The Star Spangled Banner
intermediate mandolin
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Oh say, can you learn this one? I think you can, and just in time for Independence Day!
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Karen Doyle ·
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?
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Mick Stanton ·
Not just you. I still count this one out loud and I've been at it four years.
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Buddy Vann ·
Recording yourself is humbling but it's the fastest fix I've found.
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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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Ray Dunphy ·
Metronome at 60 and no faster until it's clean twice through. Boring but it works.
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Hollis Barnett ·
There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.