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Learn to Play in Any Key: Find Your Bearings

intermediate mandolin

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  1. 1 Learn to Play in Any Key: Find Your Bearings — you are here
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  3. 3 One Lick, Four Positions
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Hey, no capos needed around here! Let's finally LEARN this mandolin neck and play sweet licks in any key that's called! If you're willing to put in the work, I will help you get there. Enjoy this first lesson in my new course: Learn to Play in Any Key!

Chords Improvisation Key of C Key of G Theory

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  1. flatpick_dad ·

    I keep losing the timing when I add the backup. Does anyone count this out loud or is that just me?

  2. Nate Overby ·

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

  3. FifthStringFred ·

    Recording yourself is humbling but it's the fastest fix I've found.

  4. Ben Clark Instructor ·

    Memorization comes from playing it at a tempo you can think at. If you need the tab, you're playing it faster than you know it.

  5. Bill Threadgill ·

    Welcome aboard — you picked a good one to start on.

  6. Sam Whitlock ·

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

  7. flatpick_dad ·

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

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