GETTING INTO JAZZ MANDOLIN

Ted Eschliman

No longer confined to basic folk genres, any mandolinist aspiring to a broader comprehension of music, including swing, blues, pop, choro, Broadway, and even classical can expand his/her playing and through a working knowledge of jazz fundamentals. This breakthrough approach in mandolin pedagogy takes four uncomplicated fretboard patterns (FFcP) and drills a physical familiarity into the player's fingers, softening the fear of upper frets and prepares for the harmonic alterations necessary for effective and intuitive playing of more complex contemporary music.

A brief introduction into modes, the player is eased into jamming with audio accompaniment (CD), and eventually an initiation into the most fundamental jazz chord progression of all, the 'ii V7 I' pattern. From the horizontal (melody) to the vertical (chords) and back, the results are a both instinctive and physical grasp of tonal centers and the improvisational fodder of effective performing. An emphasis on pinky strength, finger control and sustain, the book's exercises also develop the player's concepts of tone and melody. Further supportive resources including MP3 audio tracks are also available on the internet.

Beginning level.

Contents

1. Introduction and Philosophy
2. Four Finger Closed Position (FFcP)
3. Half-Step Scale Degrees
4. Ionian Mandology
5. Practice Hints
6. General Starting Positions One Octave FFcP Major Scales
7. Moving the FFcP up the Fingerboard
8. Moving on Up
9. The Secret of Half Steps
10. Gravity Notes
11. Guides and Gravity
12. Arpeggios: Subconscious Melodic Roadmaps
13. Maj7 Arpeggios
14. Dom7 Arpeggios
15. Min7 Arpeggios
16. Min6 Arpeggios
17. Minor 6th and Half Diminished 7ths Chords (m7b5)
18. Lydian DUDU
19. Melodic Improvisational Concepts
20. More Modal Considerations
21. Dorian Patterns
22. A Little bit of Gypsy: The Aug 11th Scale
23. The Altered Scale
24. Bebop Mandology
25. Minor in Possession
26. One small step for a mandolin, one giant leap from a G Chop
27. Minor: V7(b9)i
28. Minor Cadences: V7(b9)i
29. Chord and Melody: Transition
30. Minor World Dominants
31. Jazz Harmonic Function
32. The "ii V7 I"
33. Sample Stock 'ii V7 I' Chord Fingerings
34. Sample Stock 'ii7b5 V7 i' Chord Fingerings
35. How High the Minor Two?
36. Major ii V7 I 2nd
37. Major ii V7 I 3rd
38. Major ii V7 I 1st
39. Major ii V7 I 4th
40. Minor ii7b5 V7 i
41. Minor ii7b5 V7 i 2nd
42. Minor ii7b5 V7 i 3rd
43. Minor ii7b5 V7 i 4th
44. Blues 501: Advanced Blues Progressions
45. Turn Around Progressions
46. Mandolin Chord User Template
47. Turnarounds
48. Tri-tone Substitutions
49. Tri-tone Sub Application
50. Mandolin Chord Economics
51. Gb13-9 "Chop"?
52. Mandolin Chord User Template
53. Symmetrical Fretboard "Tricks": Diminished and Augmented Chords
54. Beyond Tonal Centers
55. Improvisation: Pattern Based vs Theory Based
56. Part of the Team: On Ensemble Playing
57. Parting Thoughts
58. About the Author
59. Acknowledgements
60. Mandolin Chord User Templates

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Product Details: Paperback Book & CD Package, Mandolin

112 Pages

Product Code: 20835BCD

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