Wildwood Flower– Down-Double-Up Crosspicking
advanced mandolin
What's Next?
← Back to the videoStep 10 of 14 in Advanced Bluegrass Jam Standards (1)
- 7 Wayfaring Stranger Build-a-Break
- 8 Lost Indian
- 9 Blessed Assurance on Mandolin
- 10 Wildwood Flower– Down-Double-Up Crosspicking — you are here
- 11 Fireball Mail Build-a-Break Up next
- 12 John Henry
- 13 Beaumont Rag
This is really two lessons in one. I had my sister Penny drop in the Cabin to lend a hand on some Jesse McReynolds-style crosspicking. We'll work on some exercises that will get your hands going, then we'll apply to a version of "Wildwood Flower" in D.
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Patty Lindstrom ·
Ben, this one finally made the timing click for me. Been fighting it for a month. Thank you.
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MandoMary ·
Count it out loud. Everyone says it and everyone's right.
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Dale Hutchins ·
Count it out loud. Everyone says it and everyone's right.
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Rita Alvarez ·
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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Ben Clark Instructor ·
You're not behind. Two weeks on a lesson like this is normal and healthy.
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Sharon Kile ·
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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Marcy Kern ·
Take the capo off and play it in open G a few times, then put it back. Helped me hear it.