Ring Them Bells, Part 1

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Ring Them Bells

Ring Them Bells, Part 1

Ring Them Bells, Part 2: Chords

Ring Them Bells, Part 3: Play-Along Track

Ring Them Bells, Part 1

“Ring Them Bells” is a Bob Dylan song that Sarah Jarosz recorded on her album Follow Me Down. Sarah has a distinctive way of combining melody and chordal fragments on the octave mandolin and her intro solo on this song is a particularly great example of that. Sarah sings “Ring Them Bells” in the key of B and capos her octave mandolin at the fourth fret, playing with key-of-G fingerings. Joe walks you through the basic melody of Sarah’s intro solo on “Ring Them Bells” in this video, giving you ideas on how to fill out the simple melody with chord tones.

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