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Sunflower River Blues by John Fahey (Patreon)

Published:
2018-09-01 09:56:06
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2025-11-21 15:06:04
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Hello all,

It's been a while since I've done anything acoustic, so today I'm looking at a favourite fingerstyle piece - Sunflower River Blues by the great American folk guitarist John Fahey. It's in open C tuning and easier to play than you might think, so why not give it a try this weekend. I'll post the tab PDF up here in the next day or two

Below you can find a PDF version of the tab and the Guitar Pro 6 and 7 files. Enjoy learning the piece!

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Sunflower River Blues by John Fahey | Fingerstyle Guitar Lesson

Learn a classic John Fahey piece. Easier to play than it sounds! Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anyonecanplayguitar Free music/tab for this lesson can be found here: https://www.anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk/sunflower-river-blues/ Interested in private lessons/Skype lessons?: http://www.anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk/private-lessons/ Please subscribe here for many more YouTube lessons: https://www.youtube.com/c/anyonecanplayguitarcouk Check out my website: https://www.anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk Interact with me through the power of social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/acpgtr Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/acpgtr/

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Brian Scott

Wow....finger style is very intimidating, but so impressive when well played and you nailed it my friend! I feel like I have so much to learn and practice already it's easy to set stuff like finger style aside for 'later'. I've been working on the hybrid picking 'cause I really like the rockabilly stuff but this has inspired me to keep working on basic fingerstyle so a beautiful piece like this is something I can aspire to down the road....lots of work to do! :)

anyonecanplayguitar

Yes, it's easy to get overwhelmed as there's always so much to work on. I often feel the same! With fingerstyle, a few basic patterns can go a long way as they seem to be used time and again in lots of different songs. I might well try and do a few introduction to fingerstyle videos in the future.

Jeffrey Sechelski

I learned how to play with a pick and for a long time was helpless without one. Looking back the important step was to begin to incorporate my second and third fingers along with my pick--this opens up another universe of versatility even if you never progress to full fingerstyle. It's then relatively easy to just drop the pick and use all your fingers. In any event the effort you expend will be paid back many times over.

anyonecanplayguitar

Hi Jeffrey - good to have you on board here! I totally agree. I too started off just using a pick, but you have so many more options if you're able to use pick and fingers or fingerstyle. Then you can choose the right approach for the situation. It takes a while to get used to it, but like everything else it's just practice.