Mandolin Exercises For Dummies Resource Center

This resource center is an interactive addition to Mandolin Exercises For Dummies, with bonus material created to help you better understand the concepts and techniques from the book. You can navigate to your desired audio track by selecting individual tracks in the content menus.

Please note that the audio tracks do not feature any video, so the player will display a blank screen while playing. If you would like to download the audio tracks for offline playing, use the Download links provided below. Be sure to download to your computer first, unzip the files, then transfer the audio files to any portable devices after that.

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Tracks for Chapters 1-4

Tracks for Chapters 5-8

Tracks for Chapters 9-11

Tracks for Chapters 12-13

Tracks for Chapters 14-16

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Chapter 1: Getting the Basics Sorted: Mandolin Fundamentals

Chapter 2: Limbering up to Get into the Groove

Chapter 3: Mastering Major Scales

Chapter 4: Discovering Three Types of Minor Scales

Chapter 5: Bringing Color to Your Playing with Pentatonic and Chromatic Scales

Chapter 6: Connecting Scale Patterns to Extend Your Range

Chapter 7: Taking Notes One at a Time: Major Arpeggios

Chapter 8: Seeking Darkness: Minor Arpeggios

Chapter 9: Adding a Fourth Note to Create Seventh Arpeggios with Major Triads

Chapter 10: Summoning up Seventh Arpeggios of the Minor Variety

Chapter 11: Creating Drama with Diminished and Augmented Arpeggios

Chapter 12: Tying Everything Together: Diatonic Harmony

Chapter 13: Seeing that Less Is More with Three-String Closed Chords

Chapter 14: Personalizing Your Playing: Improvisation

Chapter 15: Ten Top Tunes to Put Your Skills to Good Use

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Chapter 16: Ten Tempting Tips on Tempo to Increase Your Playing Speed

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