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Go Tell It on the Mountain

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I remember learning this tune as a kid, but only recently imagining it as a bluegrass tune. We'll learn a very basic "low" version that has some interesting single-string picking, then we'll move up the neck for a jazzy, syncopated rendition!

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  1. Bill Threadgill

    ♥ 6

    Slowed the video to 50% and worked it a measure at a time. Two weeks in and it's coming. Patience is the lesson here as much as the notes.

  2. Karen Doyle

    ♥ 9

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

  3. Ben Clark Instructor

    ♥ 15

    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.

  4. Gary Feldman

    ♥ 4

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

  5. Curtis Rhodes

    ♥ 5

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

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