How to Play Forked Deer by Nick Amodeo (Guitar Lesson)
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Forked Deer
Nick introduces the fantastic bluegrass song "Forked Deer." Utilizing a capo, this is a great song lesson to help apply some basic bluegrass techniques.
Taught by Nick Amodeo in Songs with Nick Amodeo seriesLength: 34:04Difficulty: 2.5 of 5
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Songs with Nick Amodeo
Found in our Beginner Lesson SetsNick demonstrates some or your favorite songs with a bluegrass background.
Lesson 1
Man of Constant Sorrow
Welcome to the song lesson of "Man of Constant Sorrow" presented by Nick Amodeo! Nick demonstrates his take on this classic bluegrass tune.
Length: 20:04 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Temperance Reel
Nick demonstrates the classic song "Temperance Reel." This song features a mix of Celtic and bluegrass sounds and is a fantastic intermediate song to learn.
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Forked Deer
Nick introduces the fantastic bluegrass song "Forked Deer." Utilizing a capo, this is a great song lesson to help apply some basic bluegrass techniques.
Length: 34:04 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Shady Grove
Nick Amodeo demonstrates the chords and a few different versions of the melody to the traditional bluegrass tune called "Shady Grove".
Length: 22:43 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
About Nick Amodeo
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Nick Amodeo is a multi-instrumentalist based out of Denver, Colorado. A self taught musician, he took up guitar at age 12 before moving on to mandolin and electric bass. He is the 2005 Colorado state mandolin champion, and was featured on the 2007 Downbeat magazine Blues Album of the Year, Otis Taylor’s “Definition of a Circle.”
Nick has shared the stage with such artists as Buddy Guy, Chuck Campbell, Mollie O’Brien, Nick Forster and Pete Wernick of Hot Rize, and many others. Nick currently is the mandolin department at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado and has over 10 years teaching experience.
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Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.Nick, I love the rapid pull offs at the end of the demo. However, due to speed I can't quite get the sequence to achieve the right sound. Any chance of a supplementary slowmo demo? Once I get it I can put my wife out of her misery listening to me trying!
Thanks Nick, you gave me another way to play this great song.
This is delicious stuff. Thanks for the lesson.
sweet! i espically like this arrangement cuz it works as a solo guitar piece to shock and awe my frends. umm,,, everything i play is kinda shocking tho :(
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Oh man, this is an awesome version of this tune Nick....might take me a bit to get the trickier parts down, but I'm all over this. More of this kind of stuff!!! Max