O'Keefe's Slide - Chord Back-up Lesson

Here’s a lesson on how to play chord back-up for the tune O'Keefe's Slide. I’ll review each chord, then show you the progression and finally play the whole progression along with a pre-recorded version of the melody.

chords:
Em is G0D1
D major is G1D0

chord progression:
(6/8 time count 1-2-3-4-5-6))
A part
Em /D /Em /D
Em /D /D /Em
B part
Em /Em /Em /Em
D /D /D /Em

If you don’t already know how to play O'Keefe's Slide, learn it here:
   • O'Keefe's Slide - Basic Fiddle Lesson  

If you haven’t learned how to play chords and double stops on the fiddle yet, I recommend watching the following video lessons:
Double Stops-open strings video:    • How to Play Double Stops - Technique Lesson  
Double Stops-Fingered video:    • How to Play Fingered Double Stops - Techni...  
How To Play Back-up Chords On Fiddle Video Lesson 1 -    • How To Play Back-up Chords On The Fiddle (...  
How To Play Back-up Chords On Fiddle Video Lesson 2 -    • How to Play Back-up Chords on the Fiddle (...  
How to Play Chord Rhythms    • Chord Rhythms for Back-up Fiddle - Techniq...  
How To Play Back-up Chords On Fiddle Video Lesson 3 -    • How to Play Back up Chords On the Fiddle (...  

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Alrighty. Play every day, have fun 😀 and thanks for making music 🙏

Now, go fiddle with it...

Jason 🎻