Camptown Races
Stephen Foster · Level 2 (Beginner) · traditional · Guitar, sheet music and tablature
A song by Stephen Foster published in 1850, with its “Doo-dah! doo-dah!” refrain. A bouncy tune in 2/4, verse then chorus. Arranged in G major: the tune in first position, with a thumb bass on the first beat of each bar and at each chord change.
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How to practise it
- Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
- Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
- Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
- Play the basses (strings 6, 5 and 4) with the thumb and the tune with i and m. When a bass and a melody note fall together, pluck them at the same time and let the bass ring. Practise the tune alone first.
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Source : Arrangement Note after Note d’après la chanson de Stephen Foster (1850) · Public Domain