A New Backing Track For “Third Man Theme”

This is a fun instrumental to learn and play, “Third Man Theme.” Dave Hum plays a wonderful arrangement on the 5-string banjo in Standard tuning (gDGBD). The tune first appeared in the 1949 film, “The Third Man” (sometimes known as The Harry Lime Theme). Upon release the theme proved popular, spending eleven weeks at number one on the Billboard charts in the United States. The original song was played on a Zither. Dave Hum recorded the song in the key of G, but I have made backing tracks for both keys of G and A at various speeds for your preference. I encourage you to watch Dave's hands and learn how he does vibrato on individual strings. Those little nuances make a big difference in the tone. Enjoy!

• Third Man Theme (key of G, normal)
• Third Man Theme (key of G, slower)
• Third Man Theme (key of G, slow)
• Third Man Theme (key of G, very slow)
• Third Man Theme (key of G, woodshed)
• Third Man Theme (key of A, normal)
• Third Man Theme (key of A, slower)
• Third Man Theme (key of A, slow)
• Third Man Theme (key of A, very slow)
• Third Man Theme (key of A, woodshed)

Tablature and the original backing track are available from Dave Hum's store.

For my backing track, I used MIDI for the bass, drums and piano. I am playing my Cort acoustic guitar and Eastman 505CCTV mandolin. I used a real audio loop for the tambourine. I use “MixCraft Studio Pro” to make all my backing tracks. Thank you for reading my music blog.

Dave Hum
(April 11, 1966 - November 14, 2012)