“Old Ebenezer Scrooge” is an instrumental written by Bill Monroe, the founder of bluegrass. It belongs to the run of original tunes Monroe composed across his long career.
A four-part piece set in A but leaning on the minor scale, the tune has a dark, brooding cast. It is one of Monroe’s rarer instrumentals, less played than his standards but valued by fiddlers and mandolinists who seek it out.
The tune has found new life in bluegrass instruction and jamming.
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