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Learn to Play the Traditional Tune "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down"
Roots and Blues Mandolin

Play "Careless Love" on Mandolin

The eight-bar excerpt in today’s Note comes from Roots and Blues Mandolin and is played mostly with double-stops on low and high string pairs in closed positions.

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    Use the Flatted Fifth in Your Blues Scale Licks

    Today’s excerpt from Acoustic Rock Essentials shows you three different ways you can use the flatted fifth in your blues scale licks.

    Emulate the Piano Using Guide Tone Voicings

    When playing through the examples in today’s excerpt from Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Essentials, the trick is to keep the half-note guide tones sustaining while playing the eighth-note lines on top.

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    Guitar Restringing Tips from Elixir® Strings

    Looking for an easy way to restring your guitar? Watch the Elixir® Strings video.

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    James Nash's Real-World Rig

    See and hear how this flatpicking ace puts powerful digital recording technology to work onstage.  

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