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[@chadbrown1544]

Really appreciate your teaching style. You help make the path of practice seem a little more clear. Love the idea of these 3 pillars and will be working on this to get further into an intermediate stage. Thanks for your time and what you bring to the mandolin world!

[@ChrisHenryVideos]

Hey Chad! Thank you very much for the kindness and I am glad to know you are connecting with the teaching! Keep er goin! 😀 and you are so welcome!

[@emilyday3619]

‘Playing it bootily doodily’ is now my all time favorite Christopher Henryism

[@ChrisHenryVideos]

Lol 😆

[@Gently469]

As a borderline intermediate, I am at a point where I feel like I'm spinning my wheels
and I think this fine video has given me a better perspective on how to progress.
Thanks so much for your unique and fun way of getting ideas across, Chris.

[@ChrisHenryVideos]

I appreciate those comments a lot, thank you!! And thanks for the kindness! Cheers! 😀🎶

[@dannysmithmusic]

Thanks Chris, still working everyday to try to get this all figured out. 😊

[@ChrisHenryVideos]

Very welcome Danny! Steady as she goes!

[@andyszpekman5205]

Watching you embellish these simple tunes at brisk speeds is fun and inspiring. If they awarded a Nobel Prize in mandolin instruction, you would definitely be on the short list of candidates.

[@ChrisHenryVideos]

😀 that puts a smile on my face Andy thank you very much!!

[@loganozarks4102]

Some of my favorite childhood memories are when my grandma would sing me to sleep with honkytonk badonkadonk.

[@ChrisHenryVideos]

Lol 😂

[@clearfield77]

Thanks Christopher, wonderful stuff.

[@ChrisHenryVideos]

Very welcome! Glad you connected 😀🎶

[@evanseymour4172]

#facts 👏

[@peterwelles6983]

This is fabulous Christopher... if there was ever a video for beginner me, this is it! The big 65 today, although I'm not going to follow your suggestion of playing Happy Birthday to Me... instead, I'm working on the Medicare Blues (both the A Part and the B Part). Brooke, great videography, a cameo appearance, and amazing flower effects!

[@ChrisHenryVideos]

so glad you connected with it Peter! Thank you for the kindness 😀 And Happy Birthday!! I look forward to hearing the Medicare Blues sometime. see you Thursday!

[@canberrygrass]

Absolutely agree with this - thank you.

[@ChrisHenryVideos]

So welcome! 😀🎶

[@Bassnbanjos]

Good stuff Chris, these are the ones that are scoffed at but in my opinion the most important part of moving forward. Like you said, if you can’t play London Bridge it’s likely you won’t fair too well with rawhide lol. Thanks for sharing

[@ChrisHenryVideos]

It’s a long way from here (LB) to over yonder! (Rawhide!) thanks for the kindness! 😀🎶

[@Bassnbanjos]

@@ChrisHenryVideos absolutely!!

[@jakebush8941]

I totally feel the "I need new strings" and it taking a couple months til I get around to it lol.

[@ChrisHenryVideos]

I figured I wasn’t the only one!! 😀🎶

[@amandasteven1400]

i change strings every three years wether'they need it or not

[@ChrisHenryVideos]

@@amandasteven1400 :D

[@eastade]

Really nice. I feel like I have intuitively arrived at the conclusion of taking a 'simple to complex' approach to songs. Especially the (not so) simple standards as described here. Its just awesome to see a great player like yourself reinforce these ideas and the reminder to practice this way is much appreciated and a breath of fresh air. Keep up the great work! Glad i found your page. 🤟

[@ChrisHenryVideos]

Thanks for the thoughtful, detailed comments and kindness! The simple ones can be surprisingly humbling at times! Glad you connected here. Cheers! 😀🎶

[@juliecline1]

Right on Chris, thank you darlin'!

[@ChrisHenryVideos]

very welcome Julie! :)

[@mandomtn1962]

Love it, but it opens a question. Does one learn 200 simple tunes/melodies, in 3 keys prior to learning Bluegrass Breakdown or say... West Dakota Rose? Or concurrently is likely the answer.

[@ChrisHenryVideos]

Good question - not necessarily of course, but the idea being that doing enough of them that it’s fairly easy to do a tune that one hasn’t done from the list in each key without strugs, will make picking up the new melodies so much easier, faster, better, and less frustrating. 😀🎶

[@mandomtn1962]

Yeah, what he asked. Also how many cats did it take to make that shirt?

[@ChrisHenryVideos]

just one very special Bengal :D

[@keithwittymusic]

if this is casual then why are you dressed to the 9 lives?

[@ChrisHenryVideos]

🐱 that is a good one. I appreciate that!! She’s made a few cameos here on the channel. 😀🎶