Fretboard Roadmaps - Mandolin: The Essential Patterns That All the Pros Know and Use |
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 | First off, let's make it clear that this book is not for the Celtic music specialist, unless he or she is looking to branch out a little; neither is it specifically aimed at the bluegrass player, though that style is touched on regularly. Rather it is a ragabag of licks, tune and solo arrangements and exercises, mainly scale-related, which are designed to lead the player to the point of being able to play in every key, whilst having the ability to pull out a range of styles including jazz and pop if need be.
So does it actually succeed in doing all that? Well, partially. There's a lot of useful material contained in the pages of the book, but such a slim volume was never going to be comprehensive. On the one hand we do get some insight into navigating the fretboard, on the other minor scales are not properly addressed, with the emphasis being put on blues scales. Again, whilst we can pick up the odd useful lick or a different approach from the solo examples, there are some odd ... read more.
Written by Sokolow And Bob Appleba Fred, Bob Applebaum and Fred Sokolow.
Published 01 February 2003.
Published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation.
rrp £8.44.
48 pages Paperback.
ISBN: 0634001426
ISBN-13: 9780634001420 | |
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