Berklee Press Beyond Bluegrass Mandolin Etudes And Ideas For The Modern Mandolinist
Berklee Press
Berklee Press
Bluegrass Fiddle And Beyond
Etudes And Ideas For The Modern Fiddler
Improvise With More Expression And Freedom In Bluegrass And Related Styles. These Ideas, Exercises, And Etudes Will Help You Expand Your Paletteof Improvisational Techniques And Sounds. Develop Your Fingerboard Vers Atility, And Master Harmonic And Rhythmic Ideas On The Violin. The Cd Has Demonstration And Play Along Tracks, Performed By An All Star Bluegrass Band. You Will Learn To Build Solos Using Techniques Such As: Uncovering A Melody's Most Defining Notes, And Using Them In A New Context; Reharmonizing Chords And Changing Modes; Breaking Down, Rearranging And Varying Melodic And Rhythmic Cells; Using Position Shifts, String Crossings And Double Stops; Drawing From Tetrachords, Guide Tone Lines, And Other Constructs.