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Mandolin Scales & Exercises

Improve your mandolin technique with this collection of scales and exercises. These lessons and tablatures are designed to strengthen your finger dexterity, enhance your precision, and build a solid foundation for playing melodies and solos.

  • Mandolin A Major Workout

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    A Major Workout

    Stretch out and get ready. This is a serious mandolin workout. We've got something for all levels here. Do what you can.

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  • Mandolin Movable Double Stops

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    Movable Double Stops

    This lesson path will help you see how double stop shapes connect on the mandolin fret board. After learning double stop patterns, w...

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  • Mandolin A Major Workouts

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    A Major Workouts

    Start with the scales . Memorize the fingerings. The Scale tab features A Major Scales all over the fretboard. Don't try to lear...

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  • Mandolin D Major Workout

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    D Major Workout

    D major. It's an important key. Time to get comfortable with it!

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  • Mandolin G Major Scale Workout

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    G Major Scale Workout

    This Mandolin lesson teaches a G Major Scale Workout using three different exercises: Two Octave Scale, 3rds Pattern, and Scale Patt...

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  • Mandolin Pentatonic Scales
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    Pentatonic Scales

    A couple tips for learning and practicing this: The pentatonic scale is a five note scale pattern. If you’re having trouble ...

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  • Mandolin G Major - 2nd Position - Low Octave

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    G Major - 2nd Position - Low Octave

    Check this out to learn the G major scale in 2nd position. You'll also find several exercises and scale patterns to help increase s...

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  • Mandolin G Major - 2nd Position - High Octave

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    G Major - 2nd Position - High Octave

    Check this out to learn the higher octave G Major scale in 2nd position. You'll also find several exercises and scale patterns to h...

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  • Mandolin C Major -  2nd Position

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    C Major - 2nd Position

    Start on the Scale exercise. Memorize the fret hand fingerings. These will be used on all the exercises. The Alternate Picking e...

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