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    Been playing for almost six months and coming along just fine. Have memorized Solder's Joy, Old Joe Clark, Red Wing, Arkansas Traveler and numerous hymns.

    So what would be the next 10 most popular tunes I should learn?
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    Gold Rush
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    Two pretty basic tunes you can learn without being overwhelmed then, you can learn some embellishment.
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    Angelina Baker, Darling Nellie Gray, Harvest Home

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    What tunes do you like? Learn them.
    A talent for trivializin' the momentous and complicatin' the obvious.

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    Whiskey Before Breakfast , Red Haired Boy, St. Anne's Reel, Billy in the Lowground,
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    Quote Originally Posted by JeffD View Post
    What tunes do you like? Learn them.
    Right now I just want to play. But yes, you are right. However, when at a jam or camp, I want to be ready.
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    Coleman's March, Julia Delaney's, Caledonian Laddie, Irish Washerwoman. We have a Newbies Group here at the cafe, and this month our group song to learn is Fisher's Hornpipe. If you haven't already joined the newbies group, there's a link in my signature, you'd be welcome there and we invite you to join in .
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    I say if you're only going to learn fiddle tunes, get a fiddle!

    Just my 2 cents . . . there are other songs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jaycat View Post
    I say if you're only going to learn fiddle tunes, get a fiddle!

    Just my 2 cents . . . there are other songs.
    Gads! Someone got out of the wrong side of bed today...

    I am asking for titles on a mandolin forum...!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Gunter View Post
    Coleman's March, Julia Delaney's, Caledonian Laddie, Irish Washerwoman. We have a Newbies Group here at the cafe, and this month our group song to learn is Fisher's Hornpipe. If you haven't already joined the newbies group, there's a link in my signature, you'd be welcome there and we invite you to join in .
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    I think jaycat was intimating that there are other songs to learn besides bluegrass fiddle tunes...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr5150 View Post
    So what would be the next 10 most popular tunes I should learn?
    we should make a cafe top 40 list

    I used this list early on and the top 20 (still not learned #7) are fairly popular

    #21-24 are popular and #32 is one of my favorites
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    Cherokee Shuffle

    Temperance Reel- This is in D, but if you drop it drop and star on the G string, fifth fret, C, you can also learn Billy In The Lowground easily, so it's a freebie!

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    Whiskey Before Breakfast

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    Learn to play "little Maggie" and "roll in my sweet babies arms"...

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    Mr. Jaycat was helpful.

    With 43 posts under your belt I'm sure, just like myself, you are discovering a lot of different types of music. I found that Nigel Gatherer's website was pretty useful in helping me find some of what I liked.

    www.nigelgatherer.com

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    Quote Originally Posted by DataNick View Post
    I think jaycat was intimating that there are other songs to learn besides bluegrass fiddle tunes...
    Quote Originally Posted by Al Trujillo View Post
    Mr. Jaycat was helpful.

    With 43 posts under your belt I'm sure, just like myself, you are discovering a lot of different types of music. I found that Nigel Gatherer's website was pretty useful in helping me find some of what I liked.

    www.nigelgatherer.com
    Well maybe I overreacted, but it would have been better if he suggested, straight out, that I also learn non "fiddle tunes" instead of saying I may as well play the fiddle if I am going to play "fiddle tunes".

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rj-_lmF02E


    But honestly, what are the top 10 songs played at jams or a camp? My guess is those four tunes I have memorized are on that list.

    Songs are songs and tunes are tunes. At a recent jam, I played Soldier's Joy and Red Wing on my flute and got nothing but positive feedback and and invite to return.

    Sorry about the rant. But I just had to say a thing or two.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DataNick View Post
    I think jaycat was intimating that there are other songs to learn besides bluegrass fiddle tunes...
    Correct, thank you sir.

    Mr 5150 - I think the first two songs I learned were Wild Mountain Thyme and Bicycle Built for Two. Oh, and Star of the County Down and Gasoline Alley. All fun to play and not difficult. Happy pickin'!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jaycat View Post
    Correct, thank you sir.

    Mr 5150 - I think the first two songs I learned were Wild Mountain Thyme and Bicycle Built for Two. Oh, and Star of the County Down and Gasoline Alley. All fun to play and not difficult. Happy pickin'!
    Thanks

    The first two songs I learned on the mandolin were Greensleves (what Child is this) and He Leadeth Me, along with Sweet Hour of Prayer. I even did a few Blues Rifts. Some stuff along with a BB King CD. Flute and Sax stuff on the mandolin, just to find my around the instrument.

    So as you can see I am not just doing fiddle tunes, but rather I want to learn Bluegrass tunes as I take up my third instrument. This stuff is new to me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr5150 View Post
    So what would be the next 10 most popular tunes I should learn?
    Quote Originally Posted by Mr5150 View Post
    when at a jam or camp, I want to be ready.
    Quote Originally Posted by DataNick View Post
    there are other songs to learn besides bluegrass fiddle tunes...
    an interest in fiddle tunes doesn't have to imply that you don't have the capacity to enjoy other tunes - maybe you are just getting started and itching to participate in a open group of pickers, where the few tunes you have managed to learn are commonly played.

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    The thing about fiddle tunes is they teach you fingering and positions. Then you can use knowledge to play some of the phrasing in tunes around the campfire and start to work things in when you hear the tune.
    Get the tune in your head then, tell your fingers where to go.
    Jaycat only has one side of the bed, and he's (think Frank Wakefield here) "Wiiise"!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Timbofood View Post
    The thing about fiddle tunes is they teach you fingering and positions. Then you can use knowledge to play some of the phrasing in tunes around the campfire and start to work things in when you hear the tune.
    Get the tune in your head then, tell your fingers where to go.
    Jaycat only has one side of the bed, and he's (think Frank Wakefield here) "Wiiise"!
    It's true, the other side of my bed is pushed up against the wall.

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    Mark, someone slipped the word "capo" onto your song list!

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    Quote Originally Posted by rich9236 View Post
    Mark, someone slipped the word "capo" onto your song list!
    yeah - those 2 tunes must be some odd local favorites

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    Quote Originally Posted by jaycat View Post
    I say if you're only going to learn fiddle tunes, get a fiddle!

    Just my 2 cents . . . there are other songs.
    Quote Originally Posted by DataNick View Post
    I think jaycat was intimating that there are other songs to learn besides bluegrass fiddle tunes...

    Yea, their are Irish fiddle tunes, old timey fiddle tunes, Scottish fiddle tunes, New England fiddle tunes, French Canadian fiddle tunes, French traditional fiddle tunes, Swedish and Nordic fiddle tunes, English Country dance fiddle music, English traditional fiddle tunes. There are so many great tunes out there.

    Yes there is much to play outside of fiddle tunes, but the fiddle tune repertory is so huge, and soooo much fun, and its the content of many many many jams across the country and the whole darn world. And it is a ripping good time. You could go a long way playing nothing but fiddle tunes. A long long way.

    But yes there is other stuff out there to play.
    A talent for trivializin' the momentous and complicatin' the obvious.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jaycat View Post
    It's true, the other side of my bed is pushed up against the wall.
    The scary part is, I have never seen Jaycat, let alone his bedroom!
    Like I said Jaycat..."You're Wiiiise"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Gunter View Post
    Coleman's March, Julia Delaney's, Caledonian Laddie, Irish Washerwoman. We have a Newbies Group here at the cafe, and this month our group song to learn is Fisher's Hornpipe. If you haven't already joined the newbies group, there's a link in my signature, you'd be welcome there and we invite you to join in .
    I have been shamefully inattentive to the Newbies group (sorry guys) ,.. But Fisher's Hornpipe is a favorite of mine!... I'm going to have to be more attentive!
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