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Guitar tablatures for Cripple Creek

Traditional

Recomended level: Intermediate

Tags: #up-tempo, #old time, #fiddle tune, #banjo tune

A classic banjo-style folk song, Cripple Creek is the perfect tune for intermediate guitarists. This multi-arrangement features Low Octave, High Octave, Up the Neck and No Capo versions to inspire your improvisation. It's an ideal way to develop your skills and bring some Americana flavor to your playing.

  • Guitar Cripple Creek Bluegrass

    Bluegrass

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

    Cripple Creek on the treble strings. Too much fun!

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  • Guitar Cripple Creek Low Octave

    Low Octave

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

    Cripple Creek on the Bass strings. Pick a little closer to the bridge to make the low notes cut through in a jam session.

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  • Guitar Cripple Creek No Capo

    No Capo

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      A
    • Tempo
      110 bpm
    • Tuning
      EADGBE

    Look ma! No capo. It's not as hard as you might think. Give it a shot.

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  • Guitar Cripple Creek Up the Neck

    Up the Neck

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

    Going up! Venture beyond the ordinary and explore the fretboard's upper reaches as you master this dynamic solo rendition of the beloved tune. The tablature guides you through every...

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With Tunefox, you can learn 7 bluegrass guitar arrangements to Cripple Creek, starting with the Beginner tablature. This tab will give you a foundation for the melody so you can easily modify it along your journey to the intermediate and advanced versions, which will each progress in difficulty. This helps you develop a bluegrass guitar vocabulary while also staying true to the melody of Cripple Creek.

The "Speed-Up" and "Memory-Train" practice tools offer ways for you to practice technique and memorizing the arrangement of Cripple Creek you’re learning. Speed-Up will automatically increase the tempo of the song or selection that you’re practicing while Memory-Train deletes notes from the tab each time it loops to help you commit the melody to memory. To select and loop sections of the song, click on them with your cursor.

Use Tunefox’s backing tracks to practice this bluegrass guitar version of Cripple Creek with a real-sounding band. Go to the Settings menu to mix the volume of the guitar, band or metronome to your liking.

Each bluegrass guitar arrangement of Cripple Creek in Tunefox features switchable licks. These licks are designed to teach you multiple ways to play a song while staying true to the skill level you have chosen. To use the Tunefox lick switcher, click on "Original Measure" that is displayed over specific measures of the song. Use "Shuffle Licks" to switch all of the licks, which will show you a completely new arrangement of the song.

Members can export their arrangements into PDF, allowing them to print and bring them to their next jam session.