Getting Into Jazz Mandolin

Getting Into Jazz Mandolin is a breakthrough approach that takes four uncomplicated fretboard patterns (FFcP) and drills a physical familiarity into the player's fingers, softening the fear of upper frets andpreparing for the harmonic alterations necessary for the effective and intuitive playing of more complex contemporary music.

No longer confined to basic folk genres, any mandolinist aspiring to a broadercomprehension of music, including swing, blues, pop, choro, broadway and even classical can expand his or her playing through a working knowledge of jazz fundamentals.

Following a brief introduction to modes, theplayer is eased into jamming with audio accompaniment, and eventually an initiation into the most fundamental jazz chord progression of all, the 'ii V7 I' pattern. From the horizontal (melody) to the vertical (chords) and back,the results are an instinctive and physical grasp of tonal centers and the improvisational fodder of effective performing.

The exercises in Getting Into Jazz Mandolin place an emphasis on pinkystrength, finger control and sustain, and the book's exercises also develop the player's concepts of tone and melody. This book includes access to online audio. Further supportive resources including MP3 audio tracks are alsoavailable on the internet.