Okie8stringn
Dec-16-2005, 12:37pm
I am having trouble going over a big hump with my playing and would really appreciate any help sorting out my direction. Where I am now is that I can learn and play some irish, old timey, and bluegrass fiddle tunes by listing to them or playing along with a CD. I do need to build my finger speed as I have trouble with the faster ones.
Right now I can play the mando lead notes at the top of the fretboard in the open major G,C, and D keys which restricts my learning new tunes in A, E, F, and the minors etc. I have a chord book and have learned the chords and changes in these keys as well as chords in A and E. I also have also learned tremelo and how to work in some double stops for G,C,D .
I am just starting to practice the Aonzo scales also. When I listen to a CD or play along with someone else on guitar etc. and they are in any key besides G,C, and D then I am lost on any leading with my mandolin.
First, is there a reference book or online guide that shows ALL of the basic mando scale fret positions at the top of the fretboard for any given key? Second , any teaching DVD, CD, book recomendations?
I don't read music but I'm aware that any melody can be played starting out in ANY fret position (where there is room for it). This fact alone really amazes me and I do just take off and play sometimes by starting on some fret that I don't know the note of. But then if I am playing with someone else they will may say "Hey..What ya playin in.?" and I just shrug. I won't know what key I'm in OR what notes I am actually playing. I guess my question is probably a redundant one, but I just can't see it for the trees.
So lastly, to be versatile on the mandolin will I need to actually visually memorize every fretboard finger position note for note so that I can play in all the keys up and down the fretboard?
Thanks in advance for any advise, I'm kind of stumped.
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Bob
Right now I can play the mando lead notes at the top of the fretboard in the open major G,C, and D keys which restricts my learning new tunes in A, E, F, and the minors etc. I have a chord book and have learned the chords and changes in these keys as well as chords in A and E. I also have also learned tremelo and how to work in some double stops for G,C,D .
I am just starting to practice the Aonzo scales also. When I listen to a CD or play along with someone else on guitar etc. and they are in any key besides G,C, and D then I am lost on any leading with my mandolin.
First, is there a reference book or online guide that shows ALL of the basic mando scale fret positions at the top of the fretboard for any given key? Second , any teaching DVD, CD, book recomendations?
I don't read music but I'm aware that any melody can be played starting out in ANY fret position (where there is room for it). This fact alone really amazes me and I do just take off and play sometimes by starting on some fret that I don't know the note of. But then if I am playing with someone else they will may say "Hey..What ya playin in.?" and I just shrug. I won't know what key I'm in OR what notes I am actually playing. I guess my question is probably a redundant one, but I just can't see it for the trees.
So lastly, to be versatile on the mandolin will I need to actually visually memorize every fretboard finger position note for note so that I can play in all the keys up and down the fretboard?
Thanks in advance for any advise, I'm kind of stumped.
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Bob