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The bluegrass jam favorite “Dixie Hoedown” comes from mandolin great Jesse McReynolds and has been recorded by numerous people, including Jerry Douglas, David Grisman, Matt Flinner, and many others. But nobody really plays the B part the same way. The version you’ll learn here is based on the way Grisman, Jesse McReynolds, Ronnie McCoury, and others played it on Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza. Joe starts by showing you the A part, phrase by phrase. You’ll also learn the chords to the A part in this video.
| Home Sweet Home |
| Home Sweet Home, Part 1 |
The Victorian-era parlor song “Home Sweet Home” was composed in the 1820s, but probably became known as a bluegrass instrumental through Earl Scruggs’s 1961 recording on Foggy Mountain Banjo. More recently, Scruggs’s recording of “Home Sweet Home” with Béla Fleck on Béla’s The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales of the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2 has influenced many contemporary bluegrass musicians. In this lesson, you’ll learn a version of the melody in two octaves in the key of C. Joe walks you through the A part of his lower-octave version of “Home Sweet Home” in this video.
| “Home Sweet Home” Notation/Tab (Available to subscribers) |
