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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."



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April 12, 2006 | MandoMode

A journey, not just a destination. This is our impression of the MandoMode Explorer, a brilliant mandolin software program designed to not just give you chords, but teach you the steps to building them. (Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach him to fish, yada, yada, yada...)

The brainchild of Minnesota-based software guru Craig Shmoller, this is a dream come true for the mandolinist comfortable with a computer keyboard and hungry for more frets. Completely devoid of the usual steep software learning curve, you get the chord vocabulary immediately and more importantly, context. Songs demonstrate and readily apply what you've learned. Doesn't hurt that the backdrop is a beautiful Rigel A+ Deluxe mandolin...

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Posted by Ted at April 12, 2006 10:41 AM


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