2B. Open String PlayAlong "It Makes Me Wonder"

Just like "Rolling" (book 1) this backing track is exclusively accompanied with open strings. Maintain a steady alternate picking motion especially when crossing strings! Practice slowly to a metronome, then download the backing track and play along. The structure of "It Makes Me Wonder" is determined by the directions given above and below the staff. These are explained further below.

The count

marks both the tempo and the actual beginning of a piece of music. Make sure you follow the tempo exactly. Usually, a drummer counts two measures as shown below:

beat 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
drummer Click   Click   Click Click Click Click
bar bar 1 bar 2

During the first measure he marks the beats 1 and 3 only, in the second he marks all the beats, and off you go!

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"It Makes Me Wonder" (MP3, 3034KB)

Score: "It makes me wonder"

The D.C. al Coda:

The Italian D.C. al Coda above the last measure of part C indicates that after playing that bar the piece is to be repeated from the beginning (Da Capo, from the head) to the coda (al Coda) and to continue with the coda which consists of parts D and E. The con repetizione (= with repetition) below the D.C. al Coda measure indicates to play the repeats (these aren’t normally played unless indicated with the D.C. command).

The "repeat 'til fade" at the very end is self-explanatory.

So here’s the complete sequence of  "It Makes Me Wonder":

 

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