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Contents:

• Holding the Mandolin
• Choosing a Pick
• Holding the Pick
• Developing Your Sound

MANDOLIN BASICS

• Reading Music on the Mandolin
• Open Strings / Notes in First Position
• First Duets *
• Adding the Up-stroke
• Acres of Clams
• Black Jack Davy
• Nonesuch
• Developing Coordination & Reading Skills
• Preparing to Tremolo
• Tremolo Exercises
• Tremolo Duets *
• Adding Accidentals
• Counting & Tremolo
• The Major Scales
• Key of G Major
• Old Molly Hare
• Angelina Baker
• Archie Menzie's Reel
• A Look at Positions
• Duet in C - Branzoli *

THE LEFT HAND

• Left-Hand Technique
• C Major: Scales & Arpeggios
• A minor: Scales & Arpeggios
• Exercises in C Major & A minor
• Arpeggio Exercise in A minor
• G Major: Scales & Arpeggios
• E minor: Scales & Arpeggios
• Exercises in G Major & E minor
• D Major: Scales & Arpeggios
• B minor: Scales & Arpeggios
• Exercises in D Major & B minor
• A Major: Scales & Arpeggios
• F-sharp minor: Scales & Arpeggios
• Exercises in A Major & F-sharp minor
• Bill Cheatham
• E Major: Scales & Arpeggios
• C-sharp minor: Scales & Arpeggios
• Exercises in E Major & C-sharp minor
• F Major: Scales & Arpeggios
• D minor: Scales & Arpeggios
• Exercises in F Major & D minor
• B-flat Major: Scales & Arpeggios
• G minor: Scales & Arpeggios
• Exercises in B-flat Major & G minor
• E-flat Major: Scales & Arpeggios
• C minor: Scales & Arpeggios
• Exercises in E-flat Major & C minor
• Flow Gently Sweet Afton
• A-flat Major: Scales & Arpeggios
• F minor: Scales & Arpeggios
• Exercises in A-flat Major & F minor
• Playing in Positions
• Second Position
• Third Position
• Combining Positions
• Shifting in Context
• Shifting Frequently
• Andante Sostenuto - Branzoli
• Chromatic Scales
• Moving Scale
• Three-Octave Arpeggios
• Chords & the Glide Stroke
• Coverdale;s Carol - traditional *
• C Major: Scales & Arpeggios in 5 positions
• A minor: Scales & Arpeggios in 5 positions
• G Major: Scales & Arpeggios in 5 positions
• E minor: Scales & Arpeggios in 5 positions
• D Major: Scales & Arpeggios in 5 positions
• B minor: Scales & Arpeggios in 5 positions
• F Major: Scales & Arpeggios in 5 positions
• D minor: Scales & Arpeggios in 5 positions
• B-flat Major: Scales & Arpeggios in 5 pos.
• G minor: Scales & Arpeggios in 5 positions
• Other Scales & Arpeggios in 5 positions

THE RIGHT HAND

• Right-Hand Technique
• Tremolo Prep Exercises
• Developing an Expressive Tremolo
• Tremolo Exercises
• Valse - Ranieri *
• Star of the County Down
• Romance - Denis
• Dark Eyes *
• Expressive Tremolo
• Sheebeg Sheemore - O'Carolan
• Glide & Tremolo
• Playing Across the Neck
• Picking Dexterity
• Dotted Rhythms
• Concerto in C Major: 2nd mvt. - Vivaldi *
• Dotted Rhythms & Tremolo
• Syncopation
• Syncopation & Tremolo
• A Flor Amorosa - Calado *
• Neo Se Impressione - Gonzaga *
• Working on Triplets
• Triplet Exercises
• Integrating Triplets with Quarter Notes
• Playing Three Against Two - Christofaro *
• Integrating a Variety of Rhythms
• Cross-String Picking
• Reverse Picking
• Concerto al Unisono: 3rd mvt. - dall'Abaco
• Arpeggios Across the Strings

COORDINATION EXERCISES

• Coordinating Left & Right
• Etude No. 3 - Siegel
• Bringing Your Left Hand Up to Speed
• Left-Hand Finger Placement
• Developing Dexterity
• Exercise in Thirds
• Exercise in A Major - Corelli
• Broken Arpeggios
• Leaps of an Octave or More
• Concerto in C Major: 1st mvt. - Vivaldi *
• Matching Hand Speed
• String-crossing & Speed-matching
• Concerto in C Major: 3rd mvt. - Vivaldi *
• Triplets & Shifting
• Shifting Quickly and Often
• Chromatic Scales & Shifting
• Velocity Study - Pettine
• Sonatina in C Major - Beethoven *
• Preparing for Duo Style
• Welsh Lullaby
• To a Wild Rose - MacDowell
• Old Folks at Home - Foster
• Oh! Susanna - Foster

MUSICIANSHIP

• Developing Musicianship
• Lyrical Duet - Branzoli *
• Celeste Aida - Verdi *
• Duet in G - Pleyel *
• Remembrances Mazurka - Pettine
• Composite Rhythm - Branzoli
• Double-Dotting - Pettine *
• Minuetto Pietoso - Leone *
• Frequent Accidentals & Double-Sharps *
• Tremolo & Rhythmic Precision
• Iara - de Medeiros *
• Shaping Music with Dynamics - Branzoli *
• HabaNera, from Carmen - Bizet *
• Minuetto Expressiovo - Leone *
• Etude in 5/4 - Kayser *
• Allegro - Fouchetti
• Invention No. 1 - Bach *
• Brejeiro - Nazareth *
• East of Here - Mair *
• Gaucho - Gonzaga *
• Die Zufriedenheit - Mozart *
• Komm Liebe Zither - Mozart *
• Minuet from Don Giovanni - Mozart *
• Sonatina in C minor - Beethoven *

AUDIO TRACK LIST

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