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Shady Grove Guitar Tabs

Doc Watson

Shady Grove Guitar Tablature: One Song, Many Styles

Recomended level: Intermediate

Tags: #minor key, #vocal song, #bluesy, #folk music

Shady Grove is a classic folk song for guitar that features both simple melody arrangements and an advanced one. Perfect for both beginner and intermediate guitarists, this timeless tune is certain to delight.

Learn how to play Shady Grove on Guitar with this selection of tablatures:

  • Guitar Shady Grove Melody

    Melody

    This arrangement of the melody for Shady Grove is based on the way it is sung. Use the Tunefox player and lyrics in the guitar tab to get a good understanding of how it's suppos...

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  • Guitar Shady Grove Melody - Key of Am

    Melody - Key of Am

    Learning the same melody in a different key can do wonders for your understanding of fretboard layout and introduce you to totally new sounds. A capo at the 5th fret is recommended h...

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  • Guitar Shady Grove Bluegrass

    Bluegrass

    Shady Grove is a jam classic! Sprinkle in a few licks after you get the basics and listen to the Doc Watson reference recording regularly! Repeated listening is practice. It's one of...

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  • Guitar Shady Grove Bluegrass - Key of Am

    Bluegrass - Key of Am

    Learn Shady Grove with Am and Dm. It is great for your understanding of fretboard layout. Pay close attention to the guitar tab, you can see the majority of shapes, riffs and runs ar...

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  • Guitar Shady Grove Simple

    Simple

    Shady Grove is a traditional folk tune recorded by many artists. The minor key version of this song was made popular by Doc Watson in the 1960s. After you learn the basic ver...

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  • Guitar Shady Grove Jam

    Jam

    This is a beautiful and haunting melody, similar to what Doc played on his recording. Practice tip: Learn the C major scale to help you with the fingering for this arrangement of Sha...

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  • Guitar Shady Grove Jam Solo

    Jam Solo

    Channel your inner fiddle player here, because this version of Shady Grove is exactly how a fiddle player may approach the melody. Keep an eye out for the hammer-ons, pull-offs, and ...

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