{"id":2830,"date":"2011-03-27T14:36:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T12:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=2830"},"modified":"2017-10-22T10:07:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T08:07:04","slug":"john-stensons-2-a-great-tune-for-dulcimer-and-mandolin-aaron-orourke-trio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=2830","title":{"rendered":"John Stenson&#8217;s #2  &#8211; A great tune for dulcimer and mandolin &#8211; Aaron O&#8217;Rourke Trio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"watch-headline-title\">One of the tunes in the long list of songs that I have downloaded from David Grismans Acoustic Oasis is<strong> John Stenson&#8217;s #2<\/strong> played by the <strong>Aaron O&#8217;Rourke Trio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Today I have listened to videos with this tune. I was lucky to find the following video with the Aaron O&#8217;Rourke Trio &#8211; played on mountain dulcimer, mandolin and bass:<\/p>\n<h4>John Stenson&#8217;s #2<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Aaron O&#8217;Rourke Trio with Mickey Abraham and Mike Snelling<br \/>\nKiller mountain dulcimer, mandolin, &amp; bass.<br \/>\nProgressive acoustic old time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Stenson&#039;s #2\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1JZojEz7D8s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p id=\"watch-headline-title\">This tune is often played on a Appalachian (or mountain) dulcimer, but also on the hammered dulcimer as in the following video:<\/p>\n<h4>John Stenson&#8217;s #2 and Hangman&#8217;s Reel &#8211; Rockford, MI Concert<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Rick Thum does a couple of his favorite tunes at the concert in Rockford, MI, November 2009. Ken Kaiser backed him up on guitar.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Stenson&#039;s #2 and Hangman&#039;s Reel - Rockford, MI Concert\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sEz8MTVPrT4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>I have compiled the following playlist with many more videos of this tune, played on different instruments, solo or with a band, with mandolin and dulcimer, clawhammer banjo, or with fiddle and Irish bouzouki:<\/p>\n<h4>Playlist John Stensons<\/h4>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mandoline - John Stensons Reel #2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PL82ADC203ACAD04A2\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>Sheet music:<\/h4>\n<p>You can find versions of John Stenson&#8217;s #2 on the following pages:<\/p>\n<p>Mandozine: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandozine.com\/music\/search_results.php?searchfor=john+stenson&amp;tuneselectby=C&amp;mandolevel=&amp;category=&amp;songkey=&amp;artist=&amp;transcriber=&amp;sortby=T&amp;sortorder=A&amp;submit=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.mandozine.com\/music\/search_results.php?searchfor=john+stenson&amp;tuneselectby=C&amp;mandolevel=&amp;category=&amp;songkey=&amp;artist=&amp;transcriber=&amp;sortby=T&amp;sortorder=A&amp;submit=<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flatpicking Workshop: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flatpick.com\/lessons\/january2009.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.flatpick.com\/lessons\/january2009.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Session: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesession.org\/tunes\/display\/1817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.thesession.org\/tunes\/display\/1817<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ABC notation: <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnotation.com\/tunePage?a=www.banjolin.co.uk\/banjolin12\/music\/tunes\/abcs\/stensons_2\/0000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/abcnotation.com\/tunePage?a=www.banjolin.co.uk\/banjolin12\/music\/tunes\/abcs\/stensons_2\/0000<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Additional Information<\/h4>\n<p>Homepage Aaron O&#8217;Rourke &#8211; Mountain Dulcimer: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaronorourke.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.aaronorourke.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Acoustic Oasis\u00a0 &#8211; daily free download of on song: <a href=\"http:\/\/acousticoasis.com\/welcome.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/acousticoasis.com\/welcome.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the tunes in the long list of songs that I have downloaded from David Grismans Acoustic Oasis is John Stenson&#8217;s #2 played by the Aaron O&#8217;Rourke Trio. Today I have listened to videos with this tune. I was lucky to find the following video with the Aaron O&#8217;Rourke Trio &#8211; played on mountain 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