Practice your slurs and learn Rocky Top for Bluegrass guitar. This étude is a study of all the different slur techniques you can do on guitar: hammer-on, pull-off, and slides. The song Rocky Top is used as a vehicle to practice the slurs. Notice that these slurs help us add excitement and variety around the key melody notes. You must learn the melody to any song you are working on. It is foundational.
Not only do slurs add exciting new sounds and textures, but they can also help you to play faster by dividing the workload of guitar playing between your picking and fretting hands. You of course need to practice and master your slur technique, but once you have a handle on your technique slurs can really help give you a speed boost.
If you get comfortable with the étude, try out some of the licks.
Explore more Rocky Top Guitar Tabs:
Hammer-On Étude, Arpeggio Étude: Bass Strings, Arpeggio Étude: Treble Strings, Arpeggio Étude: Rhythmic Phrasing, Arpeggio Étude: Rhythmic Phrasing #2
