Bluegrass Ramble, Part 1: A and B Parts |
Bluegrass Ramble, Part 1: A and B Parts
Bill Monroe’s multi-part instrumental “Bluegrass Ramble” comes from the 1950 session that included Jimmy Martin on guitar, Rudy Lyle on banjo, Vassar Clements on fiddle, and Joel Price on bass. It’s another of Monroe’s “crosstuned” pieces, this time in a tuning that resembles the tuning that fiddlers call “Black Mountain Rag” tuning. The G strings are tuned up to A, the D strings up to E and one of the E strings is lowered to C#, which makes an A major chord: AA EE AA AC#. Mike walks you through the first A and B parts, as well as the intro, in this video, finishing by playing the A and B parts slowly, so you can play along.
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