Next, start on G, skip A, add B, skip C, and add D. Spell out the musical alphabet starting on G: G-A-B-C-D-E-F-G. But, first, let’s find the notes that make up the G triad. Next, I’m going to show you three ways of playing the G chord. We’re only going to worry about major chords right now. Major refers to the quality of the chord and chords fall into three categories: major, minor and dominant. Open-position means that we’ll be using open strings. I know that that’s a mouthful but it’s usually referred to as simply, G-the “open-position major” stuff is generally understood. Let’s get started with the open-position G major chord. Understanding these concepts sometimes takes a little bit of time but, eventually, it sinks in. Continue forward and come back to this section. That’s it! If you’re still finding difficulty understanding this, don’t worry. Start on D, skip E, add F, skip G, and add A. In order to build a C triad we need to start on C, skip D, add to E, skip the F, and add the G. C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C.Ĭhords are built by stacking every other note. That may sound more complicated than it is, but if you have a piano it’s easier to visualize. Let’s start on C and spell out the musical alphabet: C-D-E-F-G (remember, H doesn’t exist we go back to A) A-B-C. The note that we start on is the key: so, if we start on A we’re in the key of A and if we start on G we’re in the key of G. The musical alphabet is A through G and then it repeats. And, I have a quick and painless way of helping you understand this. The only reason for giving this alternative melody note here is because, in the octave in which the melody is written in the banjo tab, the note on the other melody sheets is inaccessible on the banjo when playing in G tuning with the capo on the 2nd fret for the key of A.Now, we don’t randomly stack any three notes, there is a method to this. In the banjo tab of the melody, measures 4 and 12 have a higher starting note than what is given on the other melody sheets. The melody sheets attached here correspond to how I usually sing the first verse of the song, with one exception. W8, just the timing of the changes is different the change to the 4 occurs a measure later in Wabash Cannonball, as does the change back to the 1 after the 5. The order of chord changes for Wabash Cannonball is the same as in Prog. Of the progressions on the 'Basic Chord Progressions' handout, this progression is most similar to progression W8, which is the progression used for 'Blue Ridge Cabin Home', 'Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong', 'We'll Meet Again Sweetheart', etc.: The chord progression that I use for 'Wabash Cannonball' is: Notice that no two of these versions use exactly the same set of lyrics, and that there are also differences among them in notes that make up the melody, and in the case of the Acuff recording, the chord progression as well (1144 for lines 1 and 3, which works with the notes that Acuff sings here, but would not fit well with other versions of the melody) Norman & Nancy Blake: key of A: good guitar breaks
WABASH CANNONBALL TAB NOTES FOR GUITAR MAC
Also, immediately after the fiddle break, Mac goes into another 'Carter Family' song 'Homestead On The Farm' (a.k.a., 'I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home'), which in bluegrass circles has become more associated with Mac than with the Carters.)ĭoc Watson: key of G (includes guitar, dobro, fiddle, and banjo breaks): Note In place of an intro break that follows the melody and chord progression of the song, a quote from another old well-known 'train' song 'The Orange Blossom Special' is used instead. Mac Wiseman - key of A: good banjo and fiddle breaks 'Wabash Cannonball' also happens to be the oldest song on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list. and this record is one of the less than 40 singles to have sold more than 10 million copies. But perhaps the most well-known version of the song is still the 1936 recording by Roy Acuff - many people in both country and bluegrass circles still associate the song especially with him. Originally recorded by the Carter Family in 1929, 'Wabash Cannonball' has gone on to become a Country classic, and has been recorded by many notable Country and Bluegrass artists, including Johnny Cash, Hank Snow, Willie Nelson, Flatt & Scruggs, Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson, Norman Blake, and Claire Lynch. The song of the week is 'Wabash Cannonball' in the key of A.
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