“After buying six mandolins and umpteen books…I am convinced your course is best $100 I have invested in my mandolin journey to date. Finally, I’m getting the discpline I need with your exercises to learn scales, arpeggios, double stops, fingering techniques, learn the fretboard (the essential tools I need)…and most importantly to learn how those things fit into playing tunes.”—Rick D., Bluegrass Mandolin 101 student
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Register for Scale and Arpeggio Intensive II with Matt Flinner
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The Scale and Arpeggio Intensive II course begins August 14 and runs through September 9. Class sessions meet every Monday evening from 9 to 10 pm eastern time (except the week of August 21st, when it will be on a Tuesday due to the solar eclipse!), and practice/review sessions meet every Saturday from 10-10:45 am eastern 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 all of the sessions any time afterward as often as they want through the class website.
The Summer Intensive Scale and Arpeggio course is intended for students at an intermediate to advanced level, and will use swing and well as bluegrass material as examples and exercises. 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. While this course is a continuation of the Scale and Arpeggio Intensive course which completed in late July, it is not necessary for students to have taken the first course to be able to take the second course. The Scale and Arpeggio Intensive II course is intended to reinforce many of the concepts taught in the previous course, while pushing the student’s technique further than the first one did.
The course fee is $125.
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Here is the Scale and Arpeggio Intensive II curriculum:
WEEK 1 (August 14)
Chord Tone Exercise: ii-V-I Chord Tones
Arpeggio Exercise I: Major Arpeggios from the 3rd
Arpeggio Exercise II: Major Triads going in Minor 3rds
Scale Exercise I: Lydian Scales in All Keys
Scale Exercise II: Major Scales in Fourths
Picking Double Stop Exercise: 2-bar Picking Pattern with C Double Stops
Miss Molly
WEEK 2 (August 22)
Chord Tone Exercise: Minor Chord Tone Exercise
Arpeggio Exercise I: Major Arpeggios from the 5th
Arpeggio Exercise II: Diatonic 7th Arpeggios
Scale Exercise I: Phrygian Scales in All Keys
Scale Exercise II: Major Scales in Fifths
Double Stop Picking Exercise: 2-bar Picking Pattern with A Double Stops
Alabama Jubilee
WEEK 3 (August 28)
Chord Tone Exercise: Finding Chord Tones Over a Chord Progression
Arpeggio Exercise I: Diminished Arpeggios
Arpeggio Exercise II: 1-2-3-5 and 5-3-2-1 in All Keys
Scale Exercise I: Diminished Scale and Patterns
Scale Exercise II: Major Scales in Sixths
Double Stop Picking Exercise: Picking Pattern with Open Style G Double Stops
Black and White Rag
WEEK 4 (September 4)
Chord Tone Exercise: Chord Tones Over a Chord Progression II
Arpeggio Exercise I: Augmented 7 Arpeggios
Arpeggio Exercise II: Dominant 7 Arpeggio Exercises in Chord Progressions
Scale Exercise I: Whole Tone Scale and Patterns
Scale Exercise II: Major Scales in Sevenths
Double Stop Picking Exercise: Picking Pattern with Open Style C Double Stops
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The course fee is $125.
Register for the Scale and Arpeggio Intensive II course
See the Bluegrass Mandolin Jamming II curriculum
See the Swing Mandolin Jamming II curriculum