Julin Mandolin Exercises For Dummies, Enhanced Edition

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-76948-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, E-Book

Practice makes perfect with this hands-on resource for mandolinplayers of all skill levels
If you're looking for an accessible practice-based book toimprove your playing, you've come to the right place. MandolinExercises For Dummies focuses on the skills that players oftenfind challenging and provides tips, tricks and plenty of coolexercises that will have you picking with the best of them--orat least much better than before! Mandolin Exercises ForDummies is packed with instruction--from hundreds ofexercises to drills and practice pieces. And it gets better. You'llalso have online access to downloadable audio files for eachexercise, making this practice-based package a complete mandolincompanion.
* Puts an overview of the fundamentals in perspective, helps youto use exercises to limber up, and much more
* Dives into the major and minor arpeggios with triad patterns,then moves on to major 7th and minor 7th patterns
* Details the major scales, then moves on to mastering the minorscales with practice exercises
* Contains tips to help you practice better, including using ametronome, playing with recordings, and more
Master the basics and sharpen your mandolin-playing skills withthis reliable resource.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Julin, Don

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Ready to Practice 5
Chapter 1: Getting the Basics Sorted: Mandolin Fundamentals 7
Chapter 2: Limbering up to Get into the Groove 15
Part II: Learning Scales 25
Chapter 3: Mastering Major Scales 27
Chapter 4: Discovering Three Types of Minor Scales 37
Chapter 5: Bringing Color to Your Playing with Pentatonic and Chromatic Scales 63
Chapter 6: Connecting Scale Patterns to Extend Your Range 83
Part III: Exploring Arpeggios 93
Chapter 7: Taking Notes One at a Time: Major Arpeggios 95
Chapter 8: Seeking Darkness: Minor Arpeggios 105
Chapter 9: Adding a Fourth Note to Create Seventh Arpeggios with Major Triads 115
Chapter 10: Summoning up Seventh Arpeggios of the Minor Variety 135
Chapter 11: Creating Drama with Diminished and Augmented Arpeggios 157
Part IV: Chords 165
Chapter 12: Tying Everything Together: Diatonic Harmony 167
Chapter 13: Seeing that Less Is More with Three-String Closed Chords 177
Chapter 14: Personalizing Your Playing: Improvisation 199
Part V: The Part of Tens 207
Chapter 15: Ten Top Tunes to Put Your Skills to Good Use 209
Chapter 16: Ten Tempting Tips on Tempo to Increase Your Playing Speed 221
Appendix: Using the Audio Tracks 227
Index 233

Über Autor(innen)

Don Julin is professional mandolin player, instructor andrecording artist. Don has spent the last 30 years challenging theboundaries of mandolin and helping others do the same. He is theauthor of Mandolin For Dummies¯®.