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Summer Mandolin Intensive Course 102 Curriculum

This course has concluded.  To view the current list of courses offered, visit the Winter Online Course page.

 

 

The Bluegrass Mandolin 101 online lessons program continues this summer with two four-week long intensive courses designed to help your overall mandolin playing technique.  Each week, we’ll look at seven exercises intended to increase your knowledge of the fretboard and help your picking hand control as we look at seven different areas: picking exercises, fingering exercises, scale exercises, arpeggios, chord exercises, double stops, and licks.  We’ll also learn a new tune each week and apply the ideas from each of the exercises to that week’s tune; by practicing these exercises in this context, students get some practical applications for the exercises as well as some ideas for variations on tunes.

The 102 level course begins June 11th and runs through July 5th.  Class sessions meet every Wednesday evening from 8 to 9 pm Central time, and practice/review sessions meet every Saturday from 11:15 am-noon Central time.  Students are encouraged to attend the live sessions to be able to interact more directly with the instructor, but live attendance is not required.  Students will be able to view the recordings of the sessions any time afterward as often as they want through the class website.

Register for the 102 course here.

To view the curriculum for the 101 level course, click here.

 

Students will have access to:

The live sessions (Tuesdays and Saturdays) with Matt on the internet

Recordings of the above sessions

Shorter videos of all of the exercises and songs

mp3s of the songs to practice with

Feedback from the instructor for any mp3s students submit for review

The class website, which includes all of the above plus a discussion forum and mp3 submission area

 

The 102 level course is intended for students at an intermediate to advanced level.  Some material may be more easy or more challenging for individual students.  Students are encouraged to prioritize certain exercises according to their ability level, and are given the option of adding to many of the exercises in order to further challenge themselves if they wish to.  Part of the intent of the course is to challenge students at a variety of levels, and to help students advance their playing, learn new musical ideas and have more fun playing the mandolin regardless of their ability level.

 

Here is the 102 Curriculum:

 

WEEK 1

Picking Exercise: 2-string exercises across the strings

Fingering Exercise: finger combinations on one string, full range of the string

Scale Exercise: Closed position scales in A

Arpeggio Exercise: Major 7 Arpeggios, 2 octaves

Double Stop Exercise: Double stops in E

Chord Exercise: 3 note chords

Lick: Arpeggio on one string lick

Tune: Black Mountain Rag

 

WEEK 2

Picking Exercise: boogie-woogie picking exercise

Fingering Exercise: finger combinations on two strings

Scale Exercise: Mixolydian to Major scale exercise

Arpeggio Exercise: Dominant 7th Arpeggios, 2 octaves

Double Stop Exercise: Double Stops in A—various inversions on I-IV-V

Chord Exercise: Inversions of 7th chords

Lick: Mixolydian lick around the circle of 5ths

Tune: Sweet Georgia Brown

 

WEEK 3

Picking Exercise: 3 string picking/chord exercise

Fingering Exercise: Chromatic fingering exercise

Scale Exercise: Playing Dorian, Mixolydian and Major scales over a chord progression

Arpeggio Exercise: Minor 7 Arpeggios, 2 octaves

Double Stop Exercise: creating smooth ii-V-I double stops

Chord Exercise: ii7-V7-I progressions in 6 keys

Lick: “‘Round Midnight” lick in 6 keys

Tune: Lady Be Good

 

WEEK 4

Picking Exercise: Triplets

Fingering Exercise: Chromatic fingering exercise II

Scale Exercise: Bb Major scale and pattern in thirds

Arpeggio Exercise: Minor, Dominant and Major Arpeggios in a key

Double Stop Exercise: Double Stops in Bb

Chord Exercise: Diatonic 3 note chords

Lick: V-I triplet lick

Tune: Big Spike Hammer

 

The fee for the course is $100.

Students can resister for both the 101 and 102 courses at a discounted rate of $180.  You can go ahead and sign up for both and we’ll apply the discount afterwards, or email Matt at [email protected] if you want to make other payment arrangements or have questions.

 

You can register for the 102 course here.

To view the 101 level curriculum, click here.

To return to the Summer Mandolin Intensive 101 and 102 page, click here.

 

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