Joe's Banjo Blog

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Location: Munfordville, Kentucky, United States

When my wife and I started putting together our first Stained Glass piece in 1975 we had no idea we were in the process of building a business that would last more than 30 years and would see our work in homes from Alaska to Florida, and California to New York. Nor did our first visit to the St James Court Art Show in Louisville in 1974 give us any reason to believe that we would be spending 24 years manning our booth at that and many other shows around the country. We've since retired but our experience is still valuable and I'd like to share it.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Playing By Ear V

OK, let's see if we can't get a simple Bluegrass melody worked out. I want to start with that old tune you may have learned in Bible School, Do Lord. This is almost the same melody as the song Worried Man Blues; "It takes a worried man to sing a worried song" etc.

So once again you'll need to pick out the melody. I'll get you started by giving you the first note, it's the D, on the open fourth string. So go ahead and pick out that melody and then we'll put some rolls around it and see if we can't work out our first Bluegrass song by ear