How to Play "Squirrel Hunters" /// Mandolin Lesson (Intermediate)
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- Here's an intermediate level mandolin lesson for this awesome old time/bluegrass, Intermediate level fiddle tune "Squirrel Hunters." I'll take you through the chords, the melody, and some melodic variations throughout this tutorial with the tab and notation transcriptions here on on screen. As always you can grab the pdf transcriptions and play along tracks over on Patreon at the link below.
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This is the squirrel hunters love it 😅
Excellent tutorial. Just really clear, moves along with a lot of information, not too slowly or quick. Thank you!
One of the "few the proud the squirrel hunters" here... loved this lesson
Thank you. I'm learning a few American fiddle tunes the violin teachers have chosen to have the teenagers play at string orchestra camp this summer. Looking through lots of videos, your lesson is a stand-out. Excellent teaching. Wishing you plenty of great sessions this summer!
Hey David, thanks very much for showing us all the lower octave notes and tabs for this truly fabulous tune. First time I heard it it blew my socks off, and the weather was cold, so I had to go grab a new pair of socks. This is a welcome task to learn than just the higher octave,. Yummy stuff. Bob
Haha! That's awesome Bob! Hope you enjoy that lower octave variation!
@@DavidBenedictMandolin well, I copied down your tabs A part high, A part low for both parts, same for B parts. Man, it looks like a cool way to play this tune, but until I learn the tune well enough, it could get confusing. Good thing I don't have much else to do 'til spring gets here 'cept get my veg seeds started in late March Thanks again, Dave for a great project on my old Flatiron. Bob
Totally loving this lesson format!
So glad! Lot's more lessons coming soon!
I've been enjoying playing this this tune lately on my hammered dulcimer! Now I'll have to share this video with my brother who's a mandolinist!
Awesome! Hammered dulcimer is so fun! Would make a great duo with a mandolin I bet!
As an Irish Traditional player trying to learn Bluegrass. These simple arrangements are refreshing compared to all the overly complex tabs I tend to find elsewhere.
Great lesson man! Such a killer tune
My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
Great stuff David! I remember you playing at Northshore Fellowship. Glad to see you progressing and sharing your talent. I’m out west and hopefully catching a camp with Tristan scroggins. That’s how I found you. You guys both rock it!
Hi Brian! That's awesome! Loved going to Northshore back in the day! Hope our paths cross again soon. Say hi to Tristan for me if you see him!
You’re the best!!
that C I N E M A T I C lighting though...
🤘🤘🤘We will make the mandolin cool yet!!!
"dig a little deeper" he says about an octave lower. Well played.
Finally someone gets it 😂
Very nice. I learned this tune (or maybe sorta learned it) ages ago, and never really played it with anyone in a jam. But I think I learned it with the C's played natural (which to me sounds a little different, but still sounds fine).
That's great! Yeah, lots of different versions of this one!
This version's in A Mixolydian. Did you maybe learn it in D Mixolydian? That would be like D Major except the c# would be dropped to c natural.
Awesome stuff 😎
Thank you! Cheers!
The song is in the key of D and the notes are the normal notes of the D major scale.
Why the heck you don’t have TONS of subscribers I will never know! UA-cam algorithms are a pain. Subscribe to this man now people.
Ah thanks so much, BanjoLemonade! That's really kind of you!
For learning by ear, it’s nice if you just play through the tune once early in the video before breaking it down. Then we can try puzzle it out before getting instruction.
Hey John! Thanks so much for watching this lesson-hope it was helpful. You can grab the full slower tempo melody recordings over on my Patreon page if you’re looking for some more learning resources for this tune.
I'm always curious as to the hardware videographers use to produce their UA-cams streams. Could you share what your setup is? Thx. -Jim
Great lesson! Trying to shed this on double bass right now.
Rock on!
Yeah, buddy!
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The actual key is D. So, it begins on the V chord, etc...
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Maybe there's a secret language here... G natural for two # (sharps)? I'm missing something. Two sharps is D major, no? But great lesson, David.
Hey mistahcoughdrop! How're things for you? And sorry we didn't go into too much detail on the mode v key thing in this video. You're right that this tune has the same key signature as D major, but since the chords and the melody are somewhat centered around an A major chord, it helps me to reframe the key as the A mixolydian mode--which has the exact same notes as D major, but starts and ends on the A note instead. Doesn't matter too much how you think about it though as long as you know what notes are in that key signature. Hope this helps! Glad you're digging these lessons!
@@DavidBenedictMandolin David, they are brilliant, and yes I understand the A mixolyidian mode, yes! Thank you for responding. Paris is okay but we're still in a funk. Little music beyond the home these days. We'll see what the next few months bring. But thank you for these lessons. I'd like to send some dinero to you but more like a one time fee/donation... Instead of the monthly payment. Possible? If not I'll do the monthly.
David..please.. you have to speak a little bit slowly...becouse foreigns ...thanks and CIAO...nice videos and mandolin
Haha! Sorry, get a bit excited when talking about the mandolin, I guess... Thanks so much for watching!
You can adjust the playback speed, faster or slower. Go to the little dots on your screen or if there is a wheel looking thing, click on it and you will see that you can change the playback speed. Personally I love it that he speaks fast. Otherwise I would have to speed him up!