I have a copy of the book Killer Technique for Mandolin by Suzanna Barnes. Not exactly what I expected but seems to have some valuable if tedious exercises. Not that I am opposed to doing grunt work I am just being a bit stupid about the instructions. Maybe someone can help me out.
If anyone is familiar with her book can you explain page 4 to me?
Were these instructions in standard music notation I would be fine but I am having a hard time understanding her notations. If someone could decipher those markings for me I would be thankful.
For instance she has various numbers and steps that involve playing a root, a whole step, a whole step and a half step. (I get it: C D E F) Others involve root, half, half, whole (C C# D E)
Where I get lost is she throws in augmented 2nds. What would root, half, augmented 2nd, half look like? (I'm guessing it would be C C# E F)
How about root, augment 2nd, half, whole? (Would it be C D# E F#)?
Any help greatly appreciated.
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