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A Major Scale Study

beginner mandolin

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  1. Marcy Kern ·

    Slowed the video to 50% and worked it a measure at a time. Two weeks in and it's coming. Patience is the lesson here as much as the notes.

  2. Theresa Nickels ·

    Take the capo off and play it in open G a few times, then put it back. Helped me hear it.

  3. Ben Clark Instructor ·

    Answered over in the tab thread too, but short version: play what's comfortable, the tab is a map not a law.

  4. Theresa Nickels ·

    There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.

  5. Marcy Kern ·

    Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.

  6. Owen Brady ·

    Not just you. I still count this one out loud and I've been at it four years.

  7. Mick Stanton ·

    Not just you. I still count this one out loud and I've been at it four years.

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