Wayfaring Stranger Build-a-Break
advanced mandolin
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← Back to the videoStep 7 of 14 in Advanced Bluegrass Jam Standards (1)
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- 5 God Bless America- Mandolin
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This tab has two mandolin breaks in the key of A minor. The first is the basic melody using tremolo to sustain the notes. The second break is a bluesy departure with all kinds of tricks!
Blues Doublestops Key of A Minor Minor Chords Tremolo technique
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Rita Alvarez ·
Ben, this one finally made the timing click for me. Been fighting it for a month. Thank you.
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Junior Pace ·
Count it out loud. Everyone says it and everyone's right.
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Rita Alvarez ·
There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.
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Gary Feldman ·
Take the capo off and play it in open G a few times, then put it back. Helped me hear it.
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Lou Ann Prater ·
There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.
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Owen Brady ·
Try it without the pick for a few passes. Sounds silly but it told me my right hand was doing too much.
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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.