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Cripple Creek

beginner mandolin

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Step 33 of 60 in Beginner mandolin

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  2. 31 How to Play Mandolin Hammer-Ons
  3. 32 How to Play Potatoes
  4. 33 Cripple Creek — you are here
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  6. 35 Jamming in G
  7. 36 Doublestop Theory, Part 1

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Cripple Creek is a standard tune, and you're up a crippled creek without a pick if you don't know how to play it! Learn a basic version to get a handle on the melody with the first solo, then dance the rapids a bit with the second solo in this tab. Come on in...the water's fine!

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