Jazz Blues Mandolin Lesson - Dominant Bebop Scale blues jazz mandolin lesson Jul 05, 2019

In this video lesson I’m showing you how to improve your improvisation and soloing with the use of the Dominant Bebob Scale for your 12 bar blues in A. The chords are A7, D7, E7. The scale is derived from the Mixolydian mode and has a chromatic passing tone between the 7th and the root.

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Swing Outro - Ending Lick - Mandolin Lesson jazz mandolin lesson Jun 06, 2019

In this video lesson I’m showing you a cool ending lick to use for swing tunes. I play it in the key of C-major and demonstrate it playing the jazz standard All Of Me.

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Jazzy Blues Comping - Double Stops- Mandolin Lesson jazz mandolin lesson May 25, 2019

In this video lesson I’m showing you how to use some simple and powerful double stops to make a cool accompaniment for your 12 bar blues in A.

The chords are A7, D7, E7. We are using the Charleston rhythm and also include some more advanced techniques as The Slide.

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How to Improvise - Jazz Mandolin Lesson - All of Me - Live Lesson Replay jazz live-stream mandolin lesson Apr 18, 2019

In this video lesson I’m giving you tips on a starting point learning how to solo and improvise on jazz standards and other songs. The example given is the tune “All of me”. 

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