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How to play folk guitar accompaniment like Peerie Willie Johnson part 2

 

This free Irish guitar lesson from Folk Friend covers the music theory behind the amazing chord progressions of the amazing Shetland jazz / folk guitarist “Peerie” Willie Johnson. I’ll be analysing the chord progression he played on the track “Harvest Home, Ragtime Jane” from the Willie’s World album.

 

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