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intermediate mandolin

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This old Celtic fiddle tune is in the key of G and tons of fun to play. The first A & B parts are basic melody, but then I give you some Celtic ornaments in the second A/B parts that sets it apart!

Key of G Triplets

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  1. Buddy Vann ·

    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. Karen Doyle ·

    Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.

  3. Ben Clark Instructor ·

    Answered over in the tab thread too, but short version: play what's comfortable, the tab is a map not a law.

  4. Gene Sowell ·

    Count it out loud. Everyone says it and everyone's right.

  5. Lou Ann Prater ·

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

  6. Buddy Vann ·

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

  7. Sam Whitlock ·

    There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.

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