Bluegrass Mandolin Jamming II Curriculum (8/16-9/10)

“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

“I have to say that making everything available online is a great convenience for me. Being able
to stop and return to a more challenging exercise or a newer phrase is a great for learning. I
also really appreciate your availability to answer questions offline. This is a great course, and I
feel as though I’m improving daily because of it.”—Joe C., Bluegrass Mandolin 101 student

See the Mandolin Tune Studies Curriculum (August 15-September 10)
See the Everything Mandolin Jamming Curriculum (August 17-September 10)

This course is intended to help the aspiring mandolinist build up repertoire and find ways of
creating new solos over commonly played standards; it’s also designed in the hope that it will
encourage students to get out and jam with other players!

This course is offered at Europe-friendly times! Class sessions take place at 2 pm eastern time
(7 or 8 pm in most of Europe) and 9 pm eastern time. Students are welcome to join whichever
session is more convenient for them…or they can join both! Students who cannot make it to the
live sessions are able to view the sessions afterwards on the class website—generally by the
following day.

Each week, we’ll look at four bluegrass standard tunes. Students will be given lead sheets (in
standard notation and tablature) for each song, as well as a few exercises to help them learn
more about the fretboard and start incorporating new ideas into their solos. Concepts and tunes
will be taught during the class session, and all tunes will be revisited during Saturday practice
sessions in a “jam session” format, where each song is played several times though, and
students have the opportunity to try out some of the week’s concepts on the tunes (with
guidance from Matt).

Classes meet every Tuesday from August 16 to September 6 at 2 pm eastern time (7 or 8 pm in
the UK and Europe) as well as 9 pm eastern time. We hope this will be convenient for folks in
various time zones, including Europe and around the world! There will also be 45-minute review
sessions every Saturday at 11 am eastern time (4 or 5 pm in the UK and Europe).
This course is a continuation of the Bluegrass Mandolin Jamming I course which concludes on
July 16, but students do not to have taken that course in order to take the Everything Mandolin
Jamming II course.

The course fee is $125.

Here is the curriculum:

WEEK 1 (August 16)
Starting off in the key of A
Open position and positions up the neck
Double stops in A
That High Lonesome Sound
My Walking Shoes
Knockin’ on Your Door
Gold Rush

WEEK 2 (August 23)
Keys of E and F
Adding the blues in E and F
Moving double stop exercises
Won’t You Come and Sing for Me
Rock Salt and Nails
Is It Too Late Now
If I Should Wander Back Tonight

WEEK 3 (August 30)
Keys of B and Bb
More moving double stops
Some Monroe-style ideas
Nobody’s Love Is Like Mine
This World Is Not My Home
Mary Ann
Drifting with the Tide

WEEK 4 (September 7)
Some “modern” classics
More difficult chord progressions
Finding chord tones and double stops
Combining double stops and licks
Lonesome Pine
Roses in the Snow
No Place to Hide
Walk the Way the Wind Blows