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98 Intermediate Mandolin
ABOUT THE AUTHOR ............................................. 100
INTRODUCTION ......................................................... 101
CHAPTER 1—REVIEW: READING MUSIC .... 102
Lesson 1: Pitch ..................................................................... 102
Lesson 2: Time .................................................................... 103
Lesson 3: Tablature ............................................................ 103
CHAPTER 2—REVIEW: SCALES
AND CHORDS ...............................
104
Lesson 1: Major Scales ....................................................... 104
Lesson 2: Chords ................................................................ 105
CHAPTER 3—DEVELOPING TECHNIQUE ... 106
Lesson 1: Building Speed and Agility ............................... 106
Lesson 2: Improving Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs ........ 108
Lesson 3: Improving Tremolo .......................................... 110
Air on the Side of Caution ............................................. 111
Lesson 4: Slides .................................................................... 112
Sign Says “Gone Noodling” ........................................... 113
Lesson 5: Crosspicking ...................................................... 114
Turkey in the Straw (Crosspicking) .............................. 115
Lesson 6: McReynolds-Style Rolls
and Picking Patterns ........................................................ 116
Long Lonesome Road (Crosspicking) ............................ 117
CHAPTER 4—BETTER PICKING
THROUGH FIDDLE TUNES ...
118
Lesson 1: How to Learn Folk Music ............................. 118
Lesson 2: Cut Time ............................................................ 120
Fire on the Mountain ..................................................... 121
Lesson 3: Sally Goodin ....................................................... 122
Sally Goodin (Standard Two-Part Version) .................. 122
Sally Goodin Variation No. 1 ......................................... 123
Sally Goodin Variation No. 2 ......................................... 123
Sally Goodin Variation No. 3 ......................................... 123
Sally Goodin Variation No. 4 ......................................... 123
Lesson 4: “Kitchen Gal” .................................................... 124
Kitchen Gal ..................................................................... 125
Lesson 5: “Leather Britches” ........................................... 126
Leather Britches ............................................................. 127
Lesson 6: “Seneca Square Dance” .................................. 128
Seneca Square Dance ................................................... 129
Lesson 7: “Johnny Don’t Get Drunk” ............................ 130
Johnny Don’t Get Drunk ................................................ 131
Lesson 8: A Rag in C Major .............................................. 132
Orville and Lloyd’s Rag .................................................. 133
Lesson 9: Jigs ........................................................................ 134
Money in Both Pockets .................................................. 136
Scatter the Mud ............................................................. 137
CHAPTER 5—BACK TO BLUEGRASS ............. 138
Lesson 1: Improving Rhythm Playing .............................. 138
Free Little Bird ................................................................ 139
Lesson 2: Lead Backup Playing ......................................... 140
Free Little Bird—Lead Backup ..................................... 140
Lesson 3: Bluegrass Lead—Melodic Breaks .................. 142
Free Little Bird—Melodic Break ................................... 143
Lesson 4: Bluegrass Lead—Improvised Breaks ............ 144
Free Little Bird—Improvised Break .............................. 145
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