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Mandolin Instruction: Old Time, Country and Fiddle Tunes

Michael Holmes
Mandolin Instruction: Old Time, Country and Fiddle Tunes

String instrumentalist Michael Holmes provides a recorded tutorial in the playing of the mandolin. The recording is composed of two parts. The first part presents examples of mandolin playing in traditional folk music first slowly and then at performance speed. The second part has Holmes replaying all the songs from the first part and joined by Reed Martin (banjo) and Mike Rivers (guitar).

The extensive liner notes provide information of buying and tuning a mandolin and musical notation for the 15 songs presented as part of this tutorial.

Holmes dedicated this recording to Pete Seeger, “whose version of “Woody’s Rag” was the first tune I ever heard played on the mandolin.”

Track Listing

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Tune to a "G" Michael Holmes 00:13
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Soldier's Joy, slow Michael Holmes 01:25
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Soldier's Joy, fast Michael Holmes 00:43
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St. Anne's Reel, slow Michael Holmes 01:27
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St. Anne's Reel, fast Michael Holmes 00:41
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Cripple Creek, slow Michael Holmes 00:44
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Cripple Creek, fast Michael Holmes 00:22
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Old Joe Clark, slow Michael Holmes 01:23
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Old Joe Clark, fast Michael Holmes 00:38
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Turkey in the Straw, slow Michael Holmes 01:16
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Turkey in the Straw, fast Michael Holmes 00:38
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Colored Aristocracy, slow Michael Holmes 01:04
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Colored Aristocracy, fast Michael Holmes 00:44
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East Virginia Michael Holmes 00:24
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken Michael Holmes 00:48
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Arkansas Traveler, slow Michael Holmes 01:32
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Arkansas Traveler, fast Michael Holmes 00:41
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Girl I Left Behind Me, slow Michael Holmes 01:30
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Girl I Left Behind Me, fast Michael Holmes 00:39
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Devil's Dream, slow Michael Holmes 01:50
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Devil's Dream, fast Michael Holmes 00:46
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Fisher's Hornpipe, slow Michael Holmes 02:04
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Fisher's Hornpipe, fast Michael Holmes 00:39
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Flop Eared Mule, slow Michael Holmes 01:54
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Flop Eared Mule, fast Michael Holmes 00:44
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Lost Indian, slow Michael Holmes 01:23
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Lost Indian, fast Michael Holmes 00:35
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Ragtime Annie, slow Michael Holmes 01:56
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Ragtime Annie, fast Michael Holmes 01:00
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Soldier's Joy Michael Holmes 01:37
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Saint Anne's Reel Michael Holmes 01:49
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Cripple Creek Michael Holmes 00:54
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Old Joe Clark Michael Holmes 01:38
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Colored Aristocracy Michael Holmes 01:41
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East Virginia Michael Holmes 00:43
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Will The Circle Be Unbroken Michael Holmes 00:43
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Arkansas Traveler Michael Holmes 01:41
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The Girl I Left Behind Me Michael Holmes 01:46
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Devil's Dream Michael Holmes 01:16
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Fisher's Hornpipe Michael Holmes 01:11
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Flop Eared Mule Michael Holmes 01:46
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Lost Indian Michael Holmes 01:37
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Ragtime Annie Michael Holmes 02:21
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Turkey in the Straw Michael Holmes 01:46