Alternate Picking & Rhythmic Feel (Scarlet Begonias) @HighCountryGuitar
Alternate Picking & Rhythmic Feel (Scarlet Begonias) @HighCountryGuitar
Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
A short-ish video on the connection between alternate picking and rhythmic feel, using two of Jerry Garcia's licks in the Grateful Dead song "Scarlet Begonias."

Jerry Garcia played with a light, bouncy feel that is hard to emulate. The key to it is to feel the downstrokes & upstrokes against the beat.

PDF for this lesson at HighCountryGuitar.com:
highcountryguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Scarlet-Begonias-PDF.pdf

Thanks to Andrew Wyatt for the cover photo!
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