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Under The Double Eagle Melody Breakdown 
I can remember playing Under The Double Eagle in high school marching band back in the late fifties.  The tune was written by Austrian composer  Josef Wagner but was popularized in...
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You Don't Know My Mind Chords and Melody 
Where's the listen on the leads in the intro ?
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Ginseng Sullivan Adding Color with Chord Voicings 
Wow, this is really awesome! It's really opened up some compositional stuff for me, thanks for sharing.
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Gold Rush Tony Rice Style Improvising 
Progress after a few more weeks of practice. 115bpm works on a good day but I'm focussing on the accuracy and staying relaxed at 100 for now. The tag has some way to go yet -...
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Gold Rush Tony Rice Style Improvising 
This is the B part variant with my right arm placement as close I can get to yours; does this look like it would be more effective in the long term to you?
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Gold Rush Tony Rice Style Improvising 
This is where I am after a few weeks on this tune. I think that my technique has improved a lot as I'm letting myself play closer to the bridge where the strings are more taut and...
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Last Thing On My Mind Playing Tony’s B Part 
I really enjoyed working on this tune! I deleted my earlier video as I got my recording nerves under control this afternoon. I'm looking for feedback for the verses and chorus as...
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Nashville Blues Chords and Rhythm 
Chris, isn't the structure of this song similar to that of a standard 12-bar blues?
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