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Soldier's Joy

banjo advanced

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It's always good to learn songs out of "C" position, but especially cool when they're in "Drop C" tuning. That's what we're doing with this one, then we slap a capo on the 2nd fret to play in the key of D. The first A and B parts are fairly straight ahead, then the second A and B parts have a few tricks thrown in. You'll definitely get a melodic workout with this one!

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  1. Buddy Vann

    ♥ 5

    Anybody have a tip for the left hand stretch in here? My pinky is not cooperating.

  2. Deb Carrigan

    ♥ 7

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

  3. SlowHandSteve

    ♥ 4

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

  4. Ben Clark Instructor

    ♥ 8

    Don't force the pinky stretch. Move your thumb down behind the neck first and the stretch mostly takes care of itself.

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