Mandolin Scales & Exercises
Improve your mandolin technique with this collection of scales and exercises. These lessons and tablatures are designed to strengthen your finger dexterity, enhance your precision, and build a solid foundation for playing melodies and solos.
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A Major Workout
Stretch out and get ready. This is a serious mandolin workout. We've got something for all levels here. Do what you can.
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Movable Double Stops
This lesson path will help you see how double stop shapes connect on the mandolin fret board. After learning double stop patterns, w...
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A Major Workouts
Start with the scales . Memorize the fingerings. The Scale tab features A Major Scales all over the fretboard. Don't try to lear...
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G Major Scale Workout
This Mandolin lesson teaches a G Major Scale Workout using three different exercises: Two Octave Scale, 3rds Pattern, and Scale Patt...
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Pentatonic Scales
A couple tips for learning and practicing this: The pentatonic scale is a five note scale pattern. If you’re having trouble ...
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G Major - 2nd Position - Low Octave
Check this out to learn the G major scale in 2nd position. You'll also find several exercises and scale patterns to help increase s...
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G Major - 2nd Position - High Octave
Check this out to learn the higher octave G Major scale in 2nd position. You'll also find several exercises and scale patterns to h...
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C Major - 2nd Position
Start on the Scale exercise. Memorize the fret hand fingerings. These will be used on all the exercises. The Alternate Picking e...
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