Mandolin Picker's Guide To Bluegrass Improvisation

Mandolin Picker's Guide To Bluegrass Improvisation A new book on improvisation is now available for bluegrass mandolin players. Based on the concept of learning by playing, this 200 page book covers a wide range of improvisation tools and how to implement them in your playing. A large number of examples are presented in both tablature and standard notation, so that a theoretical background is not required. The small amount of theory needed is simply presented and easily learned step by step.A series of exercises designed to help the player develop improvisational skills are included in the book. As an instruction tool, the book can easily be combined with the instructor's individual philosophy or by a student wishing to studyalone. The subject matter is varied in difficulty and can be used by both the beginner and more advanced player as an instructional guide and reference book. The major-themes in the book are: The pentatonic sound, scale and major-chord based improvising with any Bluegrass-Tune, Double-stop improvisation, Minor chords and Keys, The blues sound, Melody oriented improvisation, How to use: Monroe Style, Cross picking, Hot licks, how to simplify a lick, and more. Includes access to online audio that features all examples. Type: Book and Audio Online Komponist: Jesper Rubner-Peterson Antall sider: 200 Instrument: Mandolin Utgivelsesår: 2016 Utgiver: Mel Bay Publications Utgavenummer: MLB22086M ISBN: 9780786687275 Innhold: About the Author/Credits Introduction Chapter 1 Theory The major scale Intervals Chapter 2 Chord Tones Chapter 3 For the Beginner The double-stop shuffle Chapter 4 The Pentatonic Sound The major pentatonic scale Chapter 5 Let's Play Bluegrass Chapter 6 Slow Improvising Chapter 7 Stationary Improvising Chapter 8 Let's Improvise Troubleshooting Easy playing Chapter 9 The Spices The minor 3rd The minor 7th The perfect 4th The major 7th Connection lines Chapter 10 Mixing the Ideas Chapter 11 One-Bar Licks Chapter 12 Last Line Licks Chapter 13 The G Chord Chapter 14 The C Chord Chapter 15 The F Chord Chapter 16 Other Major Chords The Bf chord The B chord Transposing up the neck Chapter 17 Double-stops The structures Chapter 18 Playing Around with Double-stops The movements The picked slide Ghost notes Chapter 19 Other Double-Stops Ideas Connecting the structures Other double-stops shapes Chord numbers Harmonizing the major-scale Major-scale movements Chord related movements The minor 7th sound Chapter 20 Minor Chords The dorian scale The minor scale The minor (no 6th) scale The phrygian scale The ( IV m ) chord Chapter 21 Minor Keys Horizontal playing Symmetrical sequences Adjustable playing Vertical playing The V chord in a minor key The harmonic minor scale The harmonic minor (no 6th) scale Chapter 22 The Blues Sound The blues scale Mountain minor The extended blues scale Chapter 23 Monroe Style Anticipating the tonic The f 7 as leading tone Down strokes Chapter 24 Cross Picking The two-string cross picking technique The three-string cross picking technique Chapter 25 The Melody Chapter 26 Other Spices The mixolydian scale Neighbor tones Chromatic The minor-pentatonic scale The relative minor Chord substitutions Chapter 27 Hot Licks Triplets Large movements Rhythmic displacement Chapter 28 How to Simplify a Lick Skipping tones Staying on chord tones Limited improvisation Lick replacement Conclusion Appendix