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Oh say, can you learn this one? I think you can, and just in time for Independence Day!

3/4 Waltz Doublestops Key of G Tremolo

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  1. 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?

  2. Mick Stanton ·

    Not just you. I still count this one out loud and I've been at it four years.

  3. Buddy Vann ·

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

  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.

  5. Ray Dunphy ·

    Metronome at 60 and no faster until it's clean twice through. Boring but it works.

  6. Hollis Barnett ·

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

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