Fretboard Studies for the Improvising Mandolinist

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Fretboard Studies for the Improvising Mandolinist

Mel Bay Publications, Inc. has announced the release of Fretboard Studies for the Improvising Mandolinist by Todd Collins, a collection of tools to help improve one's knowledge of the fretboard.



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The Mandolin Cafe has posted the following news release:
Fretboard Studies for the Improvising Mandolinist

Mel Bay Publications, Inc. has announced the release of Fretboard Studies for the Improvising Mandolinist by Todd Collins, a collection of tools to help improve one's knowledge of the fretboard.



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Nice! I'll be on the lookout for this one.

[JonZ]

Mel Bay does it again! A whopping 3 sample pages, so you know exactly what you are buying--and one of those pages is a circle of 5ths chart!

It looks like it could be an interesting book, but I wouldn't risk my money with so little information.

[Steve Gorman]

I purchased this book and though I do have a couple of complaints I would recommend it highly to Intermediate/Advanced players that are searching for the secrets of improvisation. The is largely a very thorough set of exercises that are really interesting and fun. I have been playing mandolin for 10 years now and in the last 5 have been practicing a couple hours a day almost everyday. This book showed me some really cool ways to practice and see the Fretboard in some ways I haven't been able to see as of yet. The exercises range from closed position scales, arpeggios double stops, single string shifting... a whole bunch really cool ones. If your interested in understanding the fretboard completely (if you want to improvise you had better) this book is worth it.

I would not recommend it for beginners and I have found a few typos that kind of pissed me off. Other than that I love it.

[CavScout]

I purchased this book and though I do have a couple of complaints I would recommend it highly to Intermediate/Advanced players that are searching for the secrets of improvisation. The is largely a very thorough set of exercises that are really interesting and fun. I have been playing mandolin for 10 years now and in the last 5 have been practicing a couple hours a day almost everyday. This book showed me some really cool ways to practice and see the Fretboard in some ways I haven't been able to see as of yet. The exercises range from closed position scales, arpeggios double stops, single string shifting... a whole bunch really cool ones. If your interested in understanding the fretboard completely (if you want to improvise you had better) this book is worth it.

I would not recommend it for beginners and I have found a few typos that kind of pissed me off. Other than that I love it.

The Author discusses this book:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKMYvSYLDWM