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Softly and Tenderly

banjo intermediate

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This classic hymn has one of my favorite melodies, and fits an expressive banjo solo quite well! Though it's slow, it requires some quick moves to keep it clean & make it sound pretty!

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  1. Dale Hutchins

    ♥ 7

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

  2. Lou Ann Prater

    ♥ 5

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

  3. Tom Vasquez

    ♥ 4

    Welcome aboard — you picked a good one to start on.

  4. Ben Clark Instructor

    ♥ 30

    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. Curtis Rhodes

    ♥ 1

    There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.

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