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O Holy Night

banjo advanced

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O Holy Night is one of my favorite songs of all time, regardless of genre. We're in drop-C tuning for this one. Though it's slow, it is challenging, but extremely rewarding!

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  1. Sharon Kile

    โ™ฅ 1

    I keep losing the timing when I add the backup. Does anyone count this out loud or is that just me?

  2. Marcy Kern

    โ™ฅ 3

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

  3. Sharon Kile

    โ™ฅ 4

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

  4. Marcy Kern

    โ™ฅ 2

    That's the one that made me finally understand backup. Stick with it.

  5. Ben Clark Instructor

    โ™ฅ 21

    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.

  6. Nate Overby

    โ™ฅ 6

    Count it out loud. Everyone says it and everyone's right.

  7. Junior Pace

    โ™ฅ 6

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

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