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Avalon Blues - Mississippi John Hurt - With Free Tab

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  In this video I want to share with you my version of the blues song 'Avalon Blues' by Mississippi John Hurt. It is very typical of John Hurt's music and it is a fingerstyle guitar piece using a travis picking pattern. As is common with John Hurt's music, it has a quick tempo and is very repetitive, with one main section being repeated through the entire song. What i have given you in this tab is that main section. There are numerous different versions of this by John Hurt with many variations. What i have done is written a version that contains of the main elements of the music, which can be repeated as many times as needed with variations of your choosing, if required. The music is in the Key of E and is played on a guitar in Standard Tuning. Below are some tips to help you play this piece, and links to download the tab. Avalon Blues Downloadable Tab - Power Tab - PDF - TXT   To Hammer or Not - In the first bar of the main section at around the 4th beat I play fr...