How to Play - "Althea" - all chords + "claw" technique - Grateful Dead- Alpine Valley 1989

Includes everything you need to know to play this classic song ...

includes a detailed breakdown of all of Jerry Garcia's guitar parts ...

learn how to "claw" finger-pick it, just like Jerry did! ... includes a

breakdown of Jerry's playing from Alpine Valley 7-19-89 ...

feel free to jump ahead at any time ... perhaps you already know the

chords, and want to jump straight to the finger-picking ... or just

follow along to the full lesson to be sure you don't miss anything, as

many secrets and tricks are revealed as it goes along ...

TRACK LISTING

1:39 - Carlo plays the "Signature Lick"

2:11 - Carlo gives general tips, observations, and comments on how to play Althea

4:16 - Lesson Plan - 1= teach the "signature lick" and chord changes, using a pick

4:50 - Lesson Plan - 2 = teach the "signature lick" and chord changes, using finger-picking "claw" technique

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Lesson Plan - 3 = add alternating bass-line to "claw" technique

START OF LESSON

4:58 - the "walk-up" notes (to Bm)

7:22 - the "Verse" chords ( Bm - A - E - A Bm - A - E ) (also played during solos)

9:08 - the "Hammer E Riff" ( played at the end of the "verse" chords )

10:09 - the "Bridge" chords ("I told Althea, this treachery ... ) (A - C#m - D - A C#m - E Bm - A - E )

11:34 - the "Bridge 2" chords ("There are things, you can explain ...) (D - G - E - E sus - E Bm - A - E )

13:03 - example of how to strum through all chords with no finger-picking

15:10 - "Signature Lick" - claw part played with a pick - no finger-picking

19:29 - "Signature Lick" - "claw" finger picking method an Bm chord

22:02 - "Signature Lick" - "claw" finger picking method thru the A - E - A chord change

29:06 - the "Hammer E Riff" - using "claw" finger picking method

31:20 - "claw technique" - summary example = playing thru entire verse using "claw"

31:58 - "claw technique" - finger-picking with alternating bass-line

41:16 - a common variation = abandon picking pattern after the C#m + add "pick-pull lick" on E chords

41:53 - the "variation on the claw technique" Jerry used at Alpine
Valley - simple "pick-pull" eighth note pattern with alternating
bass-line

43:44 - Jerry simplified everything for the verses - basic "pick-pull" quarter note pattern which made singing verses easier