Hi everyone,
The song of the week is 'Leaning On The Everlasting Arms' in the key of A.


Recordings
The Grascals - key of G 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsByGPoBBtQ

Don Rigsby - key of B
(1) Leaning on the Everlasting Arms - YouTube

Jason Homey & The Snake River Boys - key of A (starts at 16:28)
Jason Homey and The Snake River Boys, IBA Open Mic, 2_24_20 - YouTube


Jam Videos
Jason’s YouTube Links – Alphabetical Listing – Parisology (cyberplasm.com)


Progression 
The chord progression that is used on the first recording of Leaning On The Everlasting Arms is:
1144
1115
1144
1151

On the second recording, the progression is: 
1144
11155
1144
11511 

On the third recording, and in the jam videos, and in how we have usually played the song at the jams, the progression is:
1144
1115
1144
11511

In the key of G: 1=G, 4=C, 5=D;
In the key of A: 1=A, 4=D, 5=E; 
In the key of B: 1=B, 4=E, 5=F#. 

Chorus Lyrics
Leaning, leaning, 
Safe and secure from all alarms; 
Leaning, leaning, 
Leaning on the everlasting arms.


Song List
16 songs were played at last night's jam: 9 from the main list, 3 from the additional songs list, and 4 that are on neither list:

Clinch Mountain Backstep - A
I Can't Feel At Home In This World Anymore - G
I'm Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darling - G
Leaning On The Everlasting Arms - A
Little Birdie - Bb
Lonesome Road Blues - G
A Memory Of You (played twice) - B & D
My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains - G
Nine Pound Hammer - A
Lonesome Feeling - G
Long Journey Home - G
Reuben - D
Boil The Cabbage Down - A
Faded Love - D
Soldier's Joy - D
Your Love Is Like A Flower - B

Happy Pickin',
Jason

Files:
Leaning - banjo tab
Download File

Leaning - guitar tab
Download File

Leaning - mandolin tab
Download File

Leaning - melody in A
Download File

The song of the week is 'A Memory Of You' in the key of A.

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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

Jason Homey & The Snake River Boys - key of A
A memory of you - Jason Homey and the Snake River Boys - YouTube


Jam Videos
Here are 4 youtube jam videos I have made for A Memory Of You. In the one listed first, I am on guitar, playing the song in the key of A.
Jason’s YouTube Links – Alphabetical Listing – Parisology (cyberplasm.com)


Progression 
1144
1155
1144
1511
(Prog. V7 on the Basic Chord Progressions handout)


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 intuitive 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.


Lyric Cheat Sheet
In the attachments, I have included a lyric cheat sheet that gives the first words of each of the verses of the song in large print. The reason why it is in large print is so that one can put the sheet on the floor - instead of on a music stand - when one is leading the singing on the song at the jam, and quickly glance at it before - not while - one starts singing the next verse of the song in case, in the moment, one forgets how the next verse begins (a common occurrence at jams and in live band performances). 

Happy Pickin',
Jason

Sheet Music & Tabs:

Hi everyone,
Attached here are the handouts for the High Beginner - Low Intermediate Bluegrass Jam (formerly called the Beginner Bluegrass Jam), that I'll be leading on Thursday evenings, starting this coming Thursday (Sept. 7th) from 6:30 - 8:45pm at Ansots in the Pioneer Building (6th and Main, downtown Boise).