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New! Tabs for Popular Fiddle Tunes:

"Blackberry Bossom"
"Living the Good Life"
"Whayasay"

Practice Exercises, Fiddle Tabs

The Bernhart Mandolin Webpages offer basic instruction, explore the history of the mandolin, buying and building mandolins, basic chord structures, the different styles of playing, the various makes and models of mandolins  available on the market, and the "best of the web" on topics of interest to mandolinists.

Updated January 4, 2021

In Minnesota, Bruce Bernhart has been a mandolin player/enthusiast since the 1980's

Living the Good Life - by Joe Carr

From Country Gazette, "America's Bluegrass Band." Flying Fish FF295.
ho = hammer-on; po = pull-off.


     __         D__     __    G__     __     D__     __             __
    |  |        |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |    |  |   |  |           |  |
A----------||------------------------------|-----------------------------
----------||o---0-------------2--4---5--2-|--0--------------------------
----4--5--||o------4---0--4---------------|-----4---0--------------5--4-
----------||------------------------------|------------4----2-----------
____|           |______|      |______|       |______|       |______|

   A___     ___      ___     ___         ___     ___     D        ___
   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |       |   |   |   |            |   |
-----------------------------------|------------------------------------
-----------------------------------|----------------2----0--------------
---2----------------2---4---5---2--|----4---0---4----------------4---5--
-------6---2---6-------------------|------------------------------------
   |_______|        |_______|           |_______|        |_______|

     ___     ___     G___     ___       D___     ___              ___
    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |            |   |
------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
----0----------------2---4---5---2--|---0-------------------------------
--------4---0---4-------------------|-------4---0----------------5---4--
------------------------------------|---------------4----2--------------
    |_______|        |_______|          |_______|        |_______|

                    1_________________________ 2_______________________
 A_   _    _   _    |    _   _   D    _       ||    _   _   D    _
 | | | |  | | | |   |   | | | |      | |      ||   | | | |      | |
--------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|
--------------------|------------------------o||----------------4-5----|
-2--------2-4-5-2---|---4-0---2--0---4-5-----o||---4-0---2--0----------|
---6-2-6------------|-------6-----------------||-------6---------------|
 |___|    |___|         |___|    |___|             |___|    |___|

    A___     ___      ___     ___       D___     ___              ___
    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |            |   |
B||--0----------------0---2---3---0--|---2---0--------------------2---5--
||o-----4---0---4-------------------|-----------5---2----0--------------
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
    |_______|        |_______|          |_______|        |_______|

  Em        ___     D        ___        A___     ___              ___
           |   |            |   |       |   |   |   |            |   |
---3-------0---3----2-----------2--|----0-------------------------------
----------------------------5------|--------5---4---2----0-------4---5--
-----------------------------------|------------------------------------
-----------------------------------|------------------------------------
   |_______|        |_______|           |_______|        |_______|

     ___     ___      ___     ___       D___     ___              ___
    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |            |   |
----0----------------0---2---3---0--|---2---0--------------------2---5--
--------4---0---4-------------------|-----------5---2----0--------------
------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
    |_______|        |_______|          |_______|        |_______|

                    1_________________________ 2_______________________
 G_3_   _   D    _  |   A_    _   D     _     ||   A_   _   D
 | | | | |      | | |   | |  | |       | |    ||   | | | |
-3-5-3-0-3--2-----2-|---0---------------------||---0-----0------------||
-ho-po----------5---|-----5--4-0--5----4-5---o||-----5-4----5---------||
--------------------|------------------------o||----------------------||
--------------------|-------------------------||----------------------||
 |_____|    |___|       |____|    |____|           |___|    |___|


A higher octave alternative to the A part:
     __         D__     __    G__     __     D__     __             __
    |  |        |  |   |  |   |  |   |  |    |  |   |  |           |  |
A----2--3--||----5--2------2---7--9---10-7-|--5--2------------------3--2-
----------||o----------5------------------|---------5--2----0-----------
----------||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------
----------||------------------------------|-----------------------------
____|           |______|      |______|       |______|       |______|

   A___     ___      ___     ___         ___     ___     D        ___
   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |       |   |   |   |            |   |
---0----------------0---2---3---0--|----2-------3--------5-------2---3--
-------4---0---4-------------------|--------0-------0-------------------
-----------------------------------|------------------------------------
-----------------------------------|------------------------------------
   |_______|        |_______|           |_______|        |_______|

     ___     ___     G___     ___       D___     ___              ___
    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |            |   |
----5---2-------2----7---9---10--7--|---5---2--------------------3---2--
------------5-----------------------|-----------5---2----0--------------
------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
    |_______|        |_______|          |_______|        |_______|

                    1_________________________ 2_______________________
 A_   _    _   _    |    _   _   D    _       ||    _   _   D    _
 | | | |  | | | |   |   | | | |      | |      ||   | | | |      | |
-0--------0-2-3-0---|---2---0--------2-3------||---2---0---------------|
---4-0-4------------|-----5---4--5-----------o||-----5---4--5---4-5----|
--------------------|------------------------o||-----------------------|
--------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|
 |___|    |___|         |___|    |___|             |___|    |___|


End with this after the B:
   D___     ___      ___                 ___     ___              ___
   |   |   |   |    |   |               |   |   |   |            |   |
---10--7---5---10---7---5----------|----5---2--------------------2---5--
----------------------------9------|------------1---2-------------------
-----------------------------------|-------------sl------5--------------
-----------------------------------|------------------------------------
   |_______|        |_______|           |_______|        |_______|

   Em        ___     D        ___      A___             D
            |   |            |   |     |   |
----3-------0---3----2-----------2--|--0------------------------------||
-----------------------------5------|------5---4--------5-------------||
------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
    |_______|        |_______|         |_______|        |_______|

Check out tabs for some popular fiddle tunes on the next three pages!

Be sure to visit the other Bruce Bernhart Mandolin Websites:

Bruce Bernhart mandolin rock tabs

Bruce Bernhart mandolin lesson on scales, meter, using a metronome

Bruce Bernhart mandolin purchase tips

Bruce Bernhart mandolin orchestras, tuning

Bruce Bernhart mandolin lessons- chord groups and intervals

Bruce Bernhart on mandolin family history

Bruce Bernhart on string and saddle adjustment

Bruce Bernhart beginning mandolin lessons one and two
Bruce Bernhart on more chord triads, blues patterns, and self-tuning

Bruce Bernhart on the mandolin family tree
Bruce Bernhart mandolin chord diagrams

Bruce Bernhart on temperature considerations
Bruce Bernhart lessson on mandolin flats and sharps
Bruce Bernhart lesson on chromatic scales, circle of 5ths and meter

Bruce Bernhart on mandolin chord theory

Bruce Bernhart mandolin C and G major chord diagrams

Bruce Bernhart on emergence of the modern mandolin

Bruce Bernhart on two finger mandolin chords

Bruce Bernhart on whole and half steps on the mandolin

Bruce Bernhart perpetual motion practice excercises
Bruce Bernhart on playing waltzes on the mandolin
Bruce Bernhart on majors, minors and sevenths


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The care and feeding of your RV battery

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The basics of RV power inversion

RV travel tips and tire care

Advanced discussion on power inversion

Tips on buying a house battery and cold weather maintenance

RV Insurance basics

Buying the right generator for your RV and portable power

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Top RV destinations

RV long-term supplies and weight considerations

RV Insurance- Road protection and bodily injury coverage

RV battery types and winter charging considerations

Deep cycle battery basics

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