Boy, I love this tune. I pick it a lot. Texas Shorty and John Hartford did it on a rather rare recording which is where I learned it. If you can find it, and good luck, it's the best. The album was discontinued pronto pup over some legal issue. John's banjo playing on this is just a masterpiece all by itself. This tune makes a great solo mandolin tune I have found. I just play it in regular tuning key of D and it works quite well.
On Apr 1, 2:16 pm, Robin Gravina <[email protected]> wrote: > Got hooked on A.A. Gray's Bonaparte's retreat - I think Pete Seeger does it > similarly, but frankly I'm not really up on fiddle tunes: only what is on > the legacy ipod.. I was trying to quietly figure it out in regular tuning > and it fits nicely into an F shape in regular tuning, apart from the drones. > Then I checked out Mr Google who tells me DDAD... Is this possible? Can one > do this on the mandolin without the whole thing rattling or exploding? Out > of stubbornness I may have to just work out some way of doing it myself, but > would be interesting to hear points of view. > > All answers please in Sonnet form or simple Iambic Pentameters if that is > too challenging. > Robin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
