Re: i think this would be such a cool tune to play on mandolin
Thanks, Daryl. It's a great tune.
The fiddle and mandolin are tuned the same, so the fingering is, in theory, the same, though going from one instrument to the others takes some getting used to, as fingers come in at a different angle. Cedric Watson's technique, "draggin' the bow" and using double stops, is very important to the Creole sound of the tune. It would sound quite different on mandolin, perhaps very good, but different.
(Of course, one can play double stops, two strings at once, on the mandolin, but with a different effect.)
Last edited by Ranald; Aug-21-2020 at 9:52pm.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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