Mandolin Exercises For Dummies

Learn to: * Build your skills playing scales * Play arpeggios with confidence * Master chord forms and progressions Practise makes perfect with this hands-on resource for mandolin players of all skill levels For 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! * Get ready -- pick up an overview of the fundamentals, use exercises to limber up, and much more * Explore arpeggios -- dive into the major and minor arpeggios with triad patterns, then move on to major 7th and minor 7th patterns * All about chords -- practise major and minor inversions, and get groovy with major 7th chord inversions * Get on the scales -- start up with the major scales, then move on to mastering the minor scales with practise exercises * Tips and tricks -- get tips to help you practise better, including using a metronome, playing with recordings, and more Open the book and find: * A full review of the basics and reading music * Warm-ups specific to mandolin players * Major and minor scale patterns * Practise exercises for chords and scales * Tips and exercises for connecting scale patterns * Tricks for chord progressions, along with practise notes * Ten tunes to practise everything at once