Acknowledgments |
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Introduction |
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How to Use This Book |
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About the Audio, Video, and Extra Notation Files |
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PART I PRACTICE METHOD FOR CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL MANDOLIN |
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Chapter 1 Classical Mandolin Today and Tomorrow |
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A Living Tradition: Why Now Is a Great Time to Be a Mandolinist |
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International Schools of Thought |
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Looking Forward: Tapping Our Roots |
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Chapter 2 Classical Techniques |
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Right-Hand Mechanisms for Tone, Speed, and Efficiency |
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Planting and Right-Hand Points of Contact |
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Left-Hand Positioning for Economy |
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Finger Position: Two Approaches |
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Shaping Tone with Left and Right Hands |
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Chapter 3 Picking Patterns and Tremolo |
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Alternate Picking with Syncopations |
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22 | (2) |
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23 | (1) |
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Free Strokes and Rest Strokes |
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Alternate Picking Alternatives |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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3 Next-Course Downstrokes |
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4 Reverse Alternate Picking |
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28 | (1) |
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29 | (1) |
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Memorizing Pick Direction |
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30 | (1) |
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"Three Ways to Pick Threes" |
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31 | (1) |
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Building Facility with Tremolo |
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Moving Tremolo Between Courses |
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"Tremolo and Trill Etude" |
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Chapter 4 Intervals and Foundation Exercises |
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Scale Patterns and Melodic Inversion |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (1) |
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Multiple Stops with Open Strings |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (1) |
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Scale Patterns in Double Stops |
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40 | (1) |
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Closed-Position Patterns Using Double Stops |
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42 | (2) |
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43 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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Position Playing: The Thought Process Illustrated |
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46 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (1) |
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Position Shifting with Tremolo |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (1) |
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49 | (2) |
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50 | (1) |
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Building a Diagonal Approach to the Fingerboard |
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51 | (1) |
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Building Your Practice Routine |
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51 | (2) |
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Reading Music: Upping Your Game |
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53 | (1) |
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Chapter 5 Chord Vocabulary and Compound Picking Patterns |
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54 | (8) |
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56 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (1) |
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Compound-Picking Patterns in Mandolin Music |
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58 | (4) |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (1) |
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Chapter 6 Advanced Concepts |
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Improvising in the Classical Style |
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"De la Reine de Golconde" |
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64 | (1) |
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66 | (1) |
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Split-String Techniques Part 1 |
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"Split String Etude No. 1" |
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Split-String Techniques Part 2 |
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"Split String Etude No. 2" |
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"Split String Etude No. 3" |
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Split-String Techniques Part 3 |
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Building Split-String Chords |
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72 | (1) |
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73 | (1) |
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73 | (4) |
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Using The Etudes In Your Practice Routine |
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PART II LITERATURE OF THE CLASSICAL MANDOLIN |
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77 | (50) |
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78 | (2) |
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80 | (2) |
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82 | (1) |
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Denis, "De la Reine de Golconde" |
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Kioulaphides, "Prelude" to Suite for Ali |
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86 | (2) |
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88 | (4) |
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Leone, "La Chasse de Lisle adan" |
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Mozart, "Deh, Vieni alla Finestra" |
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98 | (2) |
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100 | (4) |
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104 | (2) |
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106 | (2) |
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Munier, "2nd Aria Variata" |
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108 | (3) |
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Craton, "Janneman en Alemoer" |
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112 | (2) |
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114 | (3) |
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118 | (2) |
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120 | (2) |
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Watters, "The Revenge of Saint Patrick's Snakes" |
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122 | (2) |
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124 | (2) |
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Watters, "Just the Four of Us" |
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PART III CLASSICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR SOLO MANDOLIN |
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127 | (21) |
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128 | (2) |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (2) |
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134 | (2) |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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Foster, "Old Folks at Home" |
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144 | (1) |
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Puccini, "O, mio babbino caro" |
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146 | (2) |
Bibliography |
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About The Author |
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