I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day- Mandolin
mandolin advanced
In this lesson
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- 🔒 Part 1
- 🔒 Part 2
- 🔒 Slow
Not the most common Christmas melody, but definitely one of the prettiest! On Christmas in 1863 by a heartbroken poet, Henry Longfellow, penned the words after losing his wife & his son near fatally injured in the Civil War. It wasn't until 1872 that the words were set to music. I call it an advanced lesson because of the challenging chord shapes & fingerings.
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Hollis Barnett
Third time coming back to this lesson over two years. It's amazing what shows up when you're ready for it.
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Roy Ellender
Count it out loud. Everyone says it and everyone's right.
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flatpick_dad
There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.
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Ben Clark Instructor
Memorization comes from playing it at a tempo you can think at. If you need the tab, you're playing it faster than you know it.
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Bill Threadgill
Try it without the pick for a few passes. Sounds silly but it told me my right hand was doing too much.
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Curtis Rhodes
Recording yourself is humbling but it's the fastest fix I've found.
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Theresa Nickels
Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.
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