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Neck & String Introduction

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Meet the mandolin neck and his buddies that hang out all the time, the Strings.

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  1. Karen Doyle ·

    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. Rita Alvarez ·

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

  3. Katie Clark Support ·

    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.

  4. Gene Sowell ·

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

  5. Bill Threadgill ·

    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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