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If I Should Wander Back Tonight, Part 1: Melody

This lesson is part of the course Intermediate Bluegrass Mandolin with Sharon Gilchrist.
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Learn to play solos on classic bluegrass songs and instrumentals using bluegrass mandolin techniques like tremolo, double stops, two-string melodies, and more.
 
 
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In this lesson you’ll learn the bluegrass standard “I’m Going Back to Old Kentucky” using a common technique in bluegrass mandolin: playing melodies on two pairs of strings. Sharon starts this lesson by talking about the basic right-hand technique for playing two pairs of strings at a time. She shows you how to keep the pick out on the edge of the strings and not let the pick dig in past the strings as well as how to slightly rotate your wrist so you can play all four strings (both pairs) at once. Sharon also gives you advice on practicing this technique with a metronome, with some ideas for exercises you can do.
 
 
 
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If I Should Wander Back Tonight, Part 1: Melody
If I Should Wander Back Tonight, Part 1: Melody
 

In this lesson, you’ll learn to create two solos for the bluegrass standard “If I Should Wander Back Tonight” in D using the melody and arpeggios in the key of D. Sharon starts by showing you the melody in two octaves, and then gives you some exercises on guide tones in the key of D, before showing you the solos she’s created. You’ll learn the melody of “If I Should Wander Back Tonight,” and how it relates to the chord tones, in this video.


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