Mandolin Finger Pattern #1: Low Octave

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Part of the video series: Scales & Finger Patterns for Mandolin

Summary: Playing mandolin scales is easy with these finger pattern tips, get expert advice and a music lesson in this free video.

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Levin Schwartz Levin Schwartz lives in Northampton, Mass., where he spends his days playing music with his band, The Amity Front, and teaching private guitar and mandolin le... read more

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Mandolin Finger Pattern #1: Low Octave

So I've got the metronome set at sixty and the first position is I think about starting with my pinky finger. And so we're going to play Almond in the key of D at the moment. The spacing looks like this. That being the last note, the octave of the original D. Down, we're going to do eight notes now. Three, four. Now we're going to put triplets in there.

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