Major Scales in Bluegrass Keys, Part 2

from: Beginning Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddle with Chad Manning

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Major Scales in Bluegrass Keys

Major Scales in Bluegrass Keys, Part 1

Major Scales in Bluegrass Keys, Part 2

Chad starts this video by showing you an exercise in which you play the modes with long bow strokes: a down bow for the ascending octave and an up bow for the descending octave. Then you’ll learn major scales for the bluegrass keys: A, Bb, B, C, D, E, and F.

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