Mandolin Exercises For Dummies, Enhanced Edition

Practice makes perfect with this hands-on resource for mandolin players of all skill levels

If you're looking for an accessible practice-based book to improve your playing, you've come to the right place. Mandolin Exercises For Dummies focuses on the skills that players often find challenging and provides tips, tricks and plenty of cool exercises that will have you picking with the best of them—or at least much better than before! Mandolin Exercises For Dummies is packed with instruction—from hundreds of exercises to drills and practice pieces. And it gets better. You'll also have online access to downloadable audio files for each exercise, making this practice-based package a complete mandolin companion.

• Puts an overview of the fundamentals in perspective, helps you to use exercises to limber up, and much more
• Dives into the major and minor arpeggios with triad patterns, then moves on to major 7th and minor 7th patterns
• Details the major scales, then moves on to mastering the minor scales with practice exercises
• Contains tips to help you practice better, including using a metronome, playing with recordings, and more

Master the basics and sharpen your mandolin-playing skills with this reliable resource.