This song is a cover from Dave Van Ronk called Green Green Rocky Road played by Oscar Isaac in the movie Inside Llewyn Davis. It’s a very good fingerpicking song using a thumb alternating bass line.
When practicing this song, you have to tackle the thumb part first. Your thumb should constantly be alternating between the low D string (we are in drop D tuning : D, A, D, G, B, E with a capo on fret 4) and the high D string. Once you are comfortable with that, try to add the melody one note at a time. It’s a song that you can loop easily, which means that you can practice one measure at a time repeatedly without stopping and it will still be pleasant to the ear.
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