SESSION 5: Voice Leading with Arpeggios

from: Improvising for Mandolin and Fiddle with Joe K. Walsh

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Learn to improvise on fiddle tunes, create new melodies over chord changes, practice the arpeggios and scales you need to play jazz tunes, and more. Joe lays out his approach to improvising and practicing improvising, with exercises and solos that illustrate his unique, widely acclaimed, freewheeling style.

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SESSION 2: Playing Song Melodies and Solos in Closed Position

In this video, Joe shows you Dan Tyminski’s mandolin solo on “I Can’t Get You Off of My MInd” and talks about playing song melodies and solos in closed position with different songs.

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SESSION 5: Voice Leading with Arpeggios

SESSION 5 Q&A

SESSION 5: Voice Leading with Arpeggios

This session focuses on arpeggios and ways to practice connecting them using voice leading. Voice-led arpeggios are a really great way to work on internalizing chord tones to songs you want to improvise on, and the exercise you’ll work on is one Joe has been using in his own practice for many years. It’s an exercise that he still uses anytime he’s feeling less than fluent on a new song. Joe uses the chord progressions to “Your Cheating Heart” and “Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down” to demonstrate his exercise.

G, D, D7, and A7 Arpeggios (Available to subscribers)

"Your Cheating Heart" Chord Chart (Available to subscribers)

"Your Cheating Heart" Arpeggios (Available to subscribers)

Five - One Arpeggios (Available to subscribers)

G, E7, D7, and A7 Arpeggios (Available to subscribers)

"Don't Let Your Deal Go Down" Voice-Led Arpeggios (Available to subscribers)