Ear Training & the Pentatonic Scale
mandolin beginner
In this lesson
- Lesson Preview preview
- 🔒 Scale Overview & Simple Phrases
- 🔒 Sing What You Play!
- 🔒 Upping the Complexity
Can you find these pentatonic scale-based melodies by ear? In this lesson, I'll guide you through some ear training so that you can begin recognizing licks & melodies by ear...then PLAY them! We'll also connect our voice to our instrument, so that improvisation happens more naturally!
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Wes Pittman
Got about 80% of this one down but the third measure keeps tripping me. Anybody else find that part awkward at speed?
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Nate Overby
That's the one that made me finally understand backup. Stick with it.
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Mick Stanton
Try it without the pick for a few passes. Sounds silly but it told me my right hand was doing too much.
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Junior Pace
Recording yourself is humbling but it's the fastest fix I've found.
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Gene Sowell
There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.
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Ben Clark Instructor
Don't force the pinky stretch. Move your thumb down behind the neck first and the stretch mostly takes care of itself.
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