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Unclouded Day- Build-A-Break

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This lesson has two very important roles: 1) Learn 3 different varieties of the classic tune, "Unclouded Day." 2) Learn how to progressively build a break starting with the basic melody!

Doublestops Improvisation Key of G Theory technique

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  1. Hollis Barnett ·

    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.

  2. Ray Dunphy ·

    That's the one that made me finally understand backup. Stick with it.

  3. Katie Clark Support ·

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

  4. Gary Feldman ·

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

  5. Gene Sowell ·

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

  6. Wes Pittman ·

    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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