lookin' for some tunes

**gschmidt** · May-04-2006, 10:26am

I'm looking for some fun, easy songs to play. I'm especially looking for tunes with lots of open strings/double stops/drones. I'm thinking along the lines of "Bile them Cabbage Down" with lots of nice open ringing strings along with the melody.

Any ideas?

May-04-2006, 10:32am

Ashoken farewell in D.

Ashoken Farewell Page

**adgefan** · May-04-2006, 10:36am

Most simple fiddle tunes in D or A will sound good with drones and/or lots of open strings. How about trying something like Little Rabbit or Arkansas Traveler? I'll also recommend Mike Compton's Muddy John which I'm having a lot of fun with right now.

**Jim Yates** · May-04-2006, 11:36am

Try Waterbound.

**gschmidt** · May-04-2006, 2:43pm

Thanks the for the suggestions so far.

Any links to tab for Waterbound? Didn't see it on Mandozine.

**Tom C** · May-04-2006, 3:04pm

Little Rabbit in key of "A"

**ahollan** · May-06-2006, 8:00am

We're putting these three together:

Cattle in the Cane/Kitchen Girl/Pretty Little Dog

Pick any one of them, if you are looking for a fun tune. I think that all three are in the Fiddler's Fakebook, but we found some different versions.

Albert

**Loren Bailey** · May-06-2006, 8:15am

I dropped Angeline the Baker down an octave in D. It's very, very simple with lots of open strings.

I'll agree with adgefan, most fiddle tunes in D and A really themselves to what you're looking for.

Loren

**Jim Yates** · May-06-2006, 10:32am

gschmidt,
I googled Waterbound and found plenty of dulcimer and banjo tabs, but no mandolin tabs. I learned it from a fiddle player. A book that every old time musician should have is The Fiddlers' Fakebook. I'm sure that Waterbound is in there. If you don't read standard notation there's a Mandolin Players' Fakebook with many of the same tunes.

**odeboy** · May-06-2006, 9:21pm

I like "Wildwood Flower" in D or "Flop-Eared Mule". Those are songs we use to loosen up.

**John Flynn** · May-06-2006, 11:06pm

"Waterbound" is also known as "Stay All Night." You might find tab under that name. Another easy tune that is very similar is "Sourwood Mountain."

**cooper4205** · May-07-2006, 1:17am

go to mandozine and look through all there table edit files they have a tone of good ones. i just got the file for uncle john's band, i'm trying to get it down now

**levin4now** · May-07-2006, 2:41pm

New Five Cents?

**dobroitis** · May-07-2006, 3:13pm

Sultans of the Swing is a good one, especially if you have a mandocaster for the solo.

**cooper4205** · May-07-2006, 7:57pm

"little martha" by the allman brothers is a great song for the mandolin

**mando_toss_flycoon** · May-07-2006, 9:02pm

How about Norwegian Wood in the key of D. Or Banks of the Ohio, also in D. Lots of drone potential in both.

**jim_n_virginia** · May-08-2006, 3:09am

Been tinkering with Saint Anne's Reel and there are many, many spots where you can use doublestops and drones.

Also as someone said, Ashoken Farewell in D you can find a lot of places to add double spots.