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Summary: An open C mandolin scale can begin with the pinky finger or ring finger on the D string. Get advice on how to practice improv mandolin with tips from an experienced musician in this free video.
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
"So the first thing we are going to do is look and C major scale just on the open strings. C is here and if you want to think about it from the last exercise we can start with our pinky finger. Here on D but this is on C so we are just going to start this one with our ring finger. That is our first octave. We are going to keep going up. So those are all the notes on the C major scale with using the open strings, eighth notes. Triplets."
eHow Article: Mandolin Open Position C Scale Tips