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Music Appreciation

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(15,592 posts) Sun Jan 5, 2020, 12:45 PM Jan 2020

Elizabeth Cotten was born on this date-

Notice how she plays...…..

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Elizabeth Cotten was born on this date- (Original Post) Dyedinthewoolliberal Jan 2020 OP

Oh, Thank You! DarthDem Jan 2020 #1

or rather Dyedinthewoolliberal Jan 2020 #2

Right On! DarthDem Jan 2020 #4

The upside-down picking always looks so strange to me cemaphonic Jan 2020 #3

DarthDem

(5,257 posts)

1. Oh, Thank You!

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Sun Jan 5, 2020, 02:26 PM

Jan 2020

I had never heard of her before. Wonderful playing and beautiful music. I am enriched for having heard it.

Looks like she plays left-handed but with the strings "upside down," so the high E string is closest to her. Like Hendrix.

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(15,592 posts)

2. or rather

Reply to DarthDem (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 5, 2020, 04:26 PM

Jan 2020

Hendrix played like her

DarthDem

(5,257 posts)

4. Right On!

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 9, 2020, 06:26 AM

Jan 2020

I wonder if he knew about her.

cemaphonic

(4,138 posts)

3. The upside-down picking always looks so strange to me

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Mon Jan 6, 2020, 01:09 PM

Jan 2020

She had an interesting bio too. She was a self-taught guitarist, but didn't play for many years as an adult. She worked for the Seeger family for years, before they realized that they had a brilliant folk guitarist and songwriter right under their nose.

I really love this one:

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