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Shenandoah Breakdown

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This is a great 1-4-5 instrumental that is built for SPEED! There are a lot of forward rolls in this arrangement, and I know you'll have a blast with it!

Earl Scruggs Key of G Melodic Banjo

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  1. MandoMary ·

    I keep losing the timing when I add the backup. Does anyone count this out loud or is that just me?

  2. Patty Lindstrom ·

    Take the capo off and play it in open G a few times, then put it back. Helped me hear it.

  3. Ben Clark Instructor ·

    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.

  4. Ann Marie Boyd ·

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

  5. Lou Ann Prater ·

    Take the capo off and play it in open G a few times, then put it back. Helped me hear it.

  6. Marcy Kern ·

    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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