Ralph McTell – Silver Birch and Weeping Willow

Learn how to play Ralph McTell – Silver Birch and Weeping Willow note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Barre Chords: Yes
Thumb-Over Chords: Yes (F)
Playing Style: Fingerpicked (slow Travis picking)
Tuning: Standard
The lesson teaches Ralph’s guitar part from the original studio recording..
The complete file contains a lesson video, a performance play thru video, full tabs, chords and lyrics. You’ll receive a link to download the lesson which will download as a zip file of 117 Mb containing all the lesson content.
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You’ll receive at least two videos per song, one lesson and one performance-standard play-through. You’ll receive the chords/lyrics and guitar tabs as PDF files.
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Alun says
Hi Jerry
Thanks for this, and looking forward eagerly to more Ralph, especially the magnificent (and surely well above my level, but…) Hands of Joseph.