Jam Essential
intermediate
Big Sandy River
Jam Fiddle Tunes
Jam Along
Chord Chart
A x2
A
A
E
E
A
A
E
A
B x2
A
D
E
A
A
D
E
A
Chords used:
A
D
E
Demo Videos
Practice Videos
Jam Along
Jake Howard · 4:29
About This Song
Big Sandy River is a jam session essential—one of those tunes that gets called at bluegrass circles everywhere. It's typically played in A and follows a straightforward 1-4-5 progression (A-D-E), making it one of the more accessible tunes in the bluegrass repertoire and a great choice for newer players joining their first jam sessions.
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