Drawn from her Grammy Award-winning 2018 album Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves’ ‘Slow Burn’ is a gorgeous acoustic guitar tune constructed around a duplicating chord pattern. The softly balanced 16th note strumming pattern drives the tune throughout and an unusual-but-simple tuning provides ‘Slow Burn’ its unique character.
In this brief video tutorial Elixir Strings artist Mandy Rowden breaks down the tune and describes the “Reverse Drop D” tuning, with the leading string tuned down to D, that the tune utilizes. The chord forms themselves are simple and will recognize to most intermediate gamers, making ‘Slow Burn’ an enjoyable, simple tune to contribute to your list!
Describing why she’s a fan of Elixir Strings, Mandy states, “You can’t top Elixir Strings for tone and playability and the endurance can’t be beat!” She utilizes Acoustic Phospher Bronze with NANOWEB ® CoatingCustom Light (.011 -.052) to get her noise.
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