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D major & D major 0 0 & 9 9 mandolin scale tabs œ œ œ œ œ œ 0 0 9 9 9 œ œ œ œ 9 0 9 9 0 0 9 9 9 minor Ionian Mandology Major Scale Studies Ionian Mode): Starting on the rd inger Repeat signs are not arbitrary. Repeat the selections within these bars as often as you need to make them comfortable. You cant overplay them rd,,, b cp minor & œ œ œ œ b major 9 9 & b b b 9 9 9 9 minor 0 0 b major & b b b 8 0 8 8 0 0 8 œ œ œ œ minor & b b b 8 0 8 0 8 0 8 0 8 0 0 8 0 8 8 0 8 0 8 0 0 8 0 8 8 0 8 œ œ œ œ 0 8 0 0 Use the home pattern straight major scale) as kind of mental rest areaso that you can run on autopilot and think about what youre doing in the harder sections. www.jazzmando.com
Ionian Mandology Major Scale Studies Ionian Mode): Starting on the nd inger Now were going to move everything down two rets. Its the same major scale, but well start it with the nd finger. 8 nd b,,, cp Ionian Mandology Major Scale Studies Ionian Mode): Starting on the st inger Down two more rets. gain, same major scale, but well start it with the st finger. Note: youll be using the same fingering for major, ut this gives you more stretch st cp b,, b, 8 0 0 You might not be used to voicing patterns in intervals of ths, but this is good for your ear and foreign to the mandolin. It will give you an edgier, contemporary sound to your improvisation. 9 9 n the chord tone I vi ii V) and guide tone section, think music theory. ngage your brain in analyzing the scale degrees, so when you apply these patterns to improvisation, youre able to consciously define the scale degrees.
8 8 Ionian Mandology Major Scale Studies Ionian Mode): Starting on the th inger Lets give that pinky a RL workout his may be a new way to do a D scale, but learn this, and only one fret up gives you the base for a scale th D, Db,, b cp RLPH S SI MNDOLIN IPS //09 Ralph off I m just a mediocre mandolin player. However, I do know how to move around the fretboard pretty well for chord changes and improvising in jams. Sometimes a beginner level player will ask me about what I m doing. hese are the rules I use when jamming. bout the only things you need to know to apply these are: - What s a, and chord - How to find a specific note on the fretboard 88 If you have any comments or suggestions, email me at: HeadHog@HogimeMusic.com 88 I - hord hanges or all these changes, keep your fingers in the same position fret wise) and only change strings. Works not only with full chords, but double stops and single notes also. You ll usually end up with an open string when you shift. o be safe, don t strike it although for some chords it will be OK - try and see how it sounds). ven if you end up with a note chord, that s OK. Note: Letters in ) represent the, and chords in the key of ). 9 9 to to ) Shift one set of strings towards your head to to ) Shift one set of strings towards your feet to to D) Shift one set of strings towards your feet to D to ) Shift one set of strings towards your head or this one, stay on the same strings and change frets 00 to to D) wo frets higher to D to ) wo frets lower 00 0 II - asic Pentatonic Scale his scale can be used in improvising over chord changes in bluegrass and country, particularly. Once you memorize it and know where to find the root note of a chord R in the figure below) on the fretboard, you can play in any key Just with this simple pattern and some judicious jumping around i.e., don t always play notes in sequence) you can do some good sounding improvising. lso, many of the notes in a song melody you re trying to learn can be found in this pattern. 0 xtra redit: Move all four exercises up a string, and do the keys of,, b, and. he fingering is identical Move everything up one fret, and do the keys of,,, and b
xample: he root note here R) is the note, rd string, th fret. R is the root note an octave above R. he other numbers are the note numbers in the pentatonic scale. pentatonic scale in section III. Note: You might see some of these double stop names used in other mandolin documents. I didn t invent them). & s you change chords in a song, then change where the root note lies for improvising over that chord..g., if you switch to a D chord, then R is a D note. See rules in section I on where the new root note will be in relation to the chord you re currently playing. Hint: Why not start another basic pentatonic scale at R III - xpanded Pentatonic Scale he same as the above, but with additional strings used. If R lies on other than the rd string, not all additional strings shown are available unless you have a highly unusual mandolin). Mini Double Stop: R ar Double Stop R Short Double Stop R Long Double Stop Little r denotes chord root note. Not part of double stop for reference only) r Long Double Stop & III - Double Stops Double stops are notes played at the same time on different strings. Usually they are notes from a chord. Here are some basic double stop positions. hey are always on adjacent strings, so only strings are shown here. lso, only the lowest fret used is shown. Just find the root note R on the fretboard for the chord you are in and use the relative spacing shown here. Look at a double stop and see how it fits into the expanded R When you re in one chord, move to a nd or rd double stop position for a varied sound. Play both notes at once, or alternate between them. Mix double stops in with single notes of the pentatonic scale. Now, apply section I to the double stops as the chord changes. Move R to a different string usually) or fret per the rules..g., in the key of, when changing from the chord) to D the chord), move your current R position one set of strings towards your feet, but on the same fret as the chord. IV - pply Rules - OK, now memorize the above and impress you friends at the next jam.