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CHAPTER 6—WORKING UP THE NECK ...... 146
Lesson 1: Moveable Major Scales .................................... 146
This Hammer’s Still Too Heavy .................................... 150
Lesson 2: Major Scale Harmony Review ....................... 151
Lesson 3: Double Stops—3rds ........................................ 152
San Antonio Sunrise ....................................................... 153
Lesson 4: Double Stops—6ths ........................................ 154
Mandohula Sunset ......................................................... 155
Lesson 5: Arpeggios—Major, Minor
and Diminished Triads ................................................... 156
Saturday Night at the Gulag Arpeggio ......................... 157
Lesson 6: Arpeggios—Augmented Triads
and Seventh Chords ....................................................... 158
Lesson 7: The Natural Minor Scale
and the Relative Minor ................................................... 160
Toulouse Lautrec ............................................................ 161
CHAPTER 7—BLUES AND BLUEGRASS
IMPROV UP THE NECK ............ 162
Lesson 1: Moveable Dominant 7 Chords ...................... 162
Blues in My Bee Bonnet
(or, Bees in My Blue Bonnet) ......................................
163
Lesson 2: The Minor Pentatonic Scale ........................... 164
Lesson 3: Connecting the Fingerings .............................. 167
You Won’t B-Minor Forever .......................................... 169
Lesson 4: The Major Pentatonic Scale ........................... 170
Lesson 5: Comparing and Combining the Major
and Minor Pentatonic Sounds ...................................... 174
Key to the High School—
Solo No. 1 (Major Pentatonic) ................................... 174
Key to the High School—
Solo No. 2 (Minor Pentatonic) ................................... 174
Key to the High School—
Solo No. 3 (Major and Minor Pentatonic) .............. 175
CHAPTER 8—A TASTE OF SWING
AND JAZZ MANDOLIN ............
176
Lesson 1: Swing Rhythm Playing ...................................... 176
Swing by Your Thumbs (Simple Rhythm Chords) ....... 177
Lesson 2: Cool Swing Chords—Maj7, Min7 and 6 ..... 178
Swing by Your Thumbs (Cool Swing Chords) .............. 179
Lesson 3: Melody and Improvisation .............................. 180
Swing by Your Thumbs (Melody) .................................. 181
CHAPTER 9—NEW RHYTHMS
AND SOUNDS ................................ 182
Lesson 1: Funk on the Mandolin ...................................... 182
Ooh, That Some Funky Mando! ................................... 183
Lesson 2: The Grooves of New Orleans ...................... 184
Bo Man Diddley Blues ................................................... 185
Lesson 3: Reggae on the Mandolin ................................. 186
How A’You Gonna Play Dat Mando-Leen? .................. 187
CHAPTER 10—A TASTE OF BRAZIL ............... 188
Lesson 1: Brazilian-Style Rhythm Playing ....................... 188
Mandolin Jake (Chords and Rhythm) ........................... 189
Lesson 2: Brazilian-Style Lead Playing ............................ 190
Mandolin Jake (Melody) ................................................ 191