Jim Deeming introduces a playing style called "Carter Family Style." The technique is also referred to as "Frailing" or "Clawhammer" style.
Taught by Jim Deeming in Fingerstyle Guitar seriesLength: 13:07Difficulty: 3.0 of 5
Fingerstyle guitar allows you to play the bass, harmony, and melody of a song all within the context of a single guitar part.
Lesson 1
This lesson serves as an introduction for Fingerstyle Guitar with Jim Deeming. Come on in and get started!
Length: 24:32 Difficulty: 0.5 Members OnlyLesson 2
Jim demonstrates a basic fingerstyle exercise that you can use with any of the chords you know.
Length: 16:05 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 3
Jim expands on lesson 2 and teaches several different picking patterns. He also covers the basics of muting.
Length: 14:23 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 4
Jim Deeming explains how to integrate basic syncopation into your rhythm playing.
Length: 17:00 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 5
This lesson is all about picking melody notes. Fingerstyle guitar really gets interesting when you combine bass, harmony, and melody.
Length: 33:00 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 6
Jim Deeming teaches a fingerstyle version of the classic Civil War era song "Aura Lee."
Length: 43:23 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 7
Jim explains key components of Chet Atkins' guitar style.
Length: 18:12 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 8
Jim Deeming teaches a fingerstyle arrangement of "Bicycle Built for Two." He uses this piece as an example of 3/4 or waltz timing.
Length: 37:34 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 9
Jim Deeming teaches a fingerstyle arrangement of "Yankee Doodle" and "Dixie." Both songs are played simultaneously!
Length: 30:03 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 10
Jim Deeming teaches the basics of open G tuning. He also teaches a song entitled "Spanish Fandango" to show how the tuning can be used.
Length: 39:58 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 11
Jim Deeming introduces a playing style called "Carter Family Style." The technique is also referred to as "Frailing" or "Clawhammer" style.
Length: 13:07 Difficulty: 3.0 Members OnlyLesson 12
Jim Deeming teaches the many wonders of DADGAD tuning.
Length: 32:25 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 13
Jim Deeming tackles the topic of thumb independence.
Length: 31:51 Difficulty: 1.5 FREELesson 14
Jim Deeming teaches a more advanced version of the aptly named "JamPlay Song."
Length: 7:24 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 15
Jim Deeming teaches a fingerstyle version of the classic song "The Wayfaring Stranger."
Length: 31:27 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 16
Jim Deeming answers one of the most common fingerstyle questions, "which thumbpick should I use?"
Length: 13:03 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 17
Jim Deeming presents his thoughts on how to properly grow and groom your fingernails.
Length: 7:07 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 18
Jim Deeming teaches a fingerstyle arrangement of "The Entertainer," a classic piano song ported over to the guitar.
Length: 20:40 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 19
Jim Deeming teaches the skills necessary to transform any song into a solo fingerstyle masterpiece.
Length: 37:04 Difficulty: 4.0 Members OnlyLesson 20
Jim talks more about arranging fingerstyle songs. This time around he discusses harmonization and chord inversions.
Length: 13:35 Difficulty: 2.5 Members OnlyLesson 21
Jim Deeming demonstrates alternate ways to play the CAGED chords that can be very useful when playing melody and accompaniment simultaneously.
Length: 30:38 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 22
In this lesson Jim Deeming talks about a simple way to add harmony notes to the melody section of fingerstyle songs. This technique is quite simple and can add a whole new dimension to your playing.
Length: 5:51 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
About Jim Deeming
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Jim Deeming got his first guitar when he was only six years old. His Dad was taking fingerpicking lessons, and Jim wanted to be just like him. The Mel Bay books didn't last very long before he strapped on a thumb pick and added the Chet part to Red River Valley so it sounded better.
Most of Jim's early learning was by ear. With unlimited access to his Dad's collection of Chet Atkins albums, he spent countless hours decoding his favorite songs. They were never "right" until they sounded just like Chet. Around the age of 12, Jim heard Jerry Reed for the first time and just knew he had to be able to make that "Alabama Wild Man" sound. The styles of Chet & Jerry always have been a big influence on his playing.
More recently he has pursued arrangements by Tommy Emmanuel and Doyle Dykes, in addition to creating some of his own and writing originals.
Jim has performed in front of a variety of audiences, including concerts, competitions, weddings and the like, but playing at church has always been a mainstay. Whether playing in worship bands or guitar solos, gospel music is deep in his roots and is also the driving theme behind his debut CD release, titled "First Fruits".
Jim has been playing for about 38 years. He also has taught private lessons in the past but believes JamPlay.com is an exciting and better venue with many advantages over the traditional method of weekly 30 minute sessions.
Jim lives in Berthoud, Colorado with his wife, Linda, and their four children. Although he still has a "day job", he is actively performing and is already back in the studio working on the next CD. If you wonder how he finds time, look no further than the back seat of his truck where he keeps a "travel guitar" to take advantage of any practice or song-writing opportunities he can get.
The opening song you hear in Jim's introductory JamPlay video is called, "A Pick In My Pocket". It's an original tune, written in memory of Jim's father who told him early on he should always keep a pick in his pocket in case he ever met Chet Atkins and got the chance to play for him. That song is slated to be the title track for his next CD, which will feature several more originals plus some of his favorite covers of Chet and Jerry arrangements.
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Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.I agree with the below posts! Can you include the U2 tab as well? I would love to see Doyle Dyke's U2 as a Phase 3 lesson!
absolutely fantastic lesson and it made me feel good, because I already kinda play that style, lol That's how my old dad used to play and I picked it up from him....so...im gonna continue with mr. deerings lessons because how he plays is similar to me...only much much better...so...he's my new teacher, lol
I think of Carter style playing as the melody on the bass notes with the chords filling in. You can arrange lots of folk songs to this style. "City of New Orlean"s comes to mind. "Under the Double Eagle" is another one.
Hi everyone! I'm currently working on updating the supplemental content section for several of the older lessons on the website. This one will have a transcription of Scene 1 and a complete breakdown of the techniques/ideas taught in the lesson with corresponding time markers like all of the current JamPlay lessons. Stay tuned...I'll post another quick comment once I get this finished.
just saw this after seeing that none of the supplemental links except for the intro song work, any updates?
I intended this to be a right hand technique lesson and the songs were only meant as demos, so I did not write tab for this. I can see now that was a mistake. Please bear with me and I will get some supplemental content to Jeff as soon as possible. Also, as Jeff alluded to, I have filmed a full fingerstyle arrangement of Wildwood Flower which will soon be posted (yes, with tab) in the Phase III Song Section. If there is enough interest, I can eventually tab and teach the other demo song I gave a brief cameo of - Doyle Dyke's arrangment of the U2 Medley, which blends "With Or Without You" and "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For".
Jim: I have a real interest in learning the Doyle Dykes version of With or Without You. So when you have time, would you please consider posting a lesson on how to play that? Thanks so much.
Yep! "Wildwood Flower" - I just finished that beast of a lesson yesterday. You'll likely see it up tomorrow!
Beast??? This one's a pup. Wait til you see the U2 Medley... :D
Wildwood flower very nice song easy
I know that I would love to learn the U2 arrangement! Consider this an official Phase 3 request. Instructors are allowed to make requests, right?:)
I think that's fair... :D
Another request for the tab for the U2 song in the lesson. Thanks
Hey Jim, I am new to Jam Play and working my way through the lessons, I agree with the others, the U2 was amazing, brought a whole new feel, love to see the tab and lesson
Man, that U2 medley was impressive. If you have time, I would love to get a tab of that. A whole phase 3 lesson on it would be nice too, but if not, a tab would probably work fine.
Hello Jim, Is it possible to find a complete tablature of Wildwood Flower as you play it in the lesson 11. Thanks
Here is a full lesson on Wildwood Flower with full tab under the "Supplemental Content" section. I hope this helps! http://www.jamplay.com/members/guitar/phase3/jim-deeming-23/lesson11.html
Concerning capo-ing up to the fifth fret for Wildwood Flower: On the 1971 album Will the Circle Be Unbroken, You can hear Mother Maybelle talking about playing Wildwood Flower in what she calls 'F standard' key, which is playing the C shape chords at the fifth on the guitar. She played the autoharp on the album, but she said she had usually recorded it with a guitar.
jim-- can you give us some more phase 3 bluegrass fingerpicking lessons of chet atkins /tommy emanuel type . maybe substitue for the christmas songs until next christmas thanks
Hi Jim, You are the best. I'm very inspired and looking forward to seeing the tab for Wildwood Flower. I loved the Windy and Warm Lesson set, working on that right now. Thanks for your great lessons.
Awsome song needs music though
I have to agree
give us some supplemental content please! at least some phrases, exercises of the style
He will have an entire song demonstrating the lesson up soon,these were just meant to be taken as samples so unfortunately there's no tablature done at this point - Jim would probably consider it though if you guys really want it!
I think Jim will have it up soon. I'll check to make sure though.
wow! That's a nice tone! butter!
THAT U2 SONG! hear it that way you just played it its awesome! is it where the streets have no name?
Lyris: Wildwood Flower........ Oh, I'll twine with my mingles and waving black hair With the roses so red and the lilies so fair And the myrtle so bright with the emerald hue The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue........... Oh I'll dance, I will sing and my laugh shall be gay I will charm every heart, in his crown I will sway When I woke from my dreaming, my idol was clay All portion of love had all flown away............ Oh he taught me to love him and promised to love And to cherish me over all others above How my heart is now wond'ring no mis'ry can tell He's left me no warning, no words of farewell............... Oh, he taught me to love him and called me his flower That was blooming to cheer him through life's dreary hour Oh, I long to see him and regret the dark hour He's gone and neglected this pale wildwood flower........