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All About Scales

beginner mandolin

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Step 2 of 3 in Unlocking the Mandolin Neck

  1. 1 Neck & String Introduction
  2. 2 All About Scales — you are here
  3. 3 Unlock & Move Up next
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  1. MandoMary ·

    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 ·

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

  3. Sharon Kile ·

    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 ·

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

  5. Nate Overby ·

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

  6. Katie Clark Support ·

    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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