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Away in a Manger

mandolin intermediate

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This is a simple and beautiful version of a beautiful carol in the key of D. Besides the solo, I also teach the backup to two guitar solos.

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  1. Deb Carrigan

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    My fingers know it but my brain doesn't yet — I can't play it without the tab in front of me. How do you all commit these to memory?

  2. Curtis Rhodes

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

  3. Dale Hutchins

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

  4. Ben Clark Instructor

    ♥ 7

    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.

  5. Nate Overby

    ♥ 8

    I had that exact problem. Turned out my thumb was anchoring in the wrong spot.

  6. Nate Overby

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

  7. Tom Vasquez

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

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