Folsom Prison Blues

To play Folsom Prison Blues as it's arranged on the handout I gave you in class today, you'll need to know your E major, A major and B7 chords. Use the E major and A major chords shown in the handout I provided.

Here's what a first-position B7 chord looks like (strum from the fifth string down):

I shot the following video today after class to give you a taste of the song. I am strumming with the "boom-chick" pattern, which means my right hand is alternating between bass notes and strums on the treble strings. From the second verse onward, I am adding some bass runs and hammer-ons for variety. I'm afraid I omitted a verse, but this should be enough to get you started. 

Welcome!

If you're reading this, you probably are one of the students in my "Introduction to Acoustic Guitar" class at the Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts. I hope to use this blog as a site for sharing links, videos and other useful resources to help shed some light on guitar concepts and techniques.

The internet has a wealth of materials for beginning guitar students. One of the most popular online guitar instructors is Justin Sandercoe, a Brit who has many free lesson videos on YouTube. Here's one: