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Bound to Ride mandolin tabs

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  • Tablatures

    Beginner

    The Stanley Brothers

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      A
    • Tempo
      140 bpm
    • Tuning
      GDAE

    Bound to Ride is a classic Stanley Brothers tune. A fantastic version can be found on Jim Mills’s “Bound to Ride” album featuring Adam Steffey on Mandolin.

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  • Intermediate

    The Stanley Brothers

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      A
    • Tempo
      140 bpm
    • Tuning
      GDAE

    This arrangement of Bound to Ride gives you a lot more bluegrass licks to show off with. It’s technical and fast, so make sure you practice slowly to get it clean before speeding it up.

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  • Advanced

    The Stanley Brothers

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      A
    • Tempo
      140 bpm
    • Tuning
      GDAE

    A bouncy arrangement of Bound to Ride full with double-stops, hammer-ons, and some killer licks. Don’t forget to bring out the melody!

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  • Licks

    Bluegrass #6

    Fill Lick

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      A
    • Tempo
      140 bpm
    • Tuning
      GDAE

    This classic bluegrass lick is based on the pentatonic scale in the key of A.

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  • Bluegrass #7

    Fill Lick

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      A
    • Tempo
      140 bpm
    • Tuning
      GDAE

    This is an upper position lick that has some interesting shifting. Take it slow in the beginning to work out exactly how you'd like to move your hand, then turn up the heat.

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More about Bound to Ride

The Tunefox Beginner tab is focusing on accenting the melody notes of the vocal line. Intermediate arrangement features more 16th note up and down strokes than the beginner version and Advanced version adds some tasty melodic flare.

Need some practice help? Tunefox has several unique learning tools to keep your practice interesting and fun. Use the tempo slider to find the perfect tempo for you to practice at. When you’ve found it, test your speed with the “Speed Up” function, which will steadily increase the tempo each time the song or selected measures loop. When you’re ready to get off the tab, use Memory Train to increasingly hide notes each time Bound to Ride tab loops.

Once you learn the main arrangement of Bound to Ride, try switching out the licks in the song to learn about improvisation and creativity. You can do this by using the Tunefox Lick Switcher, which features hand-crafted licks built specifically for each tab. If you’re looking to spice up the entire arrangement of Bound to Ride, click Shuffle Licks, which can be found in the bottom tool bar.

All 3 Bound to Ride mandolin tabs include backing tracks, so you can change the volume of a mandolin, band or metronome to suit your liking.

Members can also export all of their arrangements into PDF files.