Skip to content
Banjo Ben Clark
Log in Join Now

Temperance Reel

guitar beginner

In this lesson

This is an old fiddle tune in the key of G that is lots of fun to play! This is a very basic version of the tune and a great one for anyone to tackle!

Discuss this lesson

6 replies Visit the forum โ†’
  1. Junior Pace

    โ™ฅ 7

    Slowed the video to 50% and worked it a measure at a time. Two weeks in and it's coming. Patience is the lesson here as much as the notes.

  2. Bill Threadgill

    โ™ฅ 3

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

  3. Gene Sowell

    โ™ฅ 11

    The pinky thing goes away, I promise. Took me about three months.

  4. Dale Hutchins

    โ™ฅ 6

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

  5. Ann Marie Boyd

    โ™ฅ 6

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

  6. Owen Brady

    โ™ฅ 5

    Take the capo off and play it in open G a few times, then put it back. Helped me hear it.

  7. Katie Clark Support

    โ™ฅ 22

    Glad it clicked! That timing is the whole point of this lesson, so if that landed you got what you came for.

Join the conversation

Sign in to reply โ€” it takes an email address and nothing else.

Sign in to reply