Mandolin Blues Tabs

€ 19.90 
On this page you find my mandolin songs.  All played out of G position, tuned low.  I never tabbed out those songs, I just put 'm together, recorded them and forgot all about them.
What I can offer is tabs of songs where I got all those licks.  If you learn those you'll have plenty of material to put together your own songs.

Also recommended are :
- Rich Delgrosso's "Mandolin Blues"
https://www.mandolinblues.com/store.html
- Steve James "Learn to play mandolin blues" dvd 1 and 2  https://www.homespun.com/shop

1- Hard Times
Mandolin plus guitar backup.
key of G tuned down a half step
Most of this piece comes out of Rich Delgrosso Mandolin Blues Book.

2- Hard Times Blues
Mandolin Solo
I'm tuned down (DGCF) and playing out of G position

3- Dark Night Blues
Mandolin Solo
I'm tuned down a half step and playing out of G position


4- 61 Highway
Mandolin Solo
I'm tuned down a half step and playing out of G position



5- Easy Rider
Mandolin Solo
I'm tuned down (DGCF) and playing out of G position

6- Diving Duck Blues
Mandolin Solo
I'm tuned down a half step and playing out of G position


So I can offer you tabs for all the songs listed below, all in the key of G,  for €19.90 (click on "buy now" above this page).  They represent a valuable library of material for playing in the best blues key of G.

- The steve james intro of his mando dvd vol 2 (the most interesting bit on the dvd and it's not transcribed in the Homespun Tapes course). 
I used this for the introduction to my version of Diving Duck Blues.

- Steve James 'Midnight blues'  a mandolin solo piece https://open.spotify.com/track/34YtQXbmksyFwmHTNtpEbW?si=b7e802f8bf98457f
I used much of this song in my Dark Night Blues

- Ry Cooder's "Going to Brownsville"   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdHXqAvOfXg
I used a lot of licks of this song in my version of 61 Highway

All tabs above were transcribed by the mandolin virtuoso John McGann; all written by hand in pencil.
plus
- 9 tabs, of which I used a lot of licks spread over all of my songs, by Rich Delgrosso from his collums in the long defunct "Mandolin Magazine"

For the link to mp3's of those 9 tabs go to
https://www.mandolinblues.com/store.html
and click on "Music Samples"

They are :

1- Nothing but the blues 
2- Blues Etude 1
3- Blues Etude 2
4- Baby Got The Rickets 
5- Wabash Street Blues 
6- Up and Down the Line 
7- South Side Blues 
8- Walkin' blues 
9- Highway 61

Tabs are sent as pdf's to your Paypal email  address.



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