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Step 3 of 3 in Americana

  1. 1 Oh, Susanna
  2. 2 Home on the Range- Banjo
  3. 3 Happy Birthday — you are here
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As a banjo player, increase your odds of being invited to birthday parties by learning this song! It's in a singable key, too!

3/4 Waltz Key of G

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  1. Buddy Vann ·

    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. Marcy Kern ·

    Try it without the pick for a few passes. Sounds silly but it told me my right hand was doing too much.

  3. Tom Vasquez ·

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

  4. Junior Pace ·

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

  5. Ben Clark Instructor ·

    You're not behind. Two weeks on a lesson like this is normal and healthy.

  6. MandoMary ·

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

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