From the course: Mandolin Lessons: 2 Soloing Ideas & Kickoffs

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"June Apple"

"June Apple"

From the course: Mandolin Lessons: 2 Soloing Ideas & Kickoffs

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"June Apple"

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- Hi, now we're gonna play a little bit of June Apple, great classic old time fiddle tune, and I'll play it for you first, and then I'll break it down and we'll go through it part by part. But just to get the sound of it in your head, here's June Apple. A one two three. (lively music) Okay, now we'll break it into little parts and I'll walk you through it bit by bit. It's a great little tune. It's in A and it uses the A note and the G natural note so it's got that kind of bluesy sound with the flat seven, the G. So here's the A part. One, two, three. (lively music) So it's three phrases, basically, and the cool thing about this tune is the first and the second phrases are the same, basically. Your fingers are moving, but the way your right hand is playing is the same. So it's, you're playing off this A and G note. And again, these are pickup notes to the downbeat so it's one, two, one and two and one. So your one is a high A note. You're playing E and G to lead you to that downbeat…

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