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11 Tips for Successful Practice

mandolin beginner

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This is the first lesson in the course titled: The Theory of Practice! Start with these 11 tips to set your self up for success!

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  1. Ray Dunphy

    ♥ 4

    Got about 80% of this one down but the third measure keeps tripping me. Anybody else find that part awkward at speed?

  2. Roy Ellender

    ♥ 10

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

  3. Karen Doyle

    ♥ 7

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

  4. Patty Lindstrom

    ♥ 6

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

  5. Katie Clark Support

    ♥ 26

    Great question. That's a slide going into the B part — I play it as a slide but a hammer-on works fine if that's cleaner for you. Do what sounds right.

  6. Gene Sowell

    ♥ 7

    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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