Peghead Nation mandolin instructor Ethan Setiawan penned the intriguing “Mount Holly,” which he recorded on mandola with Joe K. Walsh playing octave mandolin for his lovely Encyclopedia Mandolinnica album. The five-part tune is in the key of D. Joe describes it as a little more elaborate than the tunes you’ve tackled so far in this course, but he breaks it down into easily accessible phrases. In this video, Joe shows you the A part of the tune. He begins by discussing how to maintain the tune’s internal rhythm with steady up-down strokes.
