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Harmonizing a Major Scale on the Mandolin: Part 2

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Summary: Harmonizing a major scale on the mandolin is easy with these tips, get expert advice and a music lesson in this free video.

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By Levin Schwartz
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Levin Schwartz lives in Northampton, MA where he spends his days playing music with his band 'The Amity Front' and teaching private guitar and mandolin lessons at The Fretted...read more

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"We're going to use the same concepts, but using our first inversion instead, Okay? So now, instead of the major scale being played on this low string and starting open, we need to find G on the middle string because that's where the root of the first inversion. So, here's your major G chord. We're going to use this to go up whole step and play a minor chord. This to go up a whole step to play a minor chord. This half step, we're going to play a major chord. Whole step, major. Now here, I'm on the twelfth fret, I want to go a whole step but we're kind of getting way up there. We know that at the twelfth fret it repeats itself, Okay? So this is a sixth, it's a minor chord. Okay? Then up a whole step, is a seven, and then back to one. I'm going to play that without talking for you. (Audio demo)"

eHow Article: Harmonizing a Major Scale on the Mandolin: Part 2

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