Playing Solo Mandolin Quickly, Week Two

from: Weekly Mandolin Workout with Ethan Setiawan

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This series of workouts will help mandolinists learn the fingerboard, strengthen and increase the dexterity of their fingers, and expand their knowledge of chord and scale theory, with advice on picking and fretting techniques.

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This week's skipping-thirds exercise combines the forward and retrograde patterns into a four-note pattern: forward retrograde.

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Playing Solo Mandolin Quickly

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Playing Solo Mandolin Quickly, Week Two

In this video, Ethan has you apply a shuffle rhythm to a variety of key phrases that you’ll apply to “Spotted Pony” in the coming weeks. He begins with showing the D scale on a single string and then adding a shuffle groove on the open strings above it. Then he shows you how to play a scale that combines hammer-ons and pull-offs with a consistent right-hand shuffle.

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