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Teach a movable 2.5-octave major-scale ‘Jethro’ lick for mandolin to map the fretboard, practice shifting, and warm up in all keys.
Presents an alternative way to visualize and apply the CAGED system on guitar, likely offering a diagram of shapes and connections across the fretboard.
Explains the concept of scale construction and why scales may not always start on the root note.
Teach an exercise to expand jazz chord voicings and begin chord-melody arranging on guitar.
Teach four movable mandolin double-stop shapes for major chords, how to locate root notes, and connect them to chop chord shapes.
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