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Articles of Interest for the Fifths-Tuned Player
Here are some valuable pointers, tips, and wisdom authored by the musical folks here at Groveland (posted for our friends at JazzMando.com)
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When is a #9 NOT a #9?
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When we get down to the REAL reason for what we do, it may not make so much sense.
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The Seven Chord Naming Rules
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What is that name implying, and what is it instructing us to do?
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The Theory of Available Tensions
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A distillation of chord/scale behavior and function down to a
simple set of rules
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Fifths, Symmetry and You: Perceptual Economy
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Psychologists have long known that a simple, repeating, predictable pattern
makes things easy for us humans to deal with.
And the mandolin is one big predictable pattern!
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There's really nothing new under the sun.
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It turns out that on all stringed instruments, we can apply
a simple set of steps to any chord "shape" to get
the next inversion of that shape.
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Bon Voyage!
We hope these clues, tips and tricks have helped map out your musical journey on mandolin. To get an even more in-depth,
and extensive lay of the land of mandolin and music theory, check out the Mando ModeExplorer!
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