How to do the Carter Scratch- Learn with a guitar teacher...

The boom chick is the first step to the Carter scratch, a style of playing made popular by Maybelle Carter and used in country, folk, and Americana styles. Try the boom chick to add some country flavor to your strumming! #guitarlesson #americana #oldtime #guitartip #guitar #guitartutorial | Big Universe Music

Maybelle Carter played “Hello Stranger” in a fingerpicking style with steady alternating bass and a couple of single-note melodic lines. In her new Maybelle Carter-Style Guitar lesson, @CathyFink shows you Maybelle’s basic fingerpicking pattern and walks you through her solo. https://ow.ly/j98A50PN3wk #acousticguitar #pegheadnation | Peghead Nation

In this Maybelle Carter-Style Guitar lesson, Cathy Fink teaches “There’s No Hiding Place Down Here,” which was recorded by the Carter Family in 1934. Maybelle’s lead is a great example of the Carter scratch, and there’s a lot of thumb–up–down–up strumming, which really fills out the sound. Join us! https://ow.ly/BTl850XTLeE #acousticguitar #carterfamily #pegheadnation | Peghead Nation

In this Maybelle Carter-Style Guitar lesson, Cathy Fink shows how to play “I Never Will Marry,” which is a very sad song, but the guitar part is really fun. Cathy shows you Maybelle’s lead as well as a couple of chromatic bass lines she plays under the vocal. Join us! https://ow.ly/tCQb50XmBvB #acousticguitar #folkmusic #pegheadnation | Peghead Nation