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“Joy to the World” Play-Along Track

This lesson is part of the course Bluegrass Banjo with Bill Evans.
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Joy to the World  
 
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“Joy to the World” Play-Along Track
“Joy to the World” Play-Along Track
 

Bills plays his arrangement of “Joy to the World” at a medium tempo so you can play along.


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