Bluegrass#
25 grooves. Pick one with groove: bluegrass (or another name below) in the song or a section.
| Groove | Amp | Swing | Bass | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
bluegrass |
clean | 0 | two | boom-chuck, root and fifth with the pick, strum on 2 and 4, G run at section end |
bluegrass/boomchucka |
clean | 0 | two | bass, then down and up strum on the offbeat (Carter scratch) |
bluegrass/flatt |
clean | 0 | two | dry boom-chuck without drums and the classic G run at section end |
bluegrass/mccoury |
clean | 0 | two | powerful rhythm, pushed upstroke on the and of 4, bluesy run with the flat 7th |
bluegrass/doc |
clean | 0 | two | continuous alternate down-up picking, run starting from low E |
bluegrass/rice |
clean | 0 | two | syncopated rhythm with offbeat anticipations, G run |
bluegrass/crosspick |
clean | 0 | two | 3+3+2 arpeggio on strings 3-2-1, let ring (Clarence White) |
bluegrass/chop |
clean | 0 | two | Mandolin chop on 2 and 4 (Bill Monroe), root and fifth on the downbeat |
bluegrass/breakdown |
clean | 0 | rootfifth | fast driving boom-chuck, quarter-note bass (Foggy Mountain) |
bluegrass/train |
clean | 0 | two | muted eighth-note strums and sixteenth-note brushes (Orange Blossom Special) |
bluegrass/hoedown |
clean | 0 | rootfifth | boom-chuck with an upstroke on 4, danceable quarter-note bass |
bluegrass/gospel |
clean | 0 | two | four strums per bar, accent on 2 and 4 |
bluegrass/slow |
clean | 0 | two | bass and chord on the triplets, brushes |
bluegrass/ballad |
clean | 0 | two | bass on one, long chord on two, light upstroke |
bluegrass/blues |
clean | 0.6 | two | heavy swung boom-chucka (Bill Monroe style) |
bluegrass/texas |
clean | 0.6 | two | alternating bass and swung jazz chords |
bluegrass/newgrass |
clean | 0 | rootfifth | syncopated sixteenth-note chords, cross-stick and hi-hat (New Grass Revival) |
bluegrass/shuffler |
clean | 0 | two | 3+3+2 on strings 4-3-2 |
bluegrass/roll |
clean | 0 | two | thumb on root and fifth, index and middle on the treble strings |
bluegrass/carter |
clean | 0 | two | the thumb plays the bass line (1-3-5-3), upstroke on the offbeat |
bluegrass/walkdown |
clean | 0 | two | Boom-chuck with a G-F#-E-D bass walkdown at section end (toward the fifth) |
bluegrass/halftime |
clean | 0 | two | bass on one, long strum on three (slow verses, gospel) |
bluegrass/plain |
clean | 0 | two | root on 1, fifth on 3, chord on 2 and 4, no runs |
bluegrass/plain-chucka |
clean | 0 | two | alternating root and fifth, down-up strum on 2 and 4, no runs |
bluegrass/plain-ballad |
clean | 0 | two | root and fifth, long chords, no runs |