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Wreck of Old 97- Melodic Improvisation

mandolin beginner

In this lesson

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  • 🔒 Add Linear Scale Notes
  • 🔒 Linear Notes - Slow
  • 🔒 Randomizing Notes
  • 🔒 Randomizing Notes - Slow
  • 🔒 Application

This is my groundbreaking system for teaching improvisation on the mandolin. We start with the basic essential melody of this tune in G, then add linear scale notes, then randomize the scale notes to create licks and new ideas!

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  1. Rita Alvarez

    Question on the tab — is that a hammer-on or a slide going into the B part? Sounds like a slide to my ear but the tab reads hammer.

  2. SlowHandSteve

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

  3. Ben Clark Instructor

    ♥ 12

    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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