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C Major Scale Study

mandolin beginner

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  • ๐Ÿ”’ The C Major Scale
  • ๐Ÿ”’ Circular Scale Exercise
  • ๐Ÿ”’ Speed-Building Exercise

Scale studies are much more than theory work. They HELP us learn to play in different keys! I'll teach you the scale then show you speed-building exercises to get you going in C!

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  1. Gene Sowell

    โ™ฅ 4

    Just want to say the multiple camera angles make all the difference. I could actually see what the right hand was doing.

  2. Curtis Rhodes

    โ™ฅ 11

    The pinky thing goes away, I promise. Took me about three months.

  3. Katie Clark Support

    โ™ฅ 24

    Try measure 3 on its own at half tempo, and keep your right hand rolling even when the left hand is behind. The right hand is the metronome.

  4. Bill Threadgill

    โ™ฅ 4

    I had that exact problem. Turned out my thumb was anchoring in the wrong spot.

  5. Ann Marie Boyd

    โ™ฅ 11

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

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