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Nick Dumas: Fish Caught a Bird

intermediate mandolin

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You heard us play this Nick Dumas original at the start of the course, now it's time to learn it! I love pickin' this tune!

Key of A

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  1. Ann Marie Boyd ·

    Question on the tab — is that a hammer-on or a slide going into the B part? Sounds like a slide to my ear but the tab reads hammer.

  2. Deb Carrigan ·

    The pinky thing goes away, I promise. Took me about three months.

  3. Deb Carrigan ·

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

  4. Katie Clark Support ·

    Try measure 3 on its own at half tempo, and keep your right hand rolling even when the left hand is behind. The right hand is the metronome.

  5. Curtis Rhodes ·

    I had that exact problem. Turned out my thumb was anchoring in the wrong spot.

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