Grateful Dead: Slipknot
Many moons ago, I aspired to be a Dead-head, in my tie-dyes, long hair, and malodorous hippie glory. Blues for Allah, along
Tag: Rock
Motif Development for Instrumental Writing
This short lesson demonstrates how to approach instrumental construction through keeping a static melodic line, but creating a descending harmonic structure. This
Wish You Were Here: Pink Floyd arrangement for mandolin
As stated, I love Pink Floyd. Wish You Were Here is a great entry into understanding how to arrange rock tunes for
Goodbye Blue Sky: Pink Floyd arranged for mandolin, tablature available
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The Rain Song: rock mandolin arrangement of the greatest of Led Zeppelin tunes
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Dream On: Rock mandolin arrangement of the Aerosmith classic
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The Needle and the Damage Done: mandolin arrangement of the Neil Young classic
This is a very straight forward arrangement of this Neil Young classic. The important tip is keeping a loose wrist as there
Ten Years Gone: mandolin arrangement of Led Zeppelin classic
After 15 years I revisited one of my favorite Zeppelin tunes and one of my earliest Zeppelin YouTube videos (my first I
Castles Made of Sand: Arrangement of the Jimi Hendrix Classic
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The Wanton Song (Led Zeppelin): mandolin arrangement and tablature
The Wanton Song is one of my favorite tunes from Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti. A neat amalgam of Immigrant song, jazz standard,