Mandolin POV Pickalong: Old Joe Clark
beginner mandolin
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- 9 Mandolin POV Pickalong: Old Joe Clark — you are here
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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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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?
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Deb Carrigan ·
That's the one that made me finally understand backup. Stick with it.
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Dale Hutchins ·
Recording yourself is humbling but it's the fastest fix I've found.
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Buddy Vann ·
Welcome aboard — you picked a good one to start on.
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Wes Pittman ·
Recording yourself is humbling but it's the fastest fix I've found.
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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.
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flatpick_dad ·
That's the one that made me finally understand backup. Stick with it.