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Shady Grove Mandolin Tabs

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Shady Grove Mandolin Tablature: One Song, Many Styles

Recomended level: Beginner

Tags: #old time, #instrumental, #vocal song, #folk music, #minor key

This is a bluegrass classic and a jam standard. Always start with the Melody. It's the heart of a song. If you learn to sing the words while playing it you'll be in great shape. It will help your memory and improve your musicality. Try out a few of the simple licks here, and use the difficulty and tempo sliders whenever you need to.



The Bluegrass arrangement isn't too tough on it's own. The licks are a bit more advanced though, and there's enough to create many different interpretations of this tune.

Learn how to play Shady Grove on Mandolin with this selection of tablatures:

  • Mandolin Shady Grove Melody

    Melody

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      Dm
    • Tempo
      90 bpm
    • Tuning
      GDAE

    Start with the melody! Get that down and add in some licks to see how a tune is typically embellished. Use the difficulty slider on the song or tough measures if you need to. If you...

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  • Mandolin Shady Grove Bluegrass

    Bluegrass

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      Dm
    • Tempo
      100 bpm
    • Tuning
      GDAE

    This is a very simple Bluegrass version of Shady Grove with some great licks.

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  • Mandolin Shady Grove Simple

    Simple

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      Dm
    • Tempo
      70 bpm
    • Tuning
      GDAE

    Shady Grove is an old-time song with catchy lyrics. Like most of these vocal tunes, it helps to learn a verse before learning the melody on your instrument.

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  • Mandolin Shady Grove Jam

    Jam

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      Dm
    • Tempo
      80 bpm
    • Tuning
      GDAE

    In this arrangement of Shady Grove you’ll learn the basic melody of ‘Shady Grove.’ Practice tIp: Playing slowly not only allows you to hone your rhythmic skills, it also gives you ti...

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  • Mandolin Shady Grove Higher Octave

    Higher Octave

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      Dm
    • Tempo
      95 bpm
    • Tuning
      GDAE

    A higher register break than the previous arrangements of Shady Grove. Watch out for that 3rd measure!

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Practicing Tips

Learning Overview: 'Shady Grove' offers a rich experience of bluegrass mandolin tablatures in Melody and Bluegrass Styles, perfect for beginners. The song's key characteristics are its old-time, instrumental, vocal song, folk music, and minor key elements. This learning resource aims to provide a fresh perspective on the song, showing its versatility in arrangement and interpretation.


Practice Tip 1: Making good use of Tunefox's Lick Switcher feature helps to diversify your understanding of 'Shady Grove.' By adding a new lick vocabulary, you can explore the same song from different angles, changing the licks for individual measures. This allows you to personalize the arrangement, thus learning new ways to interpret the tune. Always remember to tap the measure and discover the hidden licks.


Practice Tip 2: The Arrange slider serves as an excellent tool for setting a personalized difficulty level. By sliding to the left, many “fill-in” notes are conveniently removed, leaving a simple, core arrangement visible in the tablature. Sliding to the right adds extra notes, revealing the song in full bloom.


Practice Tip 3: Another helpful tip for learning 'Shady Grove' is the tempo slider. It allows you to seamlessly change the tempo, enabling you to play the song at your comfort speed before slowly increasing the pace.


Practice Tip 4: Playing along with backing tracks adds a layer of enjoyment to the learning experience. As bluegrass is best learned by playing, experimenting with real sounding backing tracks prepares you well for your next jam. Select specific measures and practice them repeatedly. The 'Speed Up' function gradually increases the playback tempo, which is excellent for progressively moving to higher speeds.


General Practice Tips: When learning and practicing 'Shady Grove,' pay close attention to selecting comfortable speeds and gradually raising the tempo. Revisiting the song time and again through the Lick Switcher allows you to inject your personal touch into the song interpretation. Enjoy each step of your learning journey!