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

101	Tune to a "G" Michael I. Holmes	00:13
102	Soldier's Joy: Slow Michael I. Holmes	01:25
103	Soldier's Joy: Fast Michael I. Holmes	00:43
104	St. Anne's Reel: Slow Michael I. Holmes	01:27
105	St. Anne's Reel: Fast Michael I. Holmes	00:41
106	Cripple Creek: Slow Michael I. Holmes	00:44
107	Cripple Creek: Fast Michael I. Holmes	00:22
108	Old Joe Clark: Slow Michael I. Holmes	01:23
109	Old Joe Clark: Fast Michael I. Holmes	00:38
110	Turkey in the Straw: Slow Michael I. Holmes	01:16
111	Turkey in the Straw: Fast Michael I. Holmes	00:38
112	Colored Aristocracy: Slow Michael I. Holmes	01:04
113	Colored Aristocracy: Fast Michael I. Holmes	00:44
114	East Virginia (1) Michael I. Holmes	00:24
115	Will the Circle Be Unbroken (1) Michael I. Holmes	00:48
201	Arkansas Traveler: Slow Michael I. Holmes	01:32
202	Arkansas Traveler: Fast Michael I. Holmes	00:41
203	Girl I Left Behind Me: Slow Michael I. Holmes	01:30
204	Girl I Left Behind Me: Fast Michael I. Holmes	00:39
205	Devil's Dream: Slow Michael I. Holmes	01:50
206	Devil's Dream: Fast Michael I. Holmes	00:46
207	Fisher's Hornpipe: Slow Michael I. Holmes	02:04
208	Fisher's Hornpipe: Fast Michael I. Holmes	00:39
209	Flop Eared Mule: Slow Michael I. Holmes	01:54
210	Flop Eared Mule: Fast Michael I. Holmes	00:44
211	Lost Indian: Slow Michael I. Holmes	01:23
212	Lost Indian: Fast Michael I. Holmes	00:35
213	Ragtime Annie: Slow Michael I. Holmes	01:56
214	Ragtime Annie: Fast Michael I. Holmes	01:00
301	Soldier's Joy Michael I. Holmes	01:37
302	Saint Anne's Reel Michael I. Holmes	01:49
303	Cripple Creek Michael I. Holmes	00:54
304	Old Joe Clark Michael I. Holmes	01:38
305	Colored Aristocracy Michael I. Holmes	01:41
306	East Virginia (2) Michael I. Holmes	00:43
307	Will the Circle Be Unbroken (2) Michael I. Holmes	00:43
401	Arkansas Traveler Michael I. Holmes	01:41
402	The Girl I Left Behind Me Michael I. Holmes	01:46
403	Devil's Dream Michael I. Holmes	01:16
404	Fisher's Hornpipe Michael I. Holmes	01:11
405	Flop Eared Mule Michael I. Holmes	01:46
406	Lost Indian Michael I. Holmes	01:37
407	Ragtime Annie Michael I. Holmes	02:21
408	Turkey in the Straw Michael I. Holmes	01:46