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How to Read Mandolin Tab

beginner mandolin

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Step 6 of 60 in Beginner mandolin

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  1. 3 Mandolin Basics: Pick Hand
  2. 4 Mandolin Basics: Fret Hand
  3. 5 How to Finger Frets
  4. 6 How to Read Mandolin Tab — you are here
  5. 7 Old Joe Clark- Basic Melody Up next
  6. 8 Mandolin Timing Study
  7. 9 Mandolin Basics: Installing a Strap

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If you're gonna learn to pick on the mandolin, it sure helps to know how to read tabs. There are two basic parts of reading tabs: 1) The notes themselves, 2) The timing of each note!

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