluegrass

    Bluegrass

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      G
    • Tempo
      100 bpm
    • Tuning
      EADGBE

    It’s all about that original melody! This is an important lesson in bringing out the song’s melody regardless of the other more soloistic element you’re playing. It gives the listene...

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  • Guitar Bury Me Beneath the Willow Crosspicking

    Crosspicking

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      G
    • Tempo
      80 bpm
    • Tuning
      EADGBE

    This song sound great with a bit of crosspicking!

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Practicing Tips

Learning Overview: The song 'Bury Me Beneath the Willow' is presented as an educational tool designed for intermediate flatpicking guitar players. This medium-tempo murder ballad in the style of Skaggs and Rice provides a rich learning experience for those keen on melody and bluegrass styles. The educational resource is integrated within the Tunefox platform which offers a suite of key features that significantly enhance the learning procedure.


Creative Learning Tools: The Tunefox platform offers specific tools to foster a creative learning process, namely the Lick Switcher and Arrange Slider. The Lick Switcher is a pivotal component, allowing learners to add new licks and thus view the song from different perspectives. This innovative functionality leads to numerous variations, encouraging learners to personalize the arrangement and devise their own unique interpretation of the melody.


Arrange Slider: The Arrange Slider is another groundbreaking utility provided by Tunefox. It allows learners to conveniently adjust the difficulty level according to their proficiency and also the tonal quality of the song as per their taste, offering a truly bespoke learning experience.


Practicing Tools: In addition to the aforementioned creative learning tools, Tunefox also hosts a plethora of practice tools including tempo adjustment, several backing tracks for accompaniment, Speed Up Function, and Hide Notes feature for practicing by ear, among others. These resources are designed to make learning an interactive, engaging, in-depth, and ultimately fruitful process.


General Practice Tips: To make the most of this comprehensive learning platform, we recommend starting off slowly, gradually advancing the pace as the learners become comfortable with the song and the tools. This will help them to thoroughly imbibe the nuances of the song while also providing them with the scope to explore their creative potential.


Bury Me Beneath the Willow lyrics

My heart is sad and full of sorrow,
Weeping for the one I love.
When shall I see her, oh, no never,
'till we meet in Heaven above.

(Chorus)

Bury me beneath the willow,
Under the weeping willow tree.
So she may know where I am sleeping,
And perhaps sheíll weep for me.

Tomorrow is our wedding day,
But Lord, Lord where is she?
She's gone, she'­s gone to seek another,
She no longer cares for me.

(Chorus)

She told me that she did not love me,
But I couldn't believe it true.
Until an angel softly whispered,
She no longer cares for you.

(Chorus)

Place on my grave a snow-white Lilly,
For to prove my love was true.
To show the world I died of grieving,
For her love I could not win.

(Chorus)