Jolie Blon - The Cajun National Anthem - Mandolin Lesson

To download the Free pdf for this video, click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LGXp... This is a lesson on how to play the tune Jolie Blon (sometimes called the 'Cajun National Anthem') on the mandolin. The mandolin is not an instrument used very often in Cajun music, and I am in no way suggesting I know anything about Cajun music. However it is always a fun challenge to try tunes from different genres to see how they differ from our standard mandolin repertoire. We'll learn the main melody first, and then discuss all of the different embellishments you can add to make this more like how a Cajun fiddle player would approach this tune. With tunes like this there are many variations available, so I have based this version from 2 sources: 1) a Mel Bay cajun Fiddle book my wife Jay owns, and 2) this version by The Cajun Country Revival:    • Jolie Blonde --Jesse Lege, Joel Savoy and ...   For all other Free Lessons head over to https://www.mandomike.com 0:00 Intro 01:46 A Part 03:43 B Part 05:11 Drone Notes 05:58 Slides into 7th Fret 06:33 HO-PO Triplets 07:07 Scotch Snaps 08:31 HO-PO-PO semi quavers 09:22 A Part with embellishments 09:56 B Part with embellishments 11:15 Full Tune