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The Road to Malvern, Part 2: Old-Time Rhythm

This lesson is part of the course Old-Time Mandolin with John Reischman.
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Learn to play old-time fiddle tunes and song melodies with mandolin master John Reischman. Includes advice on picking technique and playing old-time rhythm on the mandolin.
 
 
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John adds a drone string to much of the melody of the B part of “Little Liza Jane,” and the first phrase begins with a clawhammer-style rhythm. John walks you through it phrase by phrase and then shows you how to find the melody of the A part an octave up the neck.

 
 
 
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The Road to Malvern  
 
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The Road to Malvern, Part 2: Old-Time Rhythm
The Road to Malvern, Part 2: Old-Time Rhythm
 

For playing rhythm to old-time tunes, John often likes to use open chords and play with more of a regular eighth-note-based strum, with emphasis on beats two and four. You’ll learn the voicings John uses and his strum pattern in this video.


 
 
 
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