Learning to style of Jesse McReynolds: Nine Pound Hammer

[Jake Howard]

For today's studies I found a badass video of Jim & Jesse playing Nine Pound Hammer. Jesse takes a mandolin break that slays to say the least. I figured I would transcribe it and figure out how he uses the pattern up-up-down to create his sound.

Below is the transcription of his solo and the video I used:

[bigskygirl]

Wow, they are moving out too! Jesse’s style is really great, I was at a camp with Jorden Ramsey a few years ago and he has done a wonderful job learning and now teaching that style. Not sure I’ll ever get it up to speeds like this but I sure like listening to it, thanks for posting.

[Jake Howard]

The cool thing about it is that it is just so unique. Cool to see him use a banjo-esque roll with his picking, giving him that syncopated sound. They are cooking on this video, he burns it up!

Hopefully I'll meet Jordan soon, he's a great picker from what I've seen on videos.

[Juststarting]

Nine pound hammer is my current obsession. Thanks for this awesome rendition