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C Major Scale Study

beginner mandolin

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Step 37 of 49 in Beginner mandolin

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  3. 36 Liberty
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  7. 40 Neck & String Introduction

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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!

Key of C Scales

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  1. Gene Sowell ·

    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 ·

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

  3. Katie Clark Support ·

    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 ·

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

  5. Ann Marie Boyd ·

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

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