Greensleeves Lesson

by Dejan Farkas

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- Kristofer Dahl10th January 2008
  Just beautiful - thanks alot for covering this lesson Dejan! (I don't know why but this melody has haunted me for a couple of years - perhaps this lesson will help me get even with it! )
- Skewlbuzz10th January 2008
  Great melody! Reminds me of midieval story-telling music, if you get me
- botoxfox10th January 2008
  Yeah, it's a cool melody
- Bogdan Radovic10th January 2008
  Very nice one Dejan !! Great
- The Uncreator10th January 2008
  Very cool stuff! love the tone
- Khaos Keith10th January 2008
  wow i reeeeally love this... and i dont play alot of classical renaissance stuff, but this got me picking up the ol accustic and playing away haha, i think more lessons in this style would get me playing it even more!
- misha10th January 2008
  that's cool.... i like the melody
  what do you mean with time signature 2/4???
- misha10th January 2008
  and which fingers do you use?
  am i right with thumb index and middle finger?
- Dejan Farkas10th January 2008
  Thank you all
  
  misha - 2/4 time signature means that the beat is a quarter note and we have 2 quarter-note beats per measure (2 beats per measure).
  The right hand fingering is not of great importance here so I did not indicate it, the thumb plays the bass notes, and for the rest you can have a close look on slow videos how I play it, or make your own fingering that suits you the best
- Gerardo Siere10th January 2008
  I love that melody. Good work
- Mark.10th January 2008
  Cool !
  One of my favourite classical pieces !!
- Muris Varajic10th January 2008
  I remember it from High School,thanks,nicely done and great lesson!!
- Pablo Vazquez10th January 2008
  Very nice!! Excellent Lesson!!
- Tuubsu10th January 2008
  Fantastic! Always wanted to learn this just couldn't tell what was the name of the piece
- Marcus Lavendell10th January 2008
  Wonderful!!
- Dejan Farkas10th January 2008
  Very kind of you guys
  
  Thank you, glad you like it
- misha10th January 2008
  yeah thanks dejan
  good work
- Eat-Sleep-andJam10th January 2008
  So great ,makes me want an acoustic axe
  Ill just learn it on a electric guitar with a acoustic setting I guess , Nice 1
- Maximus10th January 2008
  Well Done
- Fran10th January 2008
  Awesome, very well played!
- Johnnix10th January 2008
  Hello,
  
  This is just great! Well done... But this sound to me better or am I wrong?
  
  E||---------------|--------------------|---------------|----------0---1-0--|
  B||------------0--|--1---0-------------|---------------|--1----3-----------|
  G||---------------|--------2--1-----1--|--2----2----2--|-------------------|
  D||---------------|---------------4----|---------------|-------------------|
  A||---------------|--0-----------------|--0----0-------|--0-------3--------|
  E||---------------|-----------0--------|---------------|-------------------|
- Toni Suominen10th January 2008
  Cool lesson Dejan!!
- Falcao10th January 2008
  awesome lesson, hope to see more of these
- Dejan Farkas10th January 2008
  Thank you all
  
  Johnnix - nice spotted many modern arrangements moved this piece from A Dorian to A Minor (F# -> F) but it tried to evoke the spirit of the Rennaisance and left it in the original mode, but tastes are different and it's not strange if you like it in A Minor
- Lester10th January 2008
  cool!!!
  I remember this theme from some old knight games i used to play when I was younger
- krudtaa10th January 2008
  Sounds great dude
- Gilmore10th January 2008
  Nice lesson, I like this song. I think A minor sounds better then A Dorian, but it´s nice to hear both.
- Gabriel Leopardi10th January 2008
  Very nice lesson Dejan!
- Juan M. Valero10th January 2008
  really wonderfull !!! love this song, I learnt to play the main melody but with all the bass lines is too complicated for me !!
- David Wallimann10th January 2008
  Great lesson Dejan!
  I love your sound too. Very clean. Is it the mic of your camera?
- Hisham Al-Sanea10th January 2008
  nice feelings with greensleeves dejan
- Tomy Jeon10th January 2008
  Cool melody Dejan! Sounds very Renaissance
- Hemlok10th January 2008
  Perfect! I love this Dejan, you did a fine job. Keep these fantastic lessons coming
- Dejan Farkas10th January 2008
  Thank you guys
  
  Wallimann - I record guitar through on-top pickups, then through DI-Box, then Mixer into the sound interface. The sound I get is not so good, so I add some EQ (to cut unnecessary highs) and REVERB in GuitarRig2, and some more EQ (to increase lows) in SoundForge to get the sound for the main video. The audio in slow videos is without processing, so you can hear the difference
- SLASH9111th January 2008
  Nice, I've always loved this tune. Now it's going to be stuck in my head for the next week
- Joe Kataldo11th January 2008
  beautiful
- preownedguitar11th January 2008
  Oh snaps! Hehe, I remember this song, time to dust of the ol' acoustic for this one. This one is great Dejan, thanks.
- Kosei Kubota11th January 2008
  Nice playing and great choice of music!
- Dejan Farkas11th January 2008
  Thank you!
- TheClansmanDK11th January 2008
  Very beautiful Dejan
- Zaelus11th January 2008
  NICE. thanks for the lesson!
- Dejan Farkas12th January 2008
  Thank you
- Vinod Saranga16th January 2008
  Nice tone Dejan
- Dejan Farkas16th January 2008
  Thanks Vinod
- Andrew Cockburn16th January 2008
  Excellently done Dejan - I have often thought about the Dorian vs Minor thing - I liked your explanation - thanks!
- Dejan Farkas16th January 2008
  Thank you Andrew
- DeepRoots31st January 2008
  Hey Dejan- just been going through this piece as it was stuck in my head all week! Its the first song ive learned using fingerpicking so thanks for starting me off with this technique
- Dejan Farkas31st January 2008
  You're welcome DeepRoots and I feel great if this lesson made you explore the new technique
  
  If I can help you in any way with fingerpicking, would be happy to
- Frank4th February 2008
  Hi Dejan .I love this song .Congratulations
- Dejan Farkas4th February 2008
  Hi Frank. Thank you, very kind of you
- JtotheP8526th February 2008
  Reminds me of an old Christmas song as well.. "What Child is This?" I believe it is called, a very nice piece.
- Carlos Carrillo26th February 2008
  hey Dejan!!!So coool....So coool....Excellent!!!thanks
- Danilo Capezzuto26th February 2008
  Oh...so many memories. Thanks ( today I'm watching all your lessons...who's the next..? )
- Dejan Farkas29th February 2008
  You're welcome We'll see what's coming next
- al christie11th April 2008
  Great lesson, I will use this for my students.
- Dejan Farkas11th April 2008
  Glad to hear that Al, thanks
- sigma78th June 2008
  dejaaaaan wuts up
- Dejan Farkas9th June 2008
  nothing much, a bit busy lately
- Guitarist1617th August 2008
  great lesson!
- Dejan Farkas18th August 2008
  Thanks
- Canis24th December 2008
  Goosebumps ^^
- Pedja Simovic24th December 2008
  Great lesson Dejan
- Dejan Farkas28th December 2008
  Thanks guys
- Igarj9th March 2009
  Love this melody, thanks for making this.
- Dejan Farkas10th March 2009
  You're welcome, I am glad you like it
- MigeZ27th April 2009
  Lovely melody. Now I've to tune up my acoustic guitar
- Dejan Farkas28th April 2009
  Thanks, go for it
- A.C. Dega22nd December 2009
  should that f# be just an f natural in the 4th bar first string?
- Dejan Farkas23rd December 2009
  The reason I used the F#, or A Dorian mode is since it's sound is characteristic for the Rennaisance period, in which this piece was born. Some modern arrangements moved the piece into natural minor (F#->F), because it sounds more modern and generally sound better now. But I wanted to get close to original as possible.

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