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Mandolin tablatures for Forked Deer

Traditional

Recomended level: Intermediate

Tags: #fiddle tune, #old time, #up-tempo

  • Mandolin Forked Deer Simple

    Simple

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      D
    • Tempo
      75 bpm
    • Tuning
      GDAE

    This broken-down arrangement gives you a perfect starting point for learning the melody to Forked Deer.

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  • Mandolin Forked Deer Jam

    Jam

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      D
    • Tempo
      90 bpm
    • Tuning
      GDAE

    You'll start to see the melody really come to life in this arrangement of Forked Deer. There are more notes from the D major scale and more bluegrass vocabulary.

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  • Mandolin Forked Deer Bluegrass

    Bluegrass

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      D
    • Tempo
      110 bpm
    • Tuning
      GDAE

    This version of Forked Deer gives you a lot of longer melodic lines to practice. These lines flow until the end of the phrase. Good practice for developing your improv chops!

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Practicing Tips

Learning Overview:

Our educational tool for 'Forked Deer' caters to all skill levels by providing mandolin tabs in Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Styles. This classic song, characterized by the bluegrass genre, is an old time up-tempo fiddle tune. The key features of the Tunefox platform are designed to enhance and enrich your learning experience, making it more interactive and engaging.


Creative Learning Tools:

The standout features of our platform include the Lick Switcher and Arrange Slider. The Lick Switcher is a creative tool that allows learners to add new licks and see the song from a different perspective. This special feature offers variations and personalization to the arrangement, sparking fresh interpretations of the tune. The Arrange Slider is another tool that helps learners to modify the difficulty level and tone of the song as per their comfort and learning capability.


Practice Tools:

We also offer several practice tools to help make learning easier and more effective. These include adjusting the tempo, the availability of backing tracks to play along with, a Speed-Up function to challenge your skills, as well as the ability to hide notes for learning by ear, among other features.


General Practice Tips:

We recommend starting slowly and gradually increasing the speed as you become more comfortable and familiar with the tune. This approach not only ensures that you learn the song accurately but also builds the necessary skills and confidence to play it fluently. Happy playing!