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I did not like the first take so much so here is another try:


http://youtu.be/XJwfcny4nwk

For anyone who likes to work in current songs I did this version of One and Only


http://youtu.be/q6KJzMYXSnA

The formating is off but this is it:

One and Only

My singing IS really uninspired and boring at best.

I don't know if we are talking strumming, chopping or picking? (fairly easy, harder, hardest)
It takes lot's of practice.

No matter what...

Good work.

It has also been covered in the song a week group here:
http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/group.php?do=discuss&discussionid=1569
It was also the tune that started that group.

"What I'm trying to do is, to improve my ability to be able to adjust to different keys during sight reading."

That just sounds very difficult :) It seems like everything you are seeing would be...

I do find it interesting that bluegrass is often not even a category. I put my band on reverbnation and had to pick the folk category. I also like the rock I grew up with versus the stuff they play...

In bluegrass there will often be a chorus which will change so each of those verses would be separated with a different pattern.

This song comes to mind:
[G]When I was young and in my [D]prime, ...

First let me qualify this by saying that I am not a good song writer, never took a poetry class and did not excel in english composition.

(For me) the double rhyming lines are a bit monotonous.

My feeling is that bluegrass is a big tent and everyone is welcome. Do we really need to distinguish between bluegrass, newgrass, rockgrass, etc...? (I suppose those sorts of labels do help...

This subject was touched on in the BG forum. There is no easy answer. My wife can generally pick up tunes on the fly but that is a skill that takes a long time to develop. I have to work out a...

oops -now I see I got it backwards he knows Cripple Creek in A and wanted it in G. I thought you had a good version Dan also good exercise for playing up the neck a bit.

I agree with above if you...

Well I apologize LoneStarmandolin I did not intend it that way. Actually I sympathize with you because I had the same attitude. Maybe you are right in that somewhere along the way I picked up the...

I usually just leave off the seven in the 7523 G often early on I used the xx23. With practice I am getting better at covering the seven but it is a pretty good stretch. In the key of G x523 -C...

I am a proponent of learning to play by ear. With practice this really expands the ability to pick up tunes. Also it is OK to simplify a tune so that if Cripple Creek in A gives you trouble than just...

Is that F#m?

Here is a video lesson I found:


http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Play-the-Mandolin-Tremelo-2459747

Thanks

Thanks, I did not do a good job of asking the question.
I don't have an acoustic amp. and I don't own or know what the various types of mixers are.

Would this DYN-M plug in to the mixer just...

Does the DYN-M require a preamplifier or are they just an accessory used to provide additional control?

thanks.

This is probably my favorite group. I like the way they used contemporary songs.

My vote is: C. all of the above

Learn all the ways you can play every chord.

I agree mommythrice, it will not produce a perfect harmony but it is a great way to start. Generally in bluegrass the lead singer would be in a place where there will be one part below and one above...

I think the thing you have to do is make yourself try. I see several groups around here where individuals in the group take turns singing but they don't do harmony. It is something you have to...

I am not criticizing their abilities -they are all outstanding singers and musicians.

Alan specifically says that he sings "most of the first song in falsetto"
I have a fairly high voice but...

I jut got the Nashville Bluegrass Band's Harmony Singing video in yesterday and my initial impression is not great. None of the tunes where bluegrass standards. Not much explanation they just sang...