Sailor's Hornpipe
intermediate mandolin
What's Next?
← Back to the videoStep 3 of 7 in Int. Melodic Banjo
- 1 Golden Slippers- Intro to Melodic Banjo
- 2 East Tennessee Blues- Melodic
- 3 Sailor's Hornpipe — you are here
- 4 Red Haired Boy- Melodic Up next
- 5 Devil's Dream
- 6 Fisher's Hornpipe
This tune is in the key of G and takes us back to our childhood of watching Popeye episodes. It's a blast to play, so grab a can of spinach and let's get after it!
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Karen Doyle ·
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.
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FifthStringFred ·
Try it without the pick for a few passes. Sounds silly but it told me my right hand was doing too much.
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Lou Ann Prater ·
Try it without the pick for a few passes. Sounds silly but it told me my right hand was doing too much.
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Katie Clark Support ·
Glad it clicked! That timing is the whole point of this lesson, so if that landed you got what you came for.
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SlowHandSteve ·
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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Mick Stanton ·
Recording yourself is humbling but it's the fastest fix I've found.