The No Capo Bluegrass Fiddle Tune Competition

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[@nicolmicah]

Ab Bb C Db Eb. C Db | Eb F Eb Db C Bb Ab Bb C | Db F Eb Db C Eb Db C | Bb A Bb C Bb G F Eb | Ab Bb C Db Eb. C Db | Eb F Eb Db C Bb Ab C | Db F Eb Db C Eb Db C Bb Ab G Bb Ab

[@LessonsWithMarcel]

Here it is. One of my favorite comments ever.

[@HayesGriffin]

STOP IT 😄

[@HayesGriffin]

FYI - sitting here still trying to smooth out Red Haired Boy in F# 🥴

[@DanielThrailkill]

A truly incredible game. Why isn't this part of normal guitar contests? haha

[@OldBanjer]

Michael Daves would destroy in this game.

[@YetAnotherWittyUserName]

Andy crushing St. Anne's Reel in Bb after Mickey struggled to play it in B was amazing lmao

[@MickeyAbraham2022]

I want a do-over!

[@keithwittymusic]

I knew Andy was good, but *damn* I need to practice.

[@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer]

You should eliminate g, c, and d, just to spice it up even more

[@LibbysBluegrassVideos]

I think you all 4 did incredible actually. This would be hard!!

[@MickeyAbraham2022]

I want to see you try this Libby!

[@LibbysBluegrassVideos]

@@MickeyAbraham2022 Oh, no you don't 🥹

This is the third or fourth Marcel video I’ve watched today. Good entertainment, great playing and Marcel is a great teacher. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@paulp7512]

I’m ready for one string fiddle tune comp all at the neck using only D demented.

[@TropicalReflections]

Holy cow guys! That was not only seriously impressive but I have not giggled/laughed so much at 5am in the morning…ever. This may have been the tipping point for mr to sign up for lessons with The Marcel Mafia of bluegrass.

[@TSCBroken]

Andy is very good!

[@chuckrrose]

Very amusing…and a good self challenge for the ear-fretboard connection!

[@LennieDean]

Old guy at a circle at Bean Blossom back in the day said when I forgot my capo at the tent: Trying to play bluegrass without a capo is like drive a car without a steering wheel" 😊🤣

[@HayesGriffin]

Wise words

[@flatoutpickin]

I'm definitely using this as a practice technique. Nice job!

[@MickeyAbraham2022]

clearly I need to do it more!

[@HayesGriffin]

You're not the only one @@MickeyAbraham2022...

[@chordgoblin9649]

Great content. I watched the whole thing.

[@dramkilgallen5237]

every single time andy played it sounded beautiful

[@anitadavideduo]

Aaah! Super fun! That's cool! I'll try to do every time with myself students with all melodies

[@thefreese1]

Andy's confidence is totally amazing... they all are ...

[@isaacbeen2087]

I would LOVE to see a banjo version of this. And that Doc lick that Mickey played in Eb and Bb was gorgeous…

[@MickeyAbraham2022]

Thank you -- one day I moved the famous Doc C lick to the other string groups

[@isaacbeen2087]

@@MickeyAbraham2022 Yeh, it makes a ton of sense in those other keys. F would be the last good key!

[@mateuszcielas3362]

impressive to transcribe all that in mind so fast

[@FloydMusicSchoolOfficial]

This will separate the skilled from the foolish! Well done!

[@Mr.Mandolin]

Andy just over here flexing 😭

[@YetAnotherWittyUserName]

Also, can we get more of Monroe's Hornpipe in F? That sounded really nice, ngl

[@Gdownification]

We used to do something like this in our group trumpet classes at Miami University. The professor would name a tune (usually something easy like Mary Had a Little Lamb or She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain) and a key, and we had to be able to play it on the spot. If I recall, sometimes they had us sight read a passage and transpose it to the key of their choosing. It was considered a vital skill for those who wanted to be pro musicians. Super stressful lol, this sounds like a ton of fun though!

[@ibalrog]

This was awesome, and tons of fun to watch.

[@tommythunder6578]

Loved it and will give it go as well 👍🏻😊

[@matthewatkinson7558]

Need Stash for this :)

[@LessonsWithMarcel]

Totally

[@AMPR45]

He’d start with the f sharp

[@TypingHazard]

I was just thinking that haha

[@mandohat]

He would choose modes that don't exist in this hemisphere

[@1JohnnyD]

Oh man! Thanks you for this video! 😆

[@jimmccarley9609]

So fun, your best vid in a while, for sure!

[@MickeyAbraham2022]

glad you enjoyed it! it was painful for me :)

[@jimmccarley9609]

You're golden Mickey, cool personified! On another topic; I am a thumb picker, just getting into bluegrass. Must I embrace a plectrum? I can flat pick ok, just love the thumb pick. I saw an album cover with Norman Blake holding a slot head, and wearing a thumb pick, standing next to Tony Rice. Blake and Rice 2 maybe? Of course I'm not Norman Blake, but is there precedent? Thanks man.@@MickeyAbraham2022

[@tylerdixon8178]

Love this channel! I’ve learned so much from yall

[@MickeyAbraham2022]

Thank you, Tyler!

[@christianmanuel6944]

This is awesome! Amazing concept and amazing pickers!

[@MickeyAbraham2022]

Hey Christian!

[@SFLET-up9ll]

Great stuff.

[@BanjoSamurai]

All did good. Andy crushed it. The question I have is what skill/technique put him ahead of the other.

[@LessonsWithMarcel]

He knows these melodies better, is a national flatpicking champion (more than once), and he's had more ear training practice in strange keys. 9/10 you only need the keys of G, C, D and a capo to play bluegrass. Having any experience playing in keys like Eb, F#, Ab, etc is a huge advantage. I honestly think the rest of us did incredibly well given the circumstances. None of us knew Andy would be so good at this!

[@mandohat]

Andy here: 4 semesters of sight-singing and ear training in college. I was a French Horn major, which gives me all the flat keys, and I learned all my piano scales in 8th grade. When you do this game, think of the scale degrees. I.e., this song starts on the 3rd, etc

[@petefeltman]

​@@mandohatthat french horn practice really paid off here haha

[@mandohat]

@@petefeltman all those hours finally meant something. Swing away, Billy.

[@BlaisPianoGuitars]

Yes thumbs up!

[@chrischarles1468]

Coolio!

[@tannerhutton5888]

Yer a wizard Andy!

[@ross5066]

I would be really bad at this..... I love my capo so much lol

[@mrswimmyboy]

I'm guessing Hank Garland who recorded some fiddle tunes in Nashville in the 1950s, didn't use a capo. Maybe also Jimmy Bryant.

[@LessonsWithMarcel]

Well yeah, of course... but Jimmy Bryant and Hank Garland weren't flatpickers. They were country guys and they certainly weren't playing Whiskey Before Breakfast in Ab!

[@graciebee6554]

A great vid man here on my wife’s account cuz she got the premium 😂

[@Jetix4273]

I want to see this video, but instead of keys it’s modes, and it’s Dorian-Locrian on a d6