Fire On The Mountain / bluegrass mandolin

[@FrankyBabes]

Dear God. I've been a violinist for ten years, I sporadically dick around with mandolins, and that finger-work had my eyes watering. Very nicely done. And great tune!

[@snailmailmagic]

I can hardly find people who play mandolin and here you are playing it so well ! I am really happy listening to this.

[@Stuche51]

Thanks for listening Rama. You might be interested in "The Song-A-Week Social Group" over at Mandolin Cafe (mandolincafe.com). Lots of mandolin pickers there of all levels and lots more mandolin videos too! Keep on picking!

[@snailmailmagic]

Thank you for pointing that out. I just started out with Mandolin and that website looks very useful :)

[@robertshorthill4153]

@@Stuche51 Hello, my friend. There are only a few variations of this tune, but one thing they all have in common -- play that sucker as FAST AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.....! You played it pretty fast. Great job Stuche. Bob

[@PenguDengu523]

Good enough to win a gold fiddle from the devil

[@Stuche51]

Thanks!

[@Clamdigger-yw4hx]

I just bought a Mandolin I have a long ways to go to get this good ...Wow such nice finger work

[@Stuche51]

Thanks! Have fun on your mandolin journey...

[@toring61_52]

I also bought on last year, listening to this guy is mesmerizing. My brother back in the day was a musician played all the string instruments. Every friday he and his buds would get together in the basement (I was 9 at the time) But wow free concert of bluegrass for the family, good times. saying that statement I flashed on the lies and mess that politicians are dictating about. What happened to the Constitution ?

[@aethulwulfvonstopphen8013]

@@toring61_52 We stopped being feared by the government, so mow they do what they want.

[@robertshorthill6836]

This tune is meant to.be played FAST! And by fast, that means aa fast as humanly possible. To learn it, one must start out slowly til each note is under those fingers COLD. Practice it with a metronome. The secret, in my opinion, is to play it for half an hour at a comfortable tempo. Then kick it up for a least 15 minutes. Then kick it up again. Take a break for an hour or two. Then start it slowly for a bit. Any player can tell you it takes concentration to play it fast. To play it really fast takes super concentration. Thankfully it's a simple tune. Good luck, my friends, and have fun with this one. It's a good 'un.

[@FlatlandMando]

The time- keeping of this piece is amazing. While all those ( to me ) ridiculously fast single note passages are happening, the overall tempo stays balanced. As a newcomer to mandolin playing, I find your piece super high quality!

[@jmoakley1]

I'm a beginning mando player and this is inspirational to me. I can do chords but need to learn these runs.

[@Stuche51]

Begin with the basic melody and build from there! That's how I started out way back when...

[@steve660917]

Sounds absolutely amazing!!! Flawless!!

[@Stuche51]

Thanks!

[@TruegrassBoy]

I love this tune more than any other. Nice playing and thanks for posting this! :-)

[@dragonsofthesky7459]

I know this is Bluegrass, but it's not country without a Mandolin too 🎶🎸 Love it! Thank you for sharing

[@Stuche51]

Thanks for viewing... love a mandolin on a good country song too!

[@congerscott6064]

Great playing and awesome mandolin too 👍🏆.

[@Stuche51]

I've been getting requests for tabs... sorry to disappoint but there wasn't any. The variations were worked out a bit in advance (at least the positions and the first few notes) but much of it was improvised using my experience with playing in different positions up the neck. If I was to play this again it would come out differently... Thanks for listening to my stuff!

[@chasebunning9219]

Is there a certain scale we can follow?

[@robertshorthill4153]

Bob Grant has a book with CD that has a version of this tune. It's meant to be played as fast as humanly possible. It has tabs and notation in the book along with other classic bluegrass greats in 4 major keys. Worth checking out to get a solid bunch of fun tunes under your fingers. I started with this book and have gone on to other tunes from various sources. A good way to start picking and learning to play other tunes by ear. It just takes a bit of time and lots of practice. Good luck all you flat pickers -- the mandolin is gawd's favorite instrument, as you will discover. If you like to play a fiddle, you will absolutely love playing a mando. 💖😃😁

[@robertshorthill4153]

As a bit of an aside to Bob Grant's book, he explains a wee bit of musical theory as it applies to note values, timing, etc and explains pick strokes and how they function within a tune. A good thing to procure for learning basics of mandolin.

[@somelifeguard]

Id love to see an updated version of this with tabs, this version here is the best ive ever heard and single handedly made me want to play the mandolin.

[@Stuche51]

Thanks for viewing... wow I recorded this way back in 2011. It's so cool that this tune made you want to play the mandolin. If I was to record it again it would come out differently than this version for sure. That's just the way I roll...

[@somelifeguard]

@@Stuche51 You should make another video of the same song, 12 years later, I bet it would be really cool to see! (and tabs for your second one haha)

[@JohnSmith-cl2sq]

Great playing. I started playing the mandolin years ago but threw it to one side for the guitar! This video is very inspirational!

[@Stuche51]

+John Smith Thanks!

[@norriehunter7436]

superb playing boy I need to practice some more

[@Stuche51]

Practice, practice and more practice is what takes for me to learn a song...

[@mwl586]

Excellent. Thanx for sharing

[@eliasshack9221]

i love your playing! absolutely amazing!

[@Stuche51]

Thanks a lot!

[@silverblaize]

Beautiful!

[@izzyxyoung]

I need to buy a tractor

[@Stuche51]

What kind?

[@Twinkie989]

Yeeeehaw!

[@dominiciadicicco8935]

John Deere

[@wolfstats103]

🐱

[@julienpersichitti1804]

@@dominiciadicicco8935 new holland

[@sighkickchick1]

Loved it!!!

[@Stuche51]

so glad!

[@stephaniemarie2074]

Duuude this sounds amazing! Your awesome!

[@Stuche51]

Thank you!

[@cuball2484]

That was very well done and evidentally you have worked on that for a while, good onya

[@Stuche51]

Thanks!

[@timtremblay8601]

just strung up a mandolin for the first time (guitar picker) tuned it up and started plucking on it., new love found. Led Zeppelin's Jim Page did some famous mandolin picking on their albums., I write and record gospel music so I will be using this little puppy you can bet~!

[@Stuche51]

Nothing better for gospel songs than a mandolin and guitar. Good luck!

[@nickhughes4800]

Dont you mean John Paul Jones on the Mandolin? :) Just got a mandolin myself and totally obsessed! Wish I would have started years ago!!

[@timtremblay8601]

Nick Hughes Oh that's right it was Jones.

[@sojnab1]

really well played,very enjoyable.made my night

[@Stuche51]

Thank you very much!

[@congerscott6064]

Nice playing, sounds great 👍🇺🇸.

[@Stuche51]

Thanks for viewing!

[@Stuche51]

Yes, standard tuning on both the mandolin and the guitar.

[@oldwest517]

Whoa, Betty! That's some mighty fine pickin'

[@battlehrfred]

SWEEEEEET 100--100, WOW, NOW I CAN FEEL MY JOURNEY HAS A LONG WAY TO GO lol

[@Stuche51]

Thanks for viewing!

[@BrianWarnercontinuousqa]

Very good bluegrass

[@dergriver]

Wow! Pure dead brilliant! 😀

[@Stuche51]

Thanks for viewing!

[@sethgraham4836]

Now that's talent!

[@Stuche51]

Thanks for viewing!

[@jessesmit2907]

Really nicely done !!!

[@wagohowardmusic]

Great job!!!!

[@Stuche51]

Thank you!

[@Aljoshaaa]

nice playin and great thick sound :)

[@Gingerjake2]

LOL! As I go thru' all your videos now I feel like I'm stalking you. I'm not. I just discovered something I like & can't get enough. ♪

[@emilypetsche1]

That’s awesome

[@Stuche51]

Thanks!

[@jokerorrealnameisalanmoore7373]

wow this is amazing!!!!!

[@Stuche51]

Thanks!

[@adamglegg7202]

light them fires and let the thunder magic roll 💪

[@Stuche51]

THANKS FOR WATCHING!

[@marlonscloud]

nice vid

[@FastEddieMandolin]

Great job!

[@Aluminata]

So much for Einsteins theory of nothing going faster than light...

[@Stuche51]

Thanks for viewing.

[@zombieslayer2.0xx3]

Ralph Latham this probably at most 120 BPM..

[@Johnnysmithy24]

Check out Paul Gilbert shredding bro...

[@zuhairreza]

Very nice! Loved it! 😍😍❤️

[@Stuche51]

Thanks

[@Rainydayarmadillo]

Awesome!

[@huntprimitive9918]

Fantastic playing! Any chance I could get permission to use this as an intro to some of my videos? (credit given of course)

[@efajr]

Great Pickin !!

[@TheRycooder]

WOW! Just WOW!

[@Stuche51]

Thanks!

[@rosiewoo8206]

this is great

[@nilimakarmakar367]

so nice.......

[@thedaywerevolt]

That's rad

[@Stuche51]

Thanks!

[@jaybird17_72]

This is amazing. Holy shit. Deserves wayyy more views. I tip my fedora

[@Stuche51]

Thanks!

[@sagecouncil]

Kickass!

[@Stuche51]

Thanks!

[@WildwoodvalleyBoy]

...always accustomed to doing part (A) FOUR times, instead of only TWO !

[@Stuche51]

Hey, well spotted! I wondered how long it'd take before someone noticed. Thanks for viewing.

[@malcolmsmith6324]

Damn, you can jam thanks for the insperation.

[@Stuche51]

Thanks for viewing!

[@FlatlandMando]

There seems to be an added percussive sound to the picking...extra firm pick?

[@Stuche51]

Yes, I use the heaviest picks I can find.

[@srjimmy1]

that was really really godo food thanks

[@Stuche51]

Thanks

[@SylvainBrunerie]

(Standard tuning meaning GDAE on the mandolin and EADGBE on the guitar)

[@aussiespoon2471]

That is GREAT ..l

[@Stuche51]

Thanks a heap!

[@richardprince5758]

Thanks ,I enjoyed pickin' with you,that's a hard to tune to play up to speed

[@Stuche51]

Glad you enjoyed it... and it is hard to play at that speed. Took a lot of practice to do it!

[@goldenorchid833]

riding horse, farmer, cows, pigs, boot, cowboys hat, and living on a country side

[@Stuche51]

Well, okay... there you go!

[@texanclan7958]

Is that a kintucky one I have one too

[@Stuche51]

Yep, a Kentucky KM 600 from the 1980s.

[@markletus8535]

AWESOMW!

[@markletus8535]

+Mark Letus or AWESOME! You can play mandolin much better than I can type.

[@Stuche51]

Thanks!

[@stubeef6385]

I BET EVEN CHRIS THILE COULDN'T COPY THIS FAST TUNE ✌👨 .

[@Stuche51]

Thanks for watching... and I sure he could.

[@orlandogonzalez638]

I feel like maybe I left something on..was it the stove? Was it the tractor?

[@Stuche51]

Thanks for viewing!

[@scillyautomatic]

Awesome! Thanks for posting. Are you playing in standard tuning (GDAE) or some alternate tuning?

[@Stuche51]

This is in regular tuning... thanks!

[@wolfstats103]

😮

[@Stuche51]

🤠 Thanks for viewing!

[@Aluminata]

Yeah.

[@Stuche51]

Cool!

[@jackbelarus6458]

Grandpa had one of these and a banjo. He was godawful at singing but damn he could play a mean bluegrass tune on any stringed instrument someone handed him. hhahaha

[@Stuche51]

It's just folks like your grandpa who make the music and pass it on to the next generations... thanks for sharing!

[@beritsamuelsson3490]

HÄRLIGT

[@Stuche51]

Thanks!

[@TheRobdarling]

I've found three tunings... is this played in the standard?

[@Stuche51]

It's in standard tuning here.

[@steves_guitar]

Are you playing so close to the bridge on purpose? I can't help but feel you would get so much more sound out of your mando if you played closer to the fingerboard.

[@Stuche51]

Of course playing over the fingerboard is the sweetest spot when it comes to the tone produced, but on a fast tune like this, I find that the stiff action towards the bridge really makes it easier to play faster. On this mandolin and with the thick pick I use volume is not compromised at all.

[@holliswilliams7661]

It's so he steady his hand on the bridge to do the fast picking, if you play a stringed instrument it doesn't make that much difference.

[@doctortabby]

I started playing mandolin just over a week ago, and now, I already want to quit.

[@nathanielbrown4416]

Wow

[@Stuche51]

Thanks for viewing!

[@The.Real.Timmii]

man has seven fingers on that hand :)

[@Stuche51]

Thanks for viewing!

[@philipdennis-rh7uj]

Boy howdy that's a doozy

[@Stuche51]

Thanks!

[@XxSkydog71xX]

what tuning is this

[@Stuche51]

Standard mandolin tuning. Hi to lo that is E A D G.

[@XxSkydog71xX]

Thank you very much. have a good day

[@Soviet_Duck1]

wow that must have took a lot if practice

[@Stuche51]

Yes, I've been playing the mandolin since 1975! To work up that song, which I already knew, I practiced about a week before I recorded it. Thanks for viewing!

[@neilward3344]

Man plays a mean Mando,

[@Stuche51]

Thanks for viewing.

[@RogersAcres]

i play the mandolin to

[@Stuche51]

That's really good. Hope you have as much fun playing your mandolin as I do when I play mine. Keep on picking!

[@randd3217]

Crazy good!! Lol

[@Stuche51]

Thanks for that!

[@beritsamuelsson3490]

SÅ BRA

[@Stuche51]

tack

[@beritsamuelsson3490]

TACK SJÄLV

[@azrielofearth9406]

Any tabs by chance?

[@Stuche51]

Sorry, I only play by ear... thanks for viewing!

[@azrielofearth9406]

@@Stuche51 well I guess I'll have to learn to do that then I can with guitars so I imagine it's not much different I'm just new to mandolin and I'm still not used to the tones and sounds and where all the notes are getting there though finally started learning some scales

[@ketchupnoodles5978]

I need to buy some boots

[@SpartionTV]

(Sigh) This really makes me want to go out and buy those strings that need replacing, but I don't have the extra cash.

[@Stuche51]

I once had to use all my old strings (which I had saved) for about a year... sure was glad to get some new ones when I could afford it!

[@bucksellers5364]

Do you have those new strings yet ?...I'm willing to help you out....reply for details....

[@fran3578]

I can hardly play Yankee doodle on my guitar

[@Stuche51]

Thanks for viewing.

[@nutsocket]

excellent

[@Stuche51]

Thanks for tuning in...

[@nutsocket]

+Stuche51 your mandolin sounds great..and you play it well too...how old is your mandolin?

[@Stuche51]

It was built in 1985...

[@Fecske01]

mine is a Soviet one from 1990 :)