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Leather Britches mandolin tabs

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  • Tablatures

    Simple

    Traditional

    This beginner/intermediate solo shows you how to play a fun version of Leather Britches. Find a fiddle player to play it with and you're golden.

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  • Jam

    Traditional

    Building on the beginner solo, this arrangement of Leather Britches gives you some ways to spice up your playing!

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  • Bluegrass

    Traditional

    A fiddly solo that grooves and moves along really nicely. Practice tip: Try playing with the mandolin on the off-beats to fully encompass the groove.

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More about Leather Britches

Here you will find 3 different ways to play Leather Britches on mandolin. The beginner Leather Britches tab will show you how to play the basic melody line. Once you feel comfortable playing that then move on to learning the intermediate arrangement, which will teach you how to incorporate more 16th notes. Finally, the advanced Leather Britches tab shows you how to really show your playing off with some flash bluegrass licks all based on the melody.

There are a ton of tools in the Tunefox app that will help you learn Leather Britches 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.

If you ever wondered how to play Leather Britches on mandolin more creatively, try changing out the licks! Most of the measures can be changed into a different style, so you can gain an understanding of how other musicians may approach this tune. You can also shuffle all of the licks in the song to create a unique arrangement of the entire tab.

Need to work on jamming? Use the Tunefox backing tracks, which are included with each arrangement of Leather Britches. You can mix the volume of mandolin, full band, and metronome to whatever level you’d like.

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