400 Smokin' Bluegrass Mandolin Licks

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"400 Smokin' Bluegrass Mandolin Licks" utilizes 24 common bluegrass chord progressions to teach you over 400licks, which will allow you to create solos to literally hundreds of bluegrass tunes. Licks are developed from major, pentatonic and blues scales. Mandolin-specific techniques, such as tremolo, double stops, drone strings, andcross picking are included in many of the phrases. Licks and solos are presented in numerous different keys, including the keys of F, Bb and B. The demo CD includes every lick performed at learning speed. Each practice progressionuses sample licks and is played with rhythm accompaniment. "Nine-Pound Hammer", "Salt Creek", "Black Mountain Rag", "Little Maggie", and "Ragtime Annie" are just some of the many traditional bluegrass tunes included.

CONTENIDO:

Book overview
Tag licks
G licks. Moving ideas. Forming phrases
Leads-ins. Turnaround introductions
Two-measure G licks. Two-measure D licks
Playing over chord progressions
Blue note licks. Licks with pick-up notes
Chord progression 2
C licks. Key of C turnaround
Chord progression 3
Fretted equivalents. Pentatonic scales. Improvising using pentatonic scales
Chord progression 4
Playing licks around a melody
Chord progression 5
A licks
Chord progression 6
Finishing licks. Boogie licks
Chord progression 7
Swing phrasing
Chord progression 7 (b)
The IV chord. Chord progression 8
E licks. Turnaround licks with tremolo
Pentatonic blues scale. More blues licks
Pentatonic blues jamming. Chord progression 9
Cross picking patterns. Cross picking licks
Improvising while cross picking. Chord progression 10
Sequential licks
Sequential series. Chord progression 11
Licks from fiddle tunes. Chord progression 12
Improvising a fiddle tune. Chord progression 13
Improvising a fiddle tune. Chord progression 14
Practice lops
Final endings
B licks. More E licks
Closed position soloing. Chord progression 15
F licks. More licks for soloing in the key of C
Starting on IV. Chord progression 16
Lifting licks from fiddle tunes. Chord progression 17
Soloing in the key of F. Chord progression 17
Bb licks. More licks for soloing in the key of F. Chord progression 4
Movable pentatonic scales. Closed-position movable licks
3rd position soloing in the key of G. Chord progression 4
Eb licks. More licks for soloing in the key of Bb
Double stop drones. Chord progression 5
F# licks. B blues licks
Blues with double stops. Chord progression 18
New pentatonic scale pattern. Chromatic notes and licks from the chop shape scale
Altering chord progressions. Chord progression 15
Pounding downstrokes. Bill Monroe style blues
Chord progression 7
E minor pentatonic scale. Licks from a fiddle tiune. Chord progression 19
Relative minor substitution. Circle be unbroken. Chord progression 10
Introductions in 3/4 time. Introductions in 4/4 time
II-V-I introduction. VI II V I progression. Chord progression 20
The flatted 7th chord. Chord progression 21
Bonus song section. Chord progression 22. Chord progression 2. Chord progression 24
Tablature guide