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If I Should Wander Back Tonight, Part 1: Melody


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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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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If I Should Wander Back Tonight, Part 1: Melody
If I Should Wander Back Tonight, Part 1: Melody
 

In this lesson, you’ll learn to create two solos for the bluegrass standard “If I Should Wander Back Tonight” in D using the melody and arpeggios in the key of D. Sharon starts by showing you the melody in two octaves, and then gives you some exercises on guide tones in the key of D, before showing you the solos she’s created. You’ll learn the melody of “If I Should Wander Back Tonight,” and how it relates to the chord tones, in this video. 


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