Flop Eared Mule
Primer Level, C
Bluegrass musicians love to play “Flop Eared Mule” as part of their old time fiddling heritage. As an old American tune it was sometimes called “Detroit Schottische” or “Lop Eared Mule.”
Your Primer Level arrangement moves from “regular C” position, with hands playing an octave apart, to “middle C position,” with thumbs sharing C. Beginning pianists will find this hand movement in the middle of a piece surprising and often slow. However the transition is made smoother by a ritard and rest in the left hand.
Your Primer Level arrangement moves from “regular C” position, with hands playing an octave apart, to “middle C position,” with thumbs sharing C. Beginning pianists will find this hand movement in the middle of a piece surprising and often slow. However the transition is made smoother by a ritard and rest in the left hand.
