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05.08.08

We mentioned a May 1st deadline for early registration in the Django in June Django Camp. The opportunity to save $50 in experiencing "a Gypsy
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05.06.08

Always great to hear from our Madison, Wisconson friend and Gypsy Jazz mandolinist extraorinaire, Sims Delaney-Potthoff. He and wife Maggie are heading for a little
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05.04.08

This week, we've been slaving away on the final mix of the accompaniment CD of the book "Getting Into Jazz Mandolin;" it's done and on
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	"Good improvisation communicates harmonic progression melodically. Effective melodies manipulate harmonic content through the use of guide tones and preparatory gravity notes, masterfully woven in systematic tension, release, and transparent harmonic definition."

Fingers

Exercises

Bebop Mandology
Red Lion Hornpipe, AKA Carpal Tunnel Hornpipe
ii V7 I Major Patterns
ii7b5 V7 i Minor Patterns
The Importance of Pinky
Advanced FFcP: Over the Fingerboard
Working Chromatic Descending and Ascending Tonal Centers: Chromatic Mastering
How to Practice Pentatonics for Jazz
FFcP Index
Pentatonic FFcP

Technique

Chromatic Fingerings
Four Finger Closed Position FFcP
Super FFcP
FFcP Patterns Overboard
FFcP and Chromatic Mastering
ii V7 I Major Patterns
ii7b5 V7 i Minor Patterns
Altered Scale Patterns
Voicing Extended Chords
Sample Turn Around Patterns
Improvisation: Pattern Based vs. Theory Based
The Regressive Method
Brain

From the Tips Archives:

On Perfection
Real Swell
Recommended "Play Along" CDs
Thinking in Sentences
Picks and Doorknobs
Pick Angle
Metronome Techniques I
Metronome Techniques II
Stretching
Fear of "Heights"
Fear of "Flying"
Need a Chord?
Practice Regime: A Balanced Diet
Octave Pulses
Scaling Sequences
The Fight for Sonic Turf
Working Four-note Patterns
Playing without Pain
Instrument Cleaning
Playing in Third Position
Developing 3rd & 4th Finger
Moving Finger Patterns Up
Thoughts on Speed
Tuning Techniques: Using Harmonics
Breathing Through Your Eyes
Shifting Tonal Centers: Chromatic Options
Avoiding Bad Tremolo Technique
Left Hand Hover; 3rd Position Playin
Stricken with Pickin'--Improving Pick Technique
(Not) Sounding like Others
Using a Clock Minute Hand as a Metronome
FFcP Round Up: new material
How to Hold the Mandolin Comfortably
Moving horizontally across the fretboard
Maximizing the 'E-zone;' trouble spots on the fretboard
An even greater personal aesthetic journey
Osmosis and Effective Practicing
Firm footing in the fretting hand
E's & W's: Tone and transition while chording
Getting the Shift

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