The gospel song “That Home Above” was recorded by the classic Blue Grass Boys lineup of Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Chubby Wise, and Cedric Rainwater. The recording is pitched in Bb, but Bill Monroe plays the mandolin part out of A. The solo includes slurred triplets, lots of downstrokes, tremolo, and a bit of blues. Monroe’s tone on gospel songs was a little bit sweeter, with his pick striking the strings closer to the fingerboard and not so close to the bridge. Mike plays the solo through and then takes it apart, phrase by phrase. He also plays through another solo Monroe played on “That Home Above,” (which is included in the transcription), pointing out some of the most interesting parts of the second solo.
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