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Nine Pound Hammer Build-a-Break

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Step 23 of 42 in Intermediate mandolin

19 earlier steps

  1. 20 Doublestop Exercise
  2. 21 Doublestop Drill
  3. 22 Over in the Glory Land- Build-a-Break
  4. 23 Nine Pound Hammer Build-a-Break — you are here
  5. 24 Black Mountain Rag Int. in A Up next
  6. 25 Salt Creek Basic & Intermediate
  7. 26 Bag O' Licks in A

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  1. Nate Overby ·

    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. FifthStringFred ·

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

  3. Karen Doyle ·

    Try it without the pick for a few passes. Sounds silly but it told me my right hand was doing too much.

  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.

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