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Mandolin tablatures for The Girl I Left Behind Me

Traditional

Recomended level: Beginner

Tags: #irish, #english, #civil war, #fiddle tune, #c major, #old-time, #norman blake

This traditional fiddle tune in the key of C has two parts. Both are usually repeated. It is quite easy to remember and fun to play. It has been recorded in many versions. Some of them have also lyrics so you can surprise your friends at a jam session if you sing a verse between the solos.

  • Mandolin The Girl I Left Behind Me Intermediate

    Intermediate

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

    The solo starts on the last downbeat of the first bar with two 16th notes. Use the tunefox player and learn the beginning well by ear since starting right on time might be the most d...

    Mandolin The Girl I Left Behind Me Intermediate
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Learn how to play The Girl I Left Behind Me from a very basic level. With the beginner tab you’ll learn the melody of this song. Using this tab is a great way to set a solid foundation for your development on the mandolin. After you have completed the beginner version get cracking on the intermediate and advanced versions of The Girl I Left Behind Me tabs. These arrangements still follow the melody line but a little more technique is required to get them down.

Tunefox features several amazing learning tools to aid you in practicing The Girl I Left Behind Me tabs. For example, the tempo control slider will let you set an ideal tempo for practice and you can also click on measures to isolate specific sections of the song. The Speed Up tool will gradually increase the tempo each time the song or selected measures loop and the Memory Train feature will steadily hide notes in the song each time it loops.

Want to learn how to improvise over The Girl I Left Behind Me on mandolin? Use the Tunefox Lick Switcher to change some of the measures into different style licks. You can basically create your own arrangement of the song, depending on what you want to learn. Pretty cool! If you want to randomly shuffle the licks in the song, go down to the bottom toolbar and click on Shuffle Licks.

All arrangements of The Girl I Left Behind Me include flexible backing tracks, allowing you to change the volume of the main instrument, full band, or metronome to suit your practice needs.

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