Hi everyone, Here are this week's jam videos, with me on banjo: Beginner Jam: A Memory Of You - A (118 bpm) Lonesome Road Blues - G (122) Mountain Dew - A (128) Beginner Bluegrass Jam 7/3/2021 / Jam Along / Idaho Bluegrass Association / Jason Homey - YouTube Have a happy 4th! Jason Chord Progressions:
A Memory Of You 1144 1155 1144 1511 Lonesome Road Blues 1111 4411 4411 5511 Mountain Dew 1111 4411 1111 1511
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Hi everyone, I'm back on mandolin this week, with more songs to jam along with. I hope you'll enjoy these. Beginner Jam A Memory Of You - A (108 bpm) Lonesome Road Blues - G (112) Mountain Dew - A (126) Beginner Bluegrass Jam 3/ Jason Homey - YouTube Happy Pickin', Jason Chord Progressions:
A Memory Of You 1144 1155 1144 1511 Lonesome Road Blues 1111 4411 4411 5511 Mountain Dew 1111 4411 1111 1511 Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing well. Beginner Jam A Memory Of You - B New River Train - G Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong - D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j24sS1Lfx_E Happy Pickin', Jason Hi everyone, Here's a new batch of tunes to jam along with. Keep safe and well. Happy Pickin', Jason Beginner Jam Old Joe Clark - A Mountain Dew - A New River Train - F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjoowELcmQc Hi everyone, Here are some more songs to jam along with. Keep safe and well. Happy Pickin', Jason Beginner Jam: Mama Don't Allow - A A Memory Of You - A Soldier's Joy - D Hi,
The song of the week is 'A Memory Of You' in the key of A. Recordings Jim & Jesse - key of A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebC9IQNkj7E Bobby Hicks and Friends - key of B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLppdfvyW1c 'A Memory Of You' is just one of many lesser-known Bluegrass songs that can be easily introduced into almost any Bluegrass jam, even when none of the other jammers have ever heard or played it before, because nearly everything about the song is ordinary, typical, and predictable for a Bluegrass song. If you are not familiar with this song, try playing along with one of the recordings before opening the attachments and before reading the rest of the song of the week write up, to see how much of the chord progression and the melody you can pick up by ear. Try improvising a break while playing along with the recording and see what happens. Progression The chord progression used to play 'A Memory Of You' is the one that is the most common of all progressions in Bluegrass: 1144 1155 1144 1511 (V7 on the basic chord progressions handout) Other common Bluegrass standards that use this same progression include: Bury Me Beneath The Wiilow Wreck Of The Old '97 Your Love Is Like A Flower I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home I Still Write Your Name In The Sand Y'all Come Lost And I'll Never Find A Way Come Back Darling If I Should Wander Back Tonight Why Did You Wander I'm Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darling Back To The Cross Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone Hold Watcha Got True Life Blues Road To Columbus Flint Hill Special Black Mountain Rag (C - Part) Rose Of Old Kentucky (verse progression) Blue Moon Of Kentucky (verse progression) Tiny Broken Heart (verse progression) Little Annie (verse progression) White Dove (verse progression) Cry, Cry Darlin' (verse progression) Melody Singers should observe that the melody for the chorus differs from the melody of the verses in measures 2 through 5. In these 4 measures, where the verse melody descends, the chorus melody ascends, and vice versa. In the attachments I have given the melody for the chorus rather than for the verses, because it feels to me more instinctive to use the chorus melody of 'A Memory Of You' as the point of reference for creating melody-based breaks, even though with most songs, one would typically use the melody for the verses rather than the melody for the chorus as the point of reference for creating melody based breaks when the chorus and verse melodies differ from each other. Pickup Notes When played in the key of A, the first (full) measure of the melody begins with a C# note. On the Jim & Jesse recording, Jesse uses the following three pickup notes to lead into the C# note to start his intro break on the mandolin: E, F#, A, played as quarter notes. (Compare this with the similar - key of B equivalent - but more elaborate pickup measure, used at the beginning of the banjo intro break on the Bobby Hicks and Friends live performance of A Memory Of You.) Other songs that, when played in the key of A, have a C# as the first melody note in their first (full) measure, and for which this same pickup phrase will work well, include: All The Good Times Are Past And Gone Beautiful Brown Eyes Blue Ridge Cabin Home I'll Fly Away Leaning On The Everlasting Arms My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone Canaan's Land A Few More Seasons Hand Me Down My Walking Cane I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand Little Cabin Home On The Hill Love Me Darling Just Tonight Wild Mountain Flowers For Mary Will You Be Loving Another Man Your Love Is Like A Flower Ashes Of Love Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms Transposed to each of the 7 other Major keys that songs may be played in at the jam, the pickup phrase and the note it leads to become: key of G: D, E, G, leading to a B note key of Bb: F, G, Bb, leading to a D note key of B: F#, G#, B, leading to a D# note key of C: G, A. C, leading to an E note key of D A. B. D, leading to an F# note key of E: B, C#, E, leading to a G# note key of F: C, D, F, leading to an A note Song List 20 songs were played at last night's jam: 16 from the main list, 3 from the additional songs list, and 1 that is on neither list: Angeline The Baker - D Blue Ridge Cabin Home - A Boil The Cabbage Down - A Bury Me Beneath The Willow - D Cripple Creek - A Down The Road - B Gathering Flowers From The Hillside - G Long Journey Home - A Mama Don't Allow - G A Memory Of You - A Nine Pound Hammer - G Old Joe Clark - A Shortnin' Bread - A Soldier's Joy - D Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong - C Will The Circle Be Unbroken (played twice) - A & G Canaan's Land - G Little Cabin Home On The Hill - A Your Love Is Like A Flower - G Fireball Mail - G Happy Pickin', Jason |
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