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God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

mandolin intermediate

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Christmastime is here again, and this year we're learning a great, familiar carol with a couple tricks thrown in! Toward the end of this one, we go into a smokin' version of Jerusalem Ridge...check it out, and Merry Christmas!

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  1. Wes Pittman

    ♥ 5

    Just want to say the multiple camera angles make all the difference. I could actually see what the right hand was doing.

  2. Curtis Rhodes

    ♥ 3

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

  3. Owen Brady

    ♥ 7

    Take the capo off and play it in open G a few times, then put it back. Helped me hear it.

  4. Ben Clark Instructor

    ♥ 5

    Try measure 3 on its own at half tempo, and keep your right hand rolling even when the left hand is behind. The right hand is the metronome.

  5. Nate Overby

    ♥ 8

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

  6. Karen Doyle

    ♥ 11

    Take the capo off and play it in open G a few times, then put it back. Helped me hear it.

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