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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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  1. Rita Alvarez ·

    Ben, this one finally made the timing click for me. Been fighting it for a month. Thank you.

  2. Junior Pace ·

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

  3. Rita Alvarez ·

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

  4. Gary Feldman ·

    Take the capo off and play it in open G a few times, then put it back. Helped me hear it.

  5. Lou Ann Prater ·

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

  6. Owen Brady ·

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

  7. 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.

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