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Billy in the Lowground

intermediate mandolin

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This is actually one of the first flatpicking tunes I leard on guitar, and before this video, I didn't really have a set version for mandolin. This is a great tune to get your fingers working and also to get more comfortable in the key of C!

Key of C

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  1. Ray Dunphy ·

    Ben, this one finally made the timing click for me. Been fighting it for a month. Thank you.

  2. Buddy Vann ·

    That's the one that made me finally understand backup. Stick with it.

  3. Hollis Barnett ·

    The pinky thing goes away, I promise. Took me about three months.

  4. 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.

  5. Dale Hutchins ·

    The pinky thing goes away, I promise. Took me about three months.

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