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Go, Tell It on the Mountain Build-a-Break

advanced mandolin

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!

Doublestops Harmony Key of G technique

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  1. 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.

  2. Dale Hutchins ·

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

  3. Junior Pace ·

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

  4. Rita Alvarez ·

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

  5. 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.

  6. Marcy Kern ·

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

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