Switching Backup to Melody // Mandolin Technique Lesson
Jun 29, 2023In this mandolin video lesson, I give my best tips and exercises for going from backup to lead, chords to melody. This is an essential skill; we must practice it to be as fluent as we like.
I’m demonstrating the exercise with the tune Bill Cheatham, but you can use this concept for any music you play.
A few of my pro tips are:
- Keep the melody in your head all the time.
- Make TIMING the no1 priority. Accept sloppiness in tone and melodic lines.
- Play the switching with a tune you know well. Both chords and melody.
In Mandolin Secrets Academy you’ll find:
- Sheet music/tabs
- Play-a-long tracks (MP3)
- How-to-play-instructions
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