Perhaps folks could suggest spooky mandolin music. I will start with this........
Perhaps folks could suggest spooky mandolin music. I will start with this........
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
Check out Ghost Story on Mandozine.
http://mandozine.com/music/search_re...rder=A&submit=
"Dance of the Lunatics"
It is on the Mandolin Cafe's Mp3 page under classical music - played by the Nashville Mandolin Orchestra.
Other versions are on YouTube.
Joseph Baker
Here's my attempt at the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, pdf attached. It was supposed to be the start of something multi instrumental -maybe next year.
https://soundcloud.com/jeremy-hoylan...ley-horn-dance
- Jeremy
Wot no catchphrase?
I usually play "The Munsters Theme" around Halloween.
or simpler version
Funeral March Of A Marionette (aka Hitchcock Theme) is suitably eery:
Arrangement by Evelyn Castiglioni, from "Evelyn's Big Book For Mandolins For The Year 2015" (available from Amazon, NFI).
Martin
Not as sophisticated as the other suggestions, but I like to break out Spade Cooley's "It Dark Outside" around this time of year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFmUaZed950
I always do these three back to back at this time of year .
Not mandolin but great spooky tune "Bringing Mary Home"
Tom, actually it does have mandolin.......
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
Monster Mash - 4 chords...1, 6, 4, 5 throughout the entire song, so in G = G, Em, C, D
Fun to play and everyone wants to know..."vut-eva happen to my Trrrransylvania Twist?"
Ok, the polar opposite of my first post. Anyway it's fun.......
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
Show of Hands: Hallows eve:
Skip the first 1:50
Little Ghost - White Stripes
https://youtu.be/WBaEcMmMLTQ
Spookiest "fiddle tune" I know is "Jump at the Sun." Found this on YouTube with mandolin and looped guitar:
Here's the original, by the guy who wrote it (John Kirkpatrick) on accordion -- skip ahead to 7:00 in the clip:
Here's a link to the tune on thesession.org database, where you can find various settings in different keys (the original is Dm, works fine on mandolin), and can print out PDF sheet music:
https://thesession.org/tunes/736
The Dead March
Ichabod's Last Ride is a cool and spooky tune.
Mike Snyder
Ghost Riders in the Sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XArPn1EFRDY
Last edited by Steve VandeWater; Oct-27-2016 at 7:35am.
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Just wanted to remind folks of the free collection of 13 Halloween mandolin trio arrangements with chords that I posted a year ago.
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/s...=1#post1603839
Harper (My other mandolin is a harp)
Thought I would resurrect this thread.
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
Good for Candlemass and Walpurgis Nacht as well
Stormy Morning Orchestra
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"Mean Old Timer, He's got grey hair, Mean Old Timer he just don't care
Got no compassion, thinks its a sin
All he does is sit around an play the Mandolin"
Perfect!
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
One of these holidays I’m gonna work on the tunes BEFORE the day is here…better get going on Thanksgiving and Christmas!
Anyway, here is Dance of the Skeleton by David McLaughlin:
Played by Wyatt Ellis:
Northfield F5M #268, AT02 #7
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