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194 Mastering Mandolin
ABOUT THE AUTHOR ............................................. 196
INTRODUCTION ........................................................ 197
CHAPTER 1—WARM-UPS ...................................... 198
Exercises for the Left Hand .............................................. 199
Working Fingers in Pairs ................................................... 200
Right-Hand Exercises ......................................................... 202
PART ONE—HARMONY
CHAPTER 2—IMPORTANT CHORDS ............. 203
Extended Major Chords .................................................... 203
Extended Minor Chords ................................................... 205
Extended Dominant Chords ............................................ 206
Diminished 7th Chords ..................................................... 207
Other Important Chords .................................................. 209
Altered Chords ................................................................... 210
Chord Reference Charts .................................................. 210
Finding Other Voicings ...................................................... 215
CHAPTER 3—CHORD PROGRESSIONS ........ 216
Blues Forms .......................................................................... 216
8-Bar Blues .................................................................... 216
12-Bar Blues ................................................................... 216
16-Bar Blues (1st Variation) ......................................... 217
16-Bar Blues (2nd Variation) ........................................ 217
24-Bar Blues ................................................................... 218
12-Bar Blues in G ........................................................... 219
Almost Time .................................................................... 220
Blues Grass Ramble ....................................................... 221
Jazz—Rhythm Changes ...................................................... 222
Rhythm Changes (Basic) ................................................ 223
Rhythm Changes—Swing .............................................. 224
Rhythm Changes—Bebop ............................................. 225
Rhythm Changes (Tritone Substitution) ....................... 226
Anthromorphology .......................................................... 228
Criminal Satisfaction ...................................................... 230
Chord Substitution ............................................................. 232
Rollin’ in My Sweet Baby’s Arms (Straight) ................. 234
Rollin’ in My Sweet Baby’s Arms
(Tritone Substitution) ................................................. 235
Rollin’ In My Sweet Baby’s Arms
(Minor 3rd Substitution) ............................................ 236
Rollin’ in My Sweet Baby’s Arms
(Dim7 Substitution) ................................................... 238
CHAPTER 4—CHORD/MELODY ......................... 240
Mississippi Sawyer (Melody) ........................................ 241
Creating a Chord/Melody ................................................. 242
Mississippi Sawyer (Jethro Style) ................................. 243
PART TWO—MELODY
CHAPTER 5—SCALES AND MODES ................ 244
Generating the Modes from a Parent Scale—
The Relative View ........................................................... 244
The Parallel View ................................................................ 245
Mode Characteristics and Fingerings ............................. 246
Using the Modes ................................................................. 248
The Rights of Man ........................................................ 249
Drunken Sailor .............................................................. 250
June Apple ..................................................................... 252
Over the Waterfall ....................................................... 253
Pentatonic Scales ................................................................. 254
Spootiskerry Reel .......................................................... 256
The Blues Scale .................................................................... 257
The Whole-Tone Scale ...................................................... 258
The Chromatic Scale .......................................................... 259
The Five Basic Scale Types Every Mandolin
Player Should Know ....................................................... 260
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