Kickoffs in All Bluegrass Keys

from: Theory for Mandolin and Fiddle with Chad Manning

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Learn the basics of music theory as it relates to four-string instruments tuned in fifths. Chad’s practical approach will deepen your knowledge of chords, scales, and arpeggios, and help you integrate them into your playing.

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Major Chord Arpeggios

Learn how major chord arpeggios are constructed and how to find them on the mandolin/fiddle fingerboard. Chad explains that major chords are constructed of roots, thirds, and fifths: the first, third, and fifth notes in a major scale. Then he shows you different finger patterns for major arpeggios in bluegrass keys, giving you handy ways to visualize each pattern and advice about practicing them in different ways.

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Kickoffs in All Bluegrass Keys

In this lesson, Chad shows you kickoffs in all the bluegrass keys (B, E, A, D, G, C, F, and Bb). He gives you an exercise that includes kickoffs to the root of the key, to the third, and to the fifth, as well as an ending lick. In some keys you’ll learn the exercise in two octaves.

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