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Learn to Play in Any Key: Find Your Bearings

intermediate mandolin

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Stuck on something here? Ask — somebody will have hit the same wall.

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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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