Hand placement

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Tom Bekeny Lesson time: (7min 14sec)

Tom covers hand placement, and how the instrument and use the picks. Getting this right allows for an easier playing action

About the instructor

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Tom Bekeny is a mandolinist, fiddler and experienced mandolin teacher who has performed and taught in the U.S. and abroad for over 40 years. He was the mandolinist in such San Francisco Bay Area bands as Done Gone, Tenbrooks, and an early version of the Grant Street String Band with Laurie Lewis. He has appeared with Peter Rowan, the Rowan Brothers, David Grisman, George Cole, vocalist Lua Hadar, and Jerry Garcia. Tom has played mandolin with...  read more

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