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Jack Tuttle's Bluegrass
Mandolin Collection vol. 2
This intermediate book focuses on the mandolin styles used
for bluegrass singing pieces, as well as banjo, mandolin,
and fiddle tunes. There are over 70 transciptions songs in
the book (see index below). I have spent twenty years transcribing
solos from the greatest players of the past and present, with
breaks from Bill Monroe, Sam Bush, Ronnie McCoury, Dan Tyminski,
Adam Steffey and others. Many of the transcriptions are my
own arrangements. Many of these pieces are challenging, but
all the require details are notated. Pick direction is notated
where necessary and left hand fingering is also notated in
any instance where there might be a question.
Also included are three pages of chordal position end licks
in the Monroe-style that can be used for the last line of
most standard bluegrass songs. A typical bluegrass song can
be broken down into four lines of melody and often a mandolinist
will leave the melody on the last line and play a lick in
its place. These end licks are to be used for this purpose.
Some of the licks will fit over a I - V - I chord progression
and the others fit over a V - V - I. Since this chord progression
is so common for the last line, these licks will work for
the majority of all songs. Since they are closed position
licks they can be moved up and down the neck and across strings
to be used in all 8 bluegrass leys.
For an idea of the quality of the transcriptions, you can
download PDF samples on my transcription
page.
By far the majority of these tunes and songs are from mainstream
bluegrass jam repertoire. Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs,
and the Stanley Brothers repertoire are well represented.
Here is the song index from the book:
Here's the Song Index:
A Hundred Years From Now
Another Night
Back Up And Push
Beaumont Rag
Big Sandy River
Big Sciota
Blue Grass Breakdown
Blue Grass Special
Blue Grass Twist
Boston Boy
Buck's Run
Can't You Hear Me Calling?
Cattle In The Cane
Cluck Old Hen
Close By
Cry Cry Darling
Daybreak In Dixie
Denver Belle
Dixie Hoedown
Done Gone
Durham's Reel
Farewell Blues
First Whipporwill
Fisher's Hornpipe
Flop-Eared Mule
Foggy Mountain Special
Forty Years Of Trouble
Georgia Rose (1)
Georgia Rose (2)
Ground Speed
Goodbye Liza Jane
Heartstrings
Heavy Traffic Ahead (1)
Heavy Traffic Ahead (2)
I Am A Pilgrim
I Heard The Bluebirds Sing
Leather Britches
Letter From My Darling
Little Annie (1)
Little Annie (2)
Little Cabin Home On The Hill (1)
Little Cabin Home On The Hill (2)
Lonesome Fiddle Blues
Lonesome Moonlight Waltz
Long Gone
Long Journey Home
Man Of Constant Sorrow
Maury River Blues
Meet Me In The Moonlight
Midnight On A Stormy Deep
New Camptown Races
Ninety Nine Years
Old Man At The Mill
On And On
Out In The Cold World
Pike County Breakdown
Raw Hide
Rebecca
Remington Ride
Road To Columbus
Roanoke
Roll On Buddy
Shouting On The Hills Of Glory
Shuckin' The Corn
Sittin' On Top Of The World (1)
Sittin' On Top Of The World (2)
Somehow Tonight
Stoney Lonesome
Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong
Sweet Sunny South
Talk Of The Town
Theme Time
Train 45
Way Downtown
Wayfaring Stranger
When You Are Lonely
When You Go Walking After Midnight
Wreck Of The Old Ninety Seven
Closed Position End Licks
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