Old time tunes

[John Flynn]

I actually keep a notation on my tune list of "faves." FWIW, here are my all time favorite OT tunes on mando:
Around the Horn
Billy in the Lowlands (Clyde Curley’s version in G)
Bonaparte Crossing the Rockies
Bonaparte’s March
Candy Gal
Cape Breton Wedding March
Cumberland Gap (Clyde Curley’s 3-part version)
Flying Indian
Hog Eyed Man
Houghton House
Jawbone
Johnny’s Gone for a Soldier
Josephin’s Waltz
Jump in the Well, My Pretty Little Miss
Lady of the Lake (the version in D)
Little Rabbit
Meg Grey
Mississippi Snag
Monkey on a Dogcart
Old Joe (Not “OJ Clark.” This is a Missouri tune in C)
Pretty Little Dog
Queen’s Polka
Sally in the Garden
Screamer
Ship in the Clouds
Squirrel Hunters
Star of the County Down
Twenty-eighth of January

[fatt-dad]

And don't forget "The Eighth of January"!

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[JeffD]

Nail that Catfish to a Tree, Chinquapin, Julianne Delaney, and reviving Ricketts Hornpipe and Needle Case.

[sgarrity]

What a great resource. I hope we can keep this thread goin for a bit. I have LOTS of tunes to learn now!

[JeffD]

I just picked up the Fiddler's Fake Book - what a great resource and provides much needed practice in reading notation.

It is a great book, and the first place I look when I hear a new OT tune and want to learn it. I use it as a true fake book - I figuer the written version is the starting point, and then I try and emulate how I heard the tune, or how I think I heard it.

[fatt-dad]

HERE are the mandozine tabedit files for "old-time" music. Download the "tabedit viewer" and you can play each of these files and also have the tab to learn from.

You can also look for old-time tunes right here at the mandolincafe. Check out the tab link at the home page.

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[Gary S]

Hey Mando Johnny,
Star of the County Down and Josephin's Waltz are 2 tunes I have enjoyed and learned from The Buckhannon Brothers recordings. Ship in the clouds is also a great tune I often play. Keep playing those great Old Time #s...Gary