Bruce Bernhart Mandolin Websites

The Bernhart Mandolin Webpages explore the history of the mandolin, buying and building mandolins, the various makes and models of mandolins available on the market, basic chord structures, different styles of playing, practice exercises, tabs, and performance.

Bill Monroe's intro:

      __          __     __     __     __      __     __      __     __

     |  |        |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |    |  |   |  |    |  |   |  |

A----3--3---|----3--5---3--0---2--3---2----|-----3---0-------------------

 -----------|----------------------------5-|--5---------5----2---------0-

 -----------|------------------------------|--------------------5---5----

 -----------|------------------------------|-----------------------------

 ____|           |______|      |______|       |______|       |______|



     _3_     ___      ___     ___                                  ___

    | | |   |   |    |   |   |   |                                |   |

 -----------------------------------|------------3--------3--------------

 ---1-0---------2----0--------------|------------2--------2--------------

 ---po--5---5------------4---4---0--|----5------------------------5---2--

 -----------------------------------|------------------------------------

    |_______|        |_______|           |_______|        |_______|



The fiddle A and B parts:

    G ___     ___      ___     ___       ___     ___      ___     ___

     |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |

A||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------

 ||o---------------------------------|--------------2----0---------------

 ||o-0-------------------------------|--0---4---5------------5---4---2---

 ||------5---4---2----0---2---4---5--|-----------------------------------

     |_______|        |_______|         |_______|        |_______|



      ___     ___      ___     ___        ___     ___              ___

     |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |            |   |

 ------------------------------------|-----------------------------------

 ------------------------------------|---------------0-------------------

 ----0-------------------------------|---0---5---4--------5-------5---2--

 --------5---4---2----0---2---4---5--|-----------------------------------

     |_______|        |_______|          |_______|        |_______|



      ___     ___      ___     ___        ___     ___      ___     ___

     |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |

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 ----0-------------------------------|---0---4---5------------5---5------

 --------5---4---2----0---2---4---5--|-----------------------------------

     |_______|        |_______|          |_______|        |_______|

                     1_________________________ 2_______________________

   _   _    _   _    |   D_   _   G    _       ||   D_   _   G

  | | | |  | | | |   |   | | | |      | |      ||   | | | |

 ---3---5--3-0-------|-------------------------||-----------------------|

 -2------po----5-3---|---2---0----------------o||---2-0---0-------------|

 --------------------|-----4---4--5---5-2-----o||-------4----5----------|

 --------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|

  |___|    |___|         |___|    |___|             |___|    |___|



     G___                      ___        ___     ___

     |   |                    |   |      |   |   |   |

B||--6---7--------------------6---7--|-------8---7---5----3--------------

 ||o-4---5--------------------4---5--|-------6---5---3----2--------------

 ||o--sl-----------------------sl----|------------sl---------------------

 ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------

     |_______|        |_______|          |_______|        |_______|



    C___                      ___         ___     ___

    |   |                    |   |       |   |   |   |

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 ---6---7--------------------6---7--|--------8---7---5----3--------------

 ---4---5--------------------4---5--|--------6---5---3----2--------------

 ----sl-----------------------sl----|-------------sl---------------------

    |_______|        |_______|           |_______|        |_______|



     G___                      ___        ___     ___

     |   |                    |   |      |   |   |   |

 ----6---7--------------------6---7--|-------8---7---5----3--------------

 ----4---5--------------------4---5--|-------6---5---3----2--------------

 -----sl-----------------------sl----|------------sl---------------------

 ------------------------------------|-----------------------------------

     |_______|        |_______|          |_______|        |_______|



   D___     ___      ___     ___      G

   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |

 --2---0---------------------------|-----------------------------------||

 ----------5---3----2---0----------|--2-------------------------------o||

 ---------------------------5---4--|--5-------------------------------o||

 ----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||

   |_______|        |_______|         |_______|        |_______|



Bill Monroe's A part:

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     |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |       |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |

A||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------

 ||o----------------------------------|---------------0----2---0---------

 ||o-0----------------------------0---|---0---5---5----------------5---2-

 ||------4---4---2----0---4---4-------|----------------------------------

     |_______|        |_______|           |_______|        |_______|



     ___     ___      ___     ___        D___     ___     G        ___

    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |       |   |   |   |            |   |

 -----------------------------------|------------------------------------

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 ---0----------------------------0--|----0---5---5--------5-------5---2--

 -------4---4---2----0---4---4------|------------------------------------

    |_______|        |_______|           |_______|        |_______|



      ___     ___      ___     ___        ___     ___      ___     ___

     |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |

 ------------------------------------|-----------------------------------

 ------------------------------------|---------------0----2---0----------

 ----0----------------------------0--|---0---5---5----------------5---5--

 --------4---4---2----0---4---4------|-----------------------------------

     |_______|        |_______|          |_______|        |_______|

                     1_________________________ 2_______________________

   ___   _    _   _  |   D_   _   G    _       ||   D_   _   G

  |-| | | |  | | | | |   | | | |      | |      ||   | | | |

 -2-3-3-3-7--3-0-----|-------------------------||----------------------||

 -sl-------------5-3-|---2-0---0--------------o||---2-0----------------||

 --------------------|-------4----5---5-2-----o||-------4-5--5---------||

 --------------------|-------------------------||----------------------||

  |_____|    |___|       |___|    |___|             |___|    |___|

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