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We Three Kings Build-a-Break

mandolin intermediate

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Build-a-Break in a singable key...what else could you want for Christmas?! This one is easy enough to ANY mando picker to tackle and tasty enough to play solo on any stage.

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  1. SlowHandSteve

    ♥ 2

    Got about 80% of this one down but the third measure keeps tripping me. Anybody else find that part awkward at speed?

  2. Gene Sowell

    ♥ 7

    Recording yourself is humbling but it's the fastest fix I've found.

  3. Ray Dunphy

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

  4. Katie Clark Support

    ♥ 27

    Great question. That's a slide going into the B part — I play it as a slide but a hammer-on works fine if that's cleaner for you. Do what sounds right.

  5. SlowHandSteve

    ♥ 3

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

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