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 July 25, 2009 | Readers weigh in: Getting into Jazz Mandolin
We like to share what other students of "Getting into Jazz Mandolin" have to say about their experience and suggestions. This from Jeoff:
" I am new to the mondolin, but not music. My past has been playing the bass guitar. I stumbled upon your web site, bought your book and both enjoy and feel very challenged. Thank You for sharing your work and the efforts you make to further my knowledge and ability. I am responding to your request for input on more FFCP ideas, wants and desires. I think what would help me is to spend more time in one tonal center.
I would enjoy having your 1st position Major scale studies expanded across two to three octaves would be incredible, including the thirds, the I vi7 ii7 V7 patterns, the fourths and so on. While working on the arpeggios, I find working through short bursts of many keys to be mindnumbing and hard to recall. Possibly chaining together drills of scales, chords and arpeggios in related tonal centers would help me.
You cover a lot of ground in your book, I fear I will be working through the material for many years to come. I would like more twelve to 16 bars of one skill builder to work through those arpeggios.
I really can't complain. It's all in the book. The songs are awesome to work out the many concepts, and are right on target for the subject being discussed. Whatever you decide to put in your next book, I'm sure it will be a winner. Your hard is definitely appreciated.
Jeoff brings up a good point. In our attempt to expose you to as many keys as possible (we do practice equal chromatic rights, after all...), it makes it harder to develop an "identity" within a single tonal center. That said, our unique FFcP approach also lends a unique efficiency, the ability to develop the fretboard as four movable keys, rather than twelve fixed.
You get twelve keys (fifteen enharmonic), at wholesale pricing!
It does take a few months, but this cerebral (and finger!) stretching eventually pays off. If you don't already have the book, check it out!
Available in the JazzMando Merchandise Center for immediate shipment: Getting into Jazz Mandolin
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Posted by Ted at July 25, 2009 6:05 AM
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