"Tennessee Blues" Lesson, from Monroe-Style Mandolin with Mike Compton

In this Peghead Nation course, Mike Compton teaches traditional bluegrass-style mandolin as exemplified by the father of bluegrass, Bill Monroe, with original transcribed solos and tips on reproducing Monroe’s sound, rhythm, and feel. In this sample lesson, Mike teaches the high part of Monroe's “Tennessee Blues” by taking it apart phrase by phrase, showing you the best way to finger the high notes. You’ll also learn the shorter A section, which features sliding double stops up the neck.
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Mike Compton is a Grammy- and IBMA award-winning artist and a passionate teacher and advocate for the mandolin. Mandolin Magazine calls him "a certified mandolin icon."
Born in Meridian, Mississippi, Compton grew up hearing old-time country music and took up the mandolin as a teenager, drawn to the powerful mix of old-time fiddle stylings, blues influences, and pure creativity embodied in Bill Monroe's playing. By the mid-1980s, he was a founding member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band, which quickly became one of the most prominent and admired in bluegrass.
He recorded a half-dozen albums and toured extensively with the legendary John Hartford in the Hartford String Band. Working with producer T-Bone Burnett, Compton performed as a Soggy Bottom Boy on the Grammy-winning soundtrack to 2001's O Brother, Where Art Thou? and on the subsequent Grammy-winning Down From the Mountain soundtrack and tours.
Today, Compton performs and records widely both solo and in ensembles with guitarist/songwriter/banjo player Joe Newberry, Jumpsteady Boys (which includes Peghead Nation Old-Time Fiddle instructor Bruce Molsky), Helen Highwater String Band, and many others. He is an in-demand instructor and runs the popular Monroe Mandolin Camp in addition to teaching at high-profile workshops around the country.
Wearing his signature pressed blue overalls, Compton stuns not by tricks or artifice, but through his singing, his ability to engage a crowd, and through decades of honing his technique into the unique, one-of-a-kind Compton signature mandolin sound.
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[@mandomtn1962]

I took a couple private lessons from this man. His philosophy on music and mandolin playing changed my path and I am appreciative of him. He is great.

[@jeffgann2818]

Mike's the "Bestest"...Enjoyed the lesson, very informative, straight on:€

[@lowtone9]

This guy interprets Monroe and his blues like nobody's bidness.

[@willdrum]

Great stuff, I remember this from 'Sore Fingers' and just dug out the tab for it. Nice one Mike!

[@lorenzwolf9932]

This is great. Did you delete the first part?

[@gibby6904]

They don't show the first part hoping you will join to see it......I always trued to find part 1 on these lessons too....no free lunch guess...lol....