Mandolin tablatures for You Are My Sunshine

Traditional

Recomended level: Beginner

Tags: #folk music, #popular music, #medium-tempo, #vocal song

This song brings sunshine to any musical session, ensuring joy and melody resonate in every note. If you are a beginner, start with the Jam arrangement. It's played in first position. That means you won't see any notes past the 5th fret. If you need to make it easier, that's fine! Just use the difficulty slider to adjust it to suit your needs and skill level.

The Jam arrangement has more embellishments and challenge. Being familiar with the G major scale is a big help here. If you know how to do your slurs: hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides this one will be much easier for you to learn. Check out the learning path for Flatpicking 102 to get more familiar with the G major scale. Use the focus feature to repeatedly practice measures with slurs if those are tough for you.

Simple
- Difficulty
- Key
  G
- Tempo
  100 bpm
- Tuning
  GDAE
A popular folk tune with a catchy melody. This arrangement of You Are My Sunshine is fairly straightforward. You have a leg up on learning anything when the melody is already in your...
Learn
Jam
- Difficulty
- Key
  G
- Tempo
  100 bpm
- Tuning
  GDAE
This is a more bluegrass rendition of You Are My Sunshine that will challenge your left hand quite a bit. Learning the G major scale will help prepare you for learning this solo.
Learn

Practicing Tips

In this learning resource, you'll explore the popular folk music piece 'You Are My Sunshine' on bluegrass mandolin with our Simple Style tablature. Designed for intermediate players, this tutorial offers a medium-tempo, vocal selection of popular music that highlights the charm of folk melodies.

The core of this tutorial is to make use of the remarkable features of the Tunefox platform. Among these features, the Lick Switcher stands out exceptionally. This innovative tool allows you to add a variety of new licks to your vocabulary, offering a fresh perspective on the same song. By swapping the licks for individual measures, you are encouraged to explore various interpretations of the song and customize the arrangement to your personal style. Don't forget to tap the measure to reveal the hidden licks.

Following this, the Arrange slider is a tool that bestows you with the ability to customize the difficulty level of the song. Moving the slider to the left reduces the 'fill-in' notes, presenting you with a simplified arrangement on the tablature. Swiping it to the right will display the complete song with all the additional notes.

Another helpful learning tool is the tempo slider which helps to adjust the song speed. This variety and control over playing speeds can significantly enhance your learning process.

Using the backing tracks for practice not only makes learning enjoyable but also improves your skills. Select certain measures of the song and repeat them. The 'Speed Up' function can be of great use in this process as it can incrementally increase the tempo after every play-through. Remember to start at a comfortable speed before gradually moving to more demanding tempos.

Lastly, practice is integral to mastering any song. Devote dedicated time daily, use the available tools, experiment, and enjoy your journey of learning 'You Are My Sunshine' on mandolin.

You Are My Sunshine lyrics

You are my sunshine

My only sunshine

You make me happy

When skies are gray

You'll never know, dear

How much I love you

Please don't take

My sunshine away

The other night, dear

As I lay sleeping

I dreamed I held you

In my arms

When I awoke, dear

I was mistaken

So I hung my head and I cried