Bluegrass Songs in Minor

Because there are a few songs that have been played at the last 2 jams that are not on any of the beginner or intermediate jam song lists and have chord progressions which can be difficult to relate to any of the progressions on the basic progressions chart, and these songs will likely be played again in the near future at the jam, I am including here the chord progressions that were used for those songs at the jam.

Down In A Willow Garden - sheet music in E - sheet music in G
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys - Willow Garden
                 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xgwiFg-kzw
The Osborne Brothers(with Red Allen) - Down In The Willow Garden
                -www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW-0ko2Mdoc

1    1    1    6m                       6m 6m 1    6m
1    1    6m 6m                       1    1    6m 6m
1    1    1    4                          1    1    1    4
1    5    1    1                          1    5    1    1

Over The Waterfall - D (AABB form) - sheet music - web
The Mandolin Casefiles: Over The Waterfall - www.youtube.com/watch?v=akRSsTsTdDA
Over The Waterfall · Grandpa Jones & Family - www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRuDFS2cgGA

1/5 1    1/5 1                          1/4  1    1/5 1
1/5 1    b7  4                          1/4  1    5    1

Poor Wayfaring Stranger - sheet music - web
Bill Monroe - "Wayfaring Stranger" - www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMrBCJObQOk
Alison Krauss - Wayfaring Stranger - www.youtube.com/watch?v=brAXHYv-JYc
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1m 1m 1m 1m                       b6 b6 b3 b3
4m 4m 1m 1m                       b6 b6 5   5
1m 1m 1m 1m                      1m 1m 1m 1m                      
4m 5    1m 1m                      4m 5    1m 1m

Shady Grove (the 'hippie version') - sheet music (pdf)
David Holt and Doc Watson: Shady Grove
                - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7MwW3JuEOY
Jerry Garcia and David Grisman - Shady Grove
                - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayk_qQw0XZg

1m b7  1m 1m
b3  b7  b7  1m

Cheyenne - (Melody sheet - pdf)
The Bluegrass Album Band - Cheyenne
                   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLQF1k17FP4
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- A Part in Gm,                    B Part in Bb
1m 1m 1m 1m                        1    3    4    1
5    5    1m 1m                        1    5    1    1
1m 1m 1m 1m                        1    3    4    1
5    5    1m  b7                        1    5    1    1

Note: In Cheyenne, '5' in the A Part and '3' in the B Part are the same chord. Likewise, 'b7' at the end of the A Part is the same chord as '5' in the B Part.


See the attached Nashville Number Chart to translate the number names of the chords into letter names for whatever keys you wish to practice these progressions in. (E.g., banjo players may find it easier to work up a Scruggs-style break for Over The Waterfall in C rather than in D, and then just capo 2 to end up in the key of D. On guitar, It is far more convenient to learn Cheyenne in Em and G, rather than in Gm and Bb, and then just capo 3 to end up in Gm and Bb.)

Happy Pickin',
Jason

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