The term “campfire song” is generally used to refer to a familiar old song that folks can sing along with to a simple guitar accompaniment. But the tunes we cover in this series extend beyond the repertoire of well-fed cowboys on the open range. Regardless of whether you’re indoors or out, or how you cook your dinner, we call them campfire songs. As a singer-songwriter, I find learning these tunes and their history very interesting.
This selection, “House of the Rising Sun, ” is cautionary tale of things gone wrong in New Orleans. Made popular by a rock version that the Animals recorded in 1964, it has been a staple in folk music stretching back to at least the beginning of the 20th century, with roots in much older European folk traditions. While the basic melody was nailed down pretty early, the accompanying chords have seen a lot of variations along the way. The earliest recordings of the song—like Clarence Ashley and Gwen Foster’s 1933 “Rising Sun Blues” and Woody Guthrie’s version from 1941—were generally in Appalachian folk or bluesy styles. Among my favorite other interpretations are Josh White’s brooding solo take and Ronnie Gilbert’s jazzy three-piece arrangement with the Weavers.
As always with the songs in this series, we’ll keep the arrangement simple and stick with chords in open and first position: Am, then C with a G in the bass, D with an F# in the bass, and F (fretted with a full barre), which creates a neat descending bass pattern (A, G, F#, F). The only other chords are basic open C and E shapes.
How To Play House Of The Rising Sun
The song is in 6/8 time—that’s six eighth notes per bar, counted, “One, two, three, four, five, six.” If you are not familiar with this meter, play along with the video to get a good sense of how it feels. I like to play the song with a flatpick, mixing things up with strums and single notes, as transcribed in the first eight measures. You could keep things even simpler and go with straight strumming throughout, or use a basic fingerpicking pattern—whatever works best for you.is a traditional folk song that was made popular by the group The Animals in the 1960s. Watch the Animals version of the song here. The song is also sometimes called
The House of the Rising Sun is a very popular song to learn basic fingerstyle technique. In fact, it is the first song our teachers use to teach students fingerstyle technique at Do Re Mi Studios. This is a technique where the guitarist plucks the strings with the fingertips or the fingernails. If you are not familiar with this technique, read Fingerstyle Guitar Technique Explained before attempting to play this song. It will prepare you technically for this song.
The song is in 6/8 time. This time signature is referred to as a compound time signature. It means that there are 6 eight notes played per bar. Learn more about simple and compound time signatures here.
How To Learn House Of The Rising Sun
Throughout the whole piece until the last bar. The chord charts have been included in the score below to make it easier to follow the music. If you are not familiar with the fingering required for any of the chords in the song read click here.
Below is the audio track of House of the Rising Sun. Press play now and listen to what you should be aiming to achieve with practice. Before attempting to play the piece, practice the right hand pattern (i.e.
) using just one chord (e.g. chord A minor). When you feel confident with the pattern then go on to play the piece. Practice slowly and ensure that as you change chords, you are playing the correct bottom note (i.e. bass note) of the chord.
House Of The Rising Sun Guitar Chords
And that’s it folks! Hope you enjoyed this lesson. Contact Do Re Mi Studios if you would like lessons on fingerstyle guitar technique or any other guitar techniques and styles you would like to learn. Besides guitar, we also teach drums, bass, singing and piano. For more details about our lessons click here.
And that’s it folks! Hope you enjoyed this lesson. Contact Do Re Mi Studios if you would like lessons on fingerstyle guitar technique or any other guitar techniques and styles you would like to learn. Besides guitar, we also teach drums, bass, singing and piano. For more details about our lessons click here.
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