Flatpicking Mandolin 102: The Fretting Hand
G and C major scales
Now that you've practiced your picking technique on the mandolin let's add in your fretting hand and learn some scales.
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FreeThe G Major Scale
Low Octave with Downstrokes
The G major scale is the scale associated with the G major chord and is a great starting place for developing your left hand technique.
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High Octave G Scale
With Alternate Picking
This is the second part to the G major scale and is essentially just and extension of the lower octave scale that you learned in lesson 8.1.
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Combining Low and High Octave G Major Scales
The Full First Position G Major Scale
Now that you know the low octave and the higher octave scale, let's combine them to create a two octave G major scale.
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The C Major Scale
One Octave with Downstrokes
In this lesson you are going to learn the C major scale. This scale is associated with the C chord that we covered in a previous lesson.
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C Major Scale From the Lowest Note in Scale
Starting on the open 4ths string
Did you know you can play a C major scale from a note other than C? Keep reading to learn how.