Lesson 4 Mandolin: Basics Your First Melody

by Mickey Cochran

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If you've gotten to this point, and feel extremely comfortable with the previous exercises, you're now prepared to play your first melody. Remember, all numerals represent downstrokes and all "&s" represent upstrokes.

Spirit of '76/The Gal I Left Behind Me

This is a melody that sounds exactly like "The Spirit of 76"...it's based on the same notes as we utilized in our previous "G Scale" exercises...

Finger Positions for the fretting hand:

2nd Fret: Index Finger
3rd Fret: Middle Finger
4th Fret: Ring Finger
5th Fret: Little Finger

Pick Directions:

D = Downstroke
U = Upstroke

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