looking for easy song for guitar/mandolin

[zilla the hon]

I am getting my first instrument for my birthday - an MK Firefly custom. My husband is learning the guitar and we would like to learn an easy song to play together. Does anyone have a suggestion? Needs to be easy!

[Eugene]

What genre?

[250sc]

Old Joe Clark is easy, free tabs are available and most people at jams know it.

[John Flynn]

Cluck Old Hen. It is only three chords and seven notes, and every bluegrass and old time player is required by law to know it. OK, I am sort of kidding about the last part.

[zilla the hon]

Thank you for the suggestions. I will look for tabs for both guitar and mandolin for both songs. Learn both. Then we can play a two song set.
Genre... hmmm. I'll let the mandolin decide which genre to pursue. It will be delivered next week.

[craig]

most waltzes are pretty easy (i.e. they can be played slow and still sound good). my first song was "Ashokan Farewell". it is a very gratifying first song. another is "Inisheer". it's an irish tune. very easy to play as well. the Co-Mando (http://www.co-mando.com) site offers them in the TEF file section. they have a duet version of "Ashokan Farewell". i've played this with dad on guitar, and it sounds great.

welcome to the mandolin world! have fun!!!

craig

[pathfinder]

Almost anything by the original Carter Family can be done:
- in three chords;
- using easy-to-download lyrics;
- so that guitar and mando can swap nice simple solos.

Here are ten examples. #Enjoy.
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken?
- New Wildwood Flower
- You Are My Flower
- Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
- Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?
- The Gold Watch and Chain
- Jimmy Brown, The News Boy
- Life is Like a Mountain Railroad
- Keep on the Sunny Side
- I Never Will Marry

[zilla the hon]

Wow, thank you all! This gives us quite a few choices, maybe we will try them all.

thanks!

[fatt-dad]

Go buy the mandolin pickers fakebook. It has all of these great (fiddle) tunes (in tab) and the guitar chords. It's lots of fun.

f-d

[Tom C]

Try something you may already know (But don't know you know).
Like Arkansas Traveler.