On and On

On and On - in the key of G.
This is an old favorite and very common in jams. Mike transcribed Bill Monroe's solo and it's really interesting. The intro and first few bars are fairly standard and typical of a Monroe break. Mike pointed out that as the progression moves from G to C, you almost don't think Bill's solo is going to work out. There won't be enough time to get through that descending G scale. But of course Bill knows what he's doing and he jumps straight from the descending G scale to a low C and makes it work.

A few bars later Bill does an interesting jump up to some double stops that descend from the D to the G followed by really cool rhythmic harmonics played on the D and G strings.

Anyway, here's Bill Monroe's version:



and here's me playing it as transcribed by Mike Compton.

First slow:




and then faster. This is still only about 70% of Bill's tempo. He makes it sound easy, but he's really cooking.