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Red-Haired Boy, Part 1: Basic Melody


This lesson is part of the course Bluegrass Mandolin Jam Favorites with Joe K. Walsh.
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Learn the essential instrumental  tunes you’ll encounter at bluegrass jam sessions everywhere. Designed for intermediate level mandolinists, with tunes, techniques, and solos from mandolin greats.
 
 
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Red-Haired Boy, Part 1: Basic Melody
Red-Haired Boy, Part 1: Basic Melody
 

The fiddle tune “Red-Haired Boy” is popular in bluegrass, old-time, and Celtic circles. You’ll learn the standard melody as well as a version that comes from guitarist David Grier in which he adds two bars of empty space at the end of each two-bar phrase. In this video, Joe teaches you the basic melody of both parts of “Red-Haired Boy” as well as a few simple ways to vary the melody.


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