{"product_id":"mandolin-exercises-for-dummies-isbn-9781118769539","title":"Mandolin Exercises For Dummies","description":"Dummies focuses on the skills that players often find challenging and provides tips, tricks and plenty of cool exercises that will have you picking with the best of them—or at least much better than before! \u003ci\u003eMandolin Exercises For Dummies\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with instruction—from hundreds of exercises to drills and practice pieces. And it gets better. You'll also have online access to downloadable audio files for each exercise, making this practice-based package a complete mandolin companion. \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePuts an overview of the fundamentals in perspective, helps you to use exercises to limber up, and much more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDives into the major and minor arpeggios with triad patterns, then moves on to major 7th and minor 7th patterns\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetails the major scales, then moves on to mastering the minor scales with practice exercises\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains tips to help you practice better, including using a metronome, playing with recordings, and more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaster the basics and sharpen your mandolin-playing skills with this reliable resource.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Getting Ready to Practice 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Getting the Basics Sorted: Mandolin Fundamentals 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Limbering up to Get into the Groove 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Learning Scales 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Mastering Major Scales 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Discovering Three Types of Minor Scales 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Bringing Color to Your Playing with Pentatonic and Chromatic Scales 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Connecting Scale Patterns to Extend Your Range 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Exploring Arpeggios 93\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Taking Notes One at a Time: Major Arpeggios 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Seeking Darkness: Minor Arpeggios 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Adding a Fourth Note to Create Seventh Arpeggios with Major Triads 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Summoning up Seventh Arpeggios of the Minor Variety 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Creating Drama with Diminished and Augmented Arpeggios 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Chords 165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Tying Everything Together: Diatonic Harmony 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: Seeing that Less Is More with Three-String Closed Chords 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Personalizing Your Playing: Improvisation 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: The Part of Tens 207\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15: Ten Top Tunes to Put Your Skills to Good Use 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Ten Tempting Tips on Tempo to Increase Your Playing Speed 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Using the Audio Tracks 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon Julin\u003c\/b\u003e is professional mandolin player, instructor and recording artist. Don has spent the last 30 years challenging the boundaries of mandolin and helping others do the same. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMandolin For Dummies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLearn to:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBuild your skills playing scales\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlay arpeggios with confidence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMaster chord forms and progressions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePractise makes perfect with this hands-on resource for mandolin players of all skill levels\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor mandolin players, practise makes perfect! Use this hands-on resource to get the most out of your practise sessions. Get hundreds of exercises in various keys and positions, use drills to help practise time, build your technique like a pro, practise scales and full-length pieces, and much more. Take your mandolin playing to the next level today!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eGet ready — pick up an overview of the fundamentals, use exercises to limber up, and much more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplore arpeggios — dive into the major and minor arpeggios with triad patterns, then move on to major 7th and minor 7th patterns\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAll about chords — practise major and minor inversions, and get groovy with major 7th chord inversions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGet on the scales — start up with the major scales, then move on to mastering the minor scales with practise exercises\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTips and tricks — get tips to help you practise better, including using a metronome, playing with recordings, and more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOpen the book and find:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA full review of the basics and reading music\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWarm-ups specific to mandolin players\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMajor and minor scale patterns\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePractise exercises for chords and scales\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTips and exercises for connecting scale patterns\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTricks for chord progressions, along with practise notes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTen tunes to practise everything at once\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"For Dummies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989569650917,"sku":"NP9781118769539","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118769539.jpg?v=1761784637","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/mandolin-exercises-for-dummies-isbn-9781118769539","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}