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Life's Railway to Heaven- Intermediate

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Step 9 of 12 in Bluegrass Jam Standards 1

5 earlier steps

  1. 6 Cuckoo's Nest
  2. 7 Old Joe Clark- Intermediate
  3. 8 Cherokee Shuffle- Intermediate
  4. 9 Life's Railway to Heaven- Intermediate — you are here
  5. 10 Devil's Dream Up next
  6. 11 Liberty
  7. 12 Whiskey Before Breakfast- Flat 3rd Tone Study
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This lesson teaches how to reinforce open-string melody notes by sliding into them on a lower string. This is one of the most important skills to acquire as a flatpicker!

Key of G technique

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  1. Sharon Kile ·

    Is there a jam track for this at a slower tempo? 90 is still a bit quick for me.

  2. Buddy Vann ·

    Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.

  3. Katie Clark Support ·

    Don't force the pinky stretch. Move your thumb down behind the neck first and the stretch mostly takes care of itself.

  4. FifthStringFred ·

    Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.

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