Mike Marshall plays 'Angeline the Baker' on Mandolin

[scottconger]

Im getting my first mandolin, thanks for the inspiration 👍.

[endoalley]

I like the sliding position changes. I don't always know when its best to change positions and when it is best to move horizontally on the fretboard.

[jimmymahone]

Stephen Foster's "Angelina Baker" eventually spawned "Angeline the Baker" with oral tradition as the midwife.


The composition morphed quite a bit from "Angelina" to "Angeline, " as you'd expect as those who couldn't read sheet music (maybe not read at all) passed the melody on by ear from musician to musician, some players tweaking the notes.

Foster was a Pennsylvania Yankee who may never have visited the South, yet who wanted to be recognized as the leading composer of what then was called "Ethiopian music" for mass publication.

Foster's published lyrics reflected his romanticized [and racist] image of a mournful slave's lament at love lost. Once freed from paper, his words evolved into a folksy mishmash of whimsical and unrelated lyrics, perhaps including some ghost lyrics.

[robertbarker]

So, I've been interested in signing up to Mike's class, but just haven't pulled the trigger yet. Are arrangements of songs like this taught so that we can learn how to play it as Mike plays it? What I mean is, I want to get an in depth study of some of the awesome techniques he's using on this tune. I often feel with online classes like someone who's been given a recipe for a great dish - when you make it, it's similar to the original, but the person who gave you the recipe obviously left out a bunch of stuff. I really don't want to do that, I want to get the tools to do exactly what Mike is doing there.

[daltonsmith]

That mandolin looks alot like Big Mon's. I know it isn't but has that same appearance.