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All About Scales

mandolin beginner

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In this lesson

  • 🔒 Introduction to Scales
  • 🔒 Scales Explained

Scales are really lonely and simply want to be loved. Do you have it in your heart to let them in?

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  1. MandoMary

    ♥ 1

    Got about 80% of this one down but the third measure keeps tripping me. Anybody else find that part awkward at speed?

  2. Marcy Kern

    ♥ 6

    There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.

  3. Sharon Kile

    ♥ 1

    Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.

  4. Owen Brady

    ♥ 10

    Count it out loud. Everyone says it and everyone's right.

  5. Nate Overby

    ♥ 11

    Recording yourself is humbling but it's the fastest fix I've found.

  6. Katie Clark Support

    ♥ 11

    Memorization comes from playing it at a tempo you can think at. If you need the tab, you're playing it faster than you know it.

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