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05.17.12

Gaucho; Melonious Quartet
We're big fans of the edgy, sophisticated sound and stage sensibilities of France's "Melonious Quartet." For a taste of their incredible ensemble ability, let alone
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05.15.12

Special opportunity: Mann 2-Point Flatback Oval Hole Mandolin
We'd like to make you aware of a special instrument from JazzMando sponsor and perennial emando builder fave, Jonathon Mann. You may not be aware
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05.13.12

Advanced Pentatonic
We mentioned this book over five years ago, Berklee professor and Austin, Texas based jazz guitarist Bruce Saunder's book Jazz Pentatonics (Mel Bay Private Lessons
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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."

Brain
Jazz Theory

ii V7 I Home Positions
The Altered Scale
Blues 501 (Jazz!)
Turn Around Patterns
Secondary Dominants
Mandolin Chord Economics
Fretboard Theory FFcP
Improvisation Techniques
Fingers, Ears, Brain
Mando ModeExplorer
Circle of Fifths
Mando ModeExplorer

From the Tips Archives:

More Appropriate
Put a Lydian on It
Plumbing
What Not to Wear
More Blues
Don Stiernberg: Axis of the 3rds & 7ths
Don Stiernberg: Ab Position
Chord Extension: Context
About Three-note Chords
Note Relationships
Affirmative Action
Thinking Transpostions
Implying Harmony within Melody
Two-note Chords
Circle of Fifths Examples
Using Ralph Patt's Resources: Tonal Centers
Thinking Modes
Reading Notation vs. Tab
Thin-slicing: Make Judgments on Instruments
How we learn
Learning from other instruments
Analysis: Microscopes and Macroscopes Part 1
Analysis: Microscopes and Macroscopes Part 2
Time Tested Art in an "American Idol" Culture
Playing a solo is like telling a story
Sketching Music (Notation vs. Tablature)
More Tips on Shipping Instruments
The Inner Game of Tennis
"Jazzed" Pentatonics
Enharmonic Reduction: Notes that sound the same but spelled differently
Taking the Cowboy out of the Chord
Major 7th Arpeggios
The Road to Harmonic Sophistication
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't... (Swing Rhythms)
Merits of 5-string
3-Note Chord Library

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