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This lesson is part of the course Bluegrass Mandolin: Beginning to Advanced with Sharon Gilchrist.
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Learn bluegrass mandolin with Sharon Gilchrist in this collection of essential lessons from her Peghead Nation courses, designed to take you from beginning technique and must-know bluegrass tunes, to intermediate fretboard theory and songs, to advanced soloing techniques, and much more.
 
 
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Intro to the Bluegrass Mandolin Fingerboard Method
 

Once you know the arpeggios based on the L shape, you can easily find double stops to harmonize the melodies of the songs you’re playing. Sharon shows you two handy double stops in the L shape for D, G, and A, and gives you a couple exercises using them.

 
 
 
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C Scales  
 
C Scales  
 
C Scales
C Scales
 

You’ll learn a few different places to play the C major scale in this lesson, all without using open strings. Sharon shows you the scales as well as how to shift between positions. You’ll also learn how to find and play the relative minor scale of C: A minor.


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Peghead Nation mandolin instructor plays an original composition set to a W.B. Yeats poem, with his fellow Peghead Nation and Berklee College of Music instructors.
 
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