The Mandolin of Norman Blake
Before there was bluegrass there were fiddle tunes, mostly brought to these shores from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. In this Homespun video tutorial series, Norman and Nancy Blake teach beautiful, little-known old-time and original instrumentals in the Celtic and Southern mountain tradition.
Videos
• Chapter 1 (09:27) - Norman plays us some mandolin before talking about holding, picking, and the basics.
• Chapter 2 (14:41) - Norman shows you John Brown's March, in G Major. Norman tears each part apart so you can understand and play it on your own!
• Chapter 3 (14:10) - In this video, Norman talks about picks and shows you a tune call Camels Farewell to Red Gap before breaking down each part to put in your song book.
• Chapter 4 (06:47) - Norman teaches a song called Holly Popper, and shows all the fingerings and licks from scratch before putting it all back together again.
• Chapter 5 (05:36) - It's Tone-Time! Norman shows some different mandolins and talks about the tone and differences between different models.
• Chapter 6 (04:43) - Nancy comes in with a beautiful mandolin and song to learn for yourself.
• Chapter 7 (05:03) - In this video, Norman teaches a song that uses tremolo and helps you master your speed behind this technique.
• Chapter 8 (12:43) - Norman and Nancy play a 3 part tune where you'll learn each part for your self!
• Chaptger 9 (12:10) - Norman and Nancy plays a piece called The Mandolin Fan Fare together and breaks it down so you can learn both parts. Norman signs out and plays one last tune.