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A Likeable Melody<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Squirrel Hunters<\/strong> was a request from a site visitor. It’s an old fiddle tune that has a few different little twists, so it caught my attention as something that might be of interest to everyone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was easy enough to come up with something I could tab out, but when it comes to the key and the chords, it tends to take a few diversions from the standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m a big John Hartford<\/strong> fan, and I got some help from an old video I found on YouTube. In that video, Hartford explains this very tune as played on the fiddle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Tune<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While Squirrel Hunters<\/strong> seems to be in the key of A, all the G’s are natural, not sharp. The tune starts off on an E chord (the fifth) and ends on a D chord (fourth). The second part starts with an A chord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to Squirrel Hunters for mandolin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n