THIS EXERCISE HELPED ME LEARN THE MANDOLIN FRETBOARD! | Arpeggio exercise for the mandolin

This arpeggio exercise helped me become familiar and comfortable with the entire mandolin fretboard, from its lowest note to its highest! Even though this exercise is simple, it helps to improve shifting, clarity, and agility. And not only that! Learning this exercise will give you a better understanding of how the mandolin fretboard works and how to easily maneuver up and down the neck.
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[@bbossmix]

So good tranning video . ❤

[@jasonmiller5030]

Emma, you are spot on with this! Really great lesson and tip!

[@emmabordersmusic]

Thank you!

[@dr.p3637]

Hi Emma! Thank you so much for your teaching. I am an old guitar player pushing 60 and I am learning a ton from you on my mandolin. As I've gotten older, I've really enjoyed playing almost exclusively acoustic instruments, and this mandolin is a true joy. You make it that much better and I surely appreciate you.

[@emmabordersmusic]

I’m so glad you have found this helpful! The mandolin is a wonderful instrument, and I’m glad to hear you are enjoying it:)

[@davidmccue3591]

So I have this page in one of my beginner mandolin books called "movable arpeggio exercise for any key." The explanation is terrible and I haven't been able to see exactly how it's done. Watching this video a second time I can see you're describing very well what my book is _trying_ to describe. Thanks again. This is very good.

[@emmabordersmusic]

You’re welcome! So glad you found it helpful!

[@Harpmando]

This is a very valuable lesson for me. I know arpeggios and use them with double stops and the pentatonic scale to play lead breaks at Bluegrass Jams but I didn't know how to play them all the way up the neck. I bought the sheet music from your website, watched your video and practiced all afternoon. I have the pattern down now and it's actually fun playing those arpeggios. I'm going to be a hit at the next Bluegrass Jam. Thank you Emma!

[@emmabordersmusic]

Wow that’s awesome to hear!!

[@jonathanvaughan453]

Great stuff! This, along with the Jethro Shapes, helps quite a bit.

[@PanteRan]

A very instructive lesson...thanks

[@emmabordersmusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@justinpillay5506]

Thank you for the lesson. This is my second day of practising from this tutorial and I am enjoying the sound I am making on my mandolin😄

[@emmabordersmusic]

Wow that’s awesome!!

[@gabithemagyar]

Another great exercise ! Purchased and downloaded. Together with the warmup exercise you loaded recently for octave mandolin this should go a long way towards my getting to know the fretboard better and getting me shifting. :-)

[@emmabordersmusic]

Wow thank you! Yes, I hope so! This arpeggio exercise served me very well in my journey of learning mandolin and becoming comfortable moving around the fretboard. It is good for so many different aspects of mandolin learning!

[@davidmcgowan103]

Brilliant lesson, thank you. Can't wait to icorporate this into my music. Ive watched so many videos on arpeggios but yours makes it soooo musical 🎵

[@emmabordersmusic]

Thanks so much!

[@tommyl4444]

Thanks for this lesson
I’m a new mandolin player and it was very helpful to make it all make sense .

[@emmabordersmusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@robertaldunate9232]

Very helpful. Thank You Emma

[@emmabordersmusic]

You’re welcome!

[@ArtNut-o2z]

I really think this will help me sooo much. Thanks for taking your time and being sooo clear!

[@emmabordersmusic]

I’m so glad!!

[@rosendosimonesteve8276]

Hello Emma and thanks for sharing your knowledge!!! By the way, It would be possible in your arpeggios fingering to use the pinky instead of the ring finger? I come from the classical guitar world and I wonder if there is any reason to avoid using the pinky. Again, good job!!!

[@emmabordersmusic]

Thank you! You technically could use the pinky finger, but with the spacing of the mandolin, it would be a little cramped and that is not typically the way that you would finger arpeggios.

[@Gilbert0Jimenez]

Great lesson!

[@emmabordersmusic]

Thanks!

[@davidmccue3591]

Great video.

[@emmabordersmusic]

Thank you!

[@timschacht7598]

Isn’t the opposite direction (CCW) on the Circle of 5ths, the Circle of 4ths?

[@emmabordersmusic]

Correct! It is!

[@jasonmiller5030]

Emma is your Collings an MT or an MT 2?

[@emmabordersmusic]

That’s a good question…I honestly don’t know😂

[@umbertocapasso67]

interesting exercize and that beautiful eyes ....

[@Patrick_1r]

Blue and green are definitely your colors.