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Worried Man Blues mandolin tabs

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  • Tablatures

    Simple

    Traditional

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

    A classic jam tune played by many artists such as Flatt & Scruggs. This arrangement of Worried Man Blues revolves around the A major pentatonic scale so it would be helpful to learn it before learning this solo.

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  • Jam

    Traditional

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

    This bouncy arrangement of Worried Man Blues gives you a great opportunity to practice your alternating picking. Use a metronome to practice your evenness between notes.

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  • Bluegrass

    Traditional

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

    A straight-ahead bluegrass break that starts to blend more scalar notes into the more pentatonic sounding melody.

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More about Worried Man Blues

Here you will find 3 different ways to play Worried Man Blues on mandolin. The beginner Worried Man Blues 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 Worried Man Blues tab shows you how to really show your playing off with some flash bluegrass licks all based on the melody.

Use Tunefox’s unique practice tools to take your playing up a notch or two. The tempo slider allows you to set the perfect tempo for your practice, depending on your goals. Work up to your ideal speed for the song using the Speed Up tool and once you’re ready to commit Worried Man Blues tab to memory, use Memory Train to gradually hide the notes in the song each time it loops.

If you ever wondered how to play Worried Man Blues 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.

The backing tracks included in all tab versions of Worried Man Blues are a great tool for practicing the melody or improvisation. Go to Settings to change the volume levels of the mandolin, full band tracks, and metronome to suit your practice needs.

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