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Mandolin POV Pickalong: Old Joe Clark

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Let’s pick! The point of the Pickalong lessons is not to teach you a tabbed solo or backup, but to get you actually playing along by using your eyes and ears! Don’t forget that you can slow down the video!

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  1. Ray Dunphy ·

    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. Deb Carrigan ·

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

  3. Dale Hutchins ·

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

  4. Buddy Vann ·

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

  5. Wes Pittman ·

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

  6. Katie Clark Support ·

    Great question. That's a slide going into the B part — I play it as a slide but a hammer-on works fine if that's cleaner for you. Do what sounds right.

  7. flatpick_dad ·

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

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