Go, Tell It on the Mountain Build-a-Break
advanced mandolin
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← Back to the videoStep 2 of 7 in Christmas (Advanced)
- 1 O Come, Emmanuel
- 2 Go, Tell It on the Mountain Build-a-Break — you are here
- 3 Angels We Have Heard on High– Mandolin Up next
- 4 I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day- Mandolin
- 5 Joy To The World - Jazzy
This is a really cool lesson because we're going to learn the basic melody, in the key of G, in a closed position up the neck. Then, we'll add double stop harmonies and a few blues licks to beef it up!
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Marcy Kern ·
Question on the tab — is that a hammer-on or a slide going into the B part? Sounds like a slide to my ear but the tab reads hammer.
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Dale Hutchins ·
The pinky thing goes away, I promise. Took me about three months.
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Junior Pace ·
That's the one that made me finally understand backup. Stick with it.
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Rita Alvarez ·
Take the capo off and play it in open G a few times, then put it back. Helped me hear it.
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Ben Clark Instructor ·
Try measure 3 on its own at half tempo, and keep your right hand rolling even when the left hand is behind. The right hand is the metronome.
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Marcy Kern ·
The pinky thing goes away, I promise. Took me about three months.