The rockabilly blues instrumental “Blue Grass Twist” (also called “Blue Grass, Part 1” on some albums) was recorded on December 3, 1960. Monroe plays three double solos back to back, for six solos in all. In this lesson, you’ll learn the first two solos. Throughout these solos Bill uses a lot of triplets and slides as well as hammer-ons and pull-offs, the latter of which was new for Bill. Monroe’s exuberance manifests itself in the presence of several complex measures with a combination of slides and 32nd notes where one might expect a sparser rendition. There is also a more modern rewrite of one of Bill’s “stock” endings using flatted fifths, flatted thirds, and slides, as well as triplets, as seen in measures 23, 48, and 52. Mike walks you through the A section of Monroe’s solo in this video.
