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Old Joe Clark

beginner mandolin

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Step 5 of 8 in Basic Bluegrass Jam Standards (1)— Mandolin

1 earlier step

  1. 2 Worried Man Blues- Beginner
  2. 3 She'll Be Comin' Around The Mountain
  3. 4 You Are My Sunshine
  4. 5 Old Joe Clark — you are here
  5. 6 Bill Cheatham- Melody Up next
  6. 7 Arkansas Traveler
  7. 8 Liberty
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This is a basic version of Old Joe Clark, where we'll play the simple melody of the tune while working on some great right hand techniques, such as shuffle picking! We'll also take what we learn there and apply another "fiddle-type" technique...double stops! As a mando picker, you need to be able to play multiple strings at the same time, and this is just the tune to get you going!

Doublestops Harmony Key of A Theory technique

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