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John Hardy is simply...a fun tune to play! I built this one for SPEED! This version has some Monroe and Sam Bush type licks in it, and if you play it super-fast and a little bit "loose", it'll still sounds GOOD! This one is in the key of "G", which gives a lot of you some much needed practice in these positions. I hope you enjoy this one as much as I do!

Bill Monroe Doublestops Key of G technique

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  1. Nate Overby ·

    My fingers know it but my brain doesn't yet — I can't play it without the tab in front of me. How do you all commit these to memory?

  2. FifthStringFred ·

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

  3. Patty Lindstrom ·

    Metronome at 60 and no faster until it's clean twice through. Boring but it works.

  4. Curtis Rhodes ·

    Metronome at 60 and no faster until it's clean twice through. Boring but it works.

  5. Rita Alvarez ·

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

  6. Ben Clark Instructor ·

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

  7. Gene Sowell ·

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

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