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My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains, Part 1


This lesson is part of the course Beginning Mandolin with Sharon Gilchrist.
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Get started off right on the mandolin, with basic techniques, scales and chords, and simple and popular bluegrass and old-time tunes to play. Includes downloadable Play-Along audio practice tracks for rhythm and melody on all tunes, advice on embellishing melodies and playing tremolo, and more.
 
 
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The fiddle tune “Angeline the Baker” is a must-know tune for all roots music instrumentalists. Sharon teaches it here note-for-note and phrase-by-phrase. “Angeline the Baker” is in the key of D, and Sharon starts by reviewing the D major scale. She also talks about marking the time with your downstrokes, even if there’s a rest on that downstroke (sometimes called a “ghost stroke”), which will help you maintain a steady tempo. Sharon plays each phrase of the A part numerous times, so you can practice playing each phrase with her until you really get it down and are ready to put all four phrases together for the entire A part.
 
 
 
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My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains  
 
My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains  
 
My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains, Part 1
My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains, Part 1
 

Clarence “Tom” Ashley wrote “My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains” and recorded it with the Carolina Tar Heels in 1929. Tim O’Brien and Abigail Washburn released a lovely version a few years back, and the song remains a favorite in bluegrass and old-time circles. Sharon teaches the song in the key of D, and in addition to the basic melody and chords, you’ll learn some techniques for rounding out the sound and enhancing the groove. In this video, Sharon eases you into the song by reviewing the notes of the D scale, teaching a classic kickoff lick, and walking you slowly through the melody line. Along the way, you’ll also learn about “shuffle bow” picking, left-hand ornaments that enhance the melody, and damping techniques that add clarity to both lead and rhythm playing. 


 
 
 

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