Sunday, June 10, 2012

Rebecca

This is a handy tune to know if you're in a bluegrass band, and just a fun tune all around.  From what I've read, Herschel Sizemore wrote this tune to prevent having to move capo positions for guitar and banjo when playing in B--a common key for bluegrass vocal tunes.  It's named after his mom, Rebecca Sizemore.

Rebecca 150 bpm
Rebecca 160 bpm
Rebecca 170 bpm
Rebecca 180 bpm
Rebecca 185 bpm
Rebecca 190 bpm
Rebecca 195 bpm
Rebecca 200 bpm
Rebecca 205 bpm
Rebecca 210 bpm
Rebecca 215 bpm
Rebecca 220 bpm
Rebecca 225 bpm
Rebecca 230 bpm
Rebecca 235 bpm
Rebecca 240 bpm
And a zip file of all tempos (57.7 MB)

The chords are pretty crooked on this one--there are several "half measures" (2/4 measures) in the song, which I've indicated in parentheses.  The structure is AABA--play the A part twice, then the B part once, then back to the A part.  Repeat as desired.

Chords:
A part
 | B    | B  E | B   | B   |
 | F#  | F#  | E   | (E) | B   |  B   |
B part
 | F#  | F#  | E  | (E) | B  |  B  |
 | F#  | F#  | E  | (E) | F# | F# |

Or, with a capo on the 4th fret:
A part
 | G   | G  C | G   | G   |
 | D   | D   | C   | (C) | G   | G   |
B part
 | D   | D   | C   | (C ) | G  | G   |
 | D   | D   | C   | (C)  | D  | D   |

Tablature:

Guitar (Mike Stangeland version--his goes to a B in the B part where I hear an F#, measure 24)
Mandolin (via mandozine)



3 comments:

  1. Dave, I really couldn't be more pleased with your choice of tunes. If we ever cross paths, we need to jam! Thank you kindly.

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  2. Thanks, nick. I look forward to the day. I'd love to hear that squirrel-hunting banjo of yours.

    Dave

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  3. You're a god send...helping me get my timing down for this song...Thank you very much!! Take care...

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