Chinquapin Hunting, Part 1: Melody

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Learn to transfer what you know on the mandolin to its bigger cousin and how to exploit the octave mandolin’s potential for more complex, guitar-oriented accompaniment styles. For intermediate mandolin, fiddle, or guitar players with a basic knowledge of their instrument.

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“Inverness” comes from fiddler/mandolinist John Mailander, who recorded it on his album Walking Distance. It’s a beautiful, contemplative melody that alternates measures of 6/4 and 4/4. Joe walks you through the second part of “Inverness” in this video.

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Chinquapin Hunting

Chinquapin Hunting, Part 1: Melody

Chinquapin Hunting, Part 2: Melody Play-Along Track

Chinquapin Hunting, Part 3: Lower Octave and Chords

Chinquapin Hunting, Part 4: Rhythm Play-Along Track

Chinquapin Hunting, Part 1: Melody

The fiddle tune “Chinquapin Hunting” that you’ll learn in this lesson is in the key of A and is a completely different tune than the other, more popular fiddle tune with the same name, which is played in the key of D. It’s a three-part tune and has an extra half measure in the A parts. Joe walks you through the melody of all three parts of “Chinquapin Hunting” in this video.

“Chinquapin Hunting” Notation/Tab (Available to subscribers)

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