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Bruce warms up by playing through last week’s tunes, “Damon’s Winder” and “Jane Wallace.” Then he shows you “Hop Up Ladies,” which is also known as “Did You Ever See the Devil Uncle Joe?” and other titles. It probably started out in Ireland or Scotland as “Miss McLeod’s Reel.” You’ll also learn a lesser-known one tune Mississippi fiddler John Hatcher. Titled “Grub Springs,” it’s a completely different melody than the “Grub Springs” you’ll hear in jam sessions. It’s a crooked tune in A-modal (Mixolydian), with the fiddle also tuned in standard GDAE. Bruce walks you through John Hatcher’s “Grub Springs” in this video.
| Session 4: “The Rose in the Mountain” and “Lost Girl” |
| “The Rose in the Mountain” and “Lost Girl” |
For the fourth session, Bruce returns to some popular dance tunes. The first is “The Rose in the Mountain,” which is very close to what John Morgan Salyer of Kentucky recorded in the early 1940s. It’s a crooked tune, with some phrases of five beats, in the key of D, and it can be played in standard tuning or raised-bass tuning (ADAE). The second tune is “Lost Girl.” There are many lovely and different renditions of this around: Emmett Lundy, Clyde Davenport, Art Stamper, George Marion Reece. The version you’ll learn is a distillation of several of those, and one you’d hear in jam sessions.
| “Lost Girl” MP3 Download (Available to subscribers) |
| “The Rose in the Mountain” MP3 Download (Available to subscribers) |
| “Lost Girl” Notation (Available to subscribers) |
| “The Rose in the Mountain” Notation (Available to subscribers) |
| “Lost Girl” - At Tempo MP3 Download (Available to subscribers) |
| “The Rose in the Mountain” - At Tempo MP3 Download (Available to subscribers) |
