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Away in a Manger Build-a-Break

mandolin beginner

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We'll learn the basic melody then build another break using the G major scale–so fun!

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  1. Owen Brady

    ♥ 8

    Is there a jam track for this at a slower tempo? 90 is still a bit quick for me.

  2. Curtis Rhodes

    ♥ 11

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

  3. Owen Brady

    ♥ 2

    Metronome at 60 and no faster until it's clean twice through. Boring but it works.

  4. Roy Ellender

    ♥ 6

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

  5. Marcy Kern

    ♥ 4

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

  6. Ray Dunphy

    ♥ 4

    Welcome aboard — you picked a good one to start on.

  7. Katie Clark Support

    ♥ 12

    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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