Although Gold Rush is always played in the Key of A, I find that very hard to play on the mandolin. I wrote out the notation for A, then again for the Key of G. MUCH easier to play! A great tune by Bill Monroe and Byron Berline. There are a number of recordings of it online, and each one differs somewhat -- quite a bit really -- from the others. It's often attributed to Bill Monroe, but here's Byron Berline telling how he and Bill Monroe collaborated to create the tune. Tune starsts at about 1:40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y8sStWw7Po
Here's fiddle Kenny Baker and mandolin Jesse McReynolds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF8vtEMpdok
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