Getting Into Jazz Mandolin

This is an excellent publication, a thorough mandolin book Amazon Customer This is an excellent publication, a thorough mandolin book, with exercises, tunes, and theory combined with a focus on mandolin and practical application. Highly recommended.. Amazon Customer said Great arpeggio and scale exercises. Although more than I will ever need or yse related to jazz the beginning exercises were exactly what i was looking fire.. No Matter Your Instrument read and study this book it is the book for every Musician should learn and practice is a book called the soul of the Music.

From the horizontal (melody) to the vertical (chords) and back, the results are a both instinctive and physical grasp of tonal centers and the improvisational fodder of effective performing. An emphasis on pinky strength, finger control and sustain, the book's exercises also develop the player's concepts of tone and melody. No longer confined to basic folk genres, any mandolinist aspiring to a broader comprehension of music, including swing, blues, pop, choro, broadway, and even classical can expand his/her playing and through a working knowledge of jazz fundamentals. Includes access to online audio.. This breakthrough approach in mandolin pedagogy takes four uncomplicated fretboard patterns (FFcP) and drills a physical familiarity into the player's fingers, softening the fear of upper frets and prepares for the harmonic alterations necessary for effective and intuitive playing of more complex contemporary music.A brief introduction into modes, the player is eased into jamming with audio accompanim