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Freight Train mandolin tabs

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    Mandolin Freight Train tab

    Simple

    Traditional

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

    Freight train, freight train, run so fast...No! Wait! Slow Down! Yes this is a Beginner arrangement but if it feels to fast for you, slow it down! Use the tempo adjuster to get it at a speed that's easy for you. Heck, press pause, and learn it a measure at a time without the metronome or backing track. Getting the notes right, is more important than playing fast.

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  • Jam

    Traditional

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

    Chromatic walks. Sixteenth notes. It didn't take much, but now the Freight Train is starting to gain some speed. Want to put some proverbial coal on the fire? Use the lick switcher to uncover new ideas for variations for this classic jam tune.

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  • Bluegrass

    Traditional

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      C
    • Tempo
      112 bpm
    • Tuning
      GDAE

    This Freight Train is full speed ahead! It's got a healthy amount of ornamentation to add interest to this classic melody. Use the lick switcher to check out a lot of great variations.

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More about Freight Train

Learn how to play the melody of Freight Train with the beginner mandolin tab on Tunefox. From there you can work your way up to the intermediate and advanced arrangements, which feature an emphasis on technical playing while still holding true to that original melody.

There are a ton of tools in the Tunefox app that will help you learn Freight Train tabs more efficiently and effectively. Use the tempo control slider to slow down the whole song, or isolate problematic measures. You can also activate the "Speed Up" tool to speed up isolated measures each time they loop. Use the "Memory Train" tool to hide more and more notes each time you play through the song.

Get creative with this arrangement of Freight Train by using the Tunefox Lick Switcher feature. This tool lets you decide what licks you’d like to learn in the song and helps you better understand improvisation and creativity within the chord changes of Freight Train. Shuffle all of the licks in this tab to create an entirely new version of the song.

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

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