Constant 8th Notes Exercise - Improve your Right Hand technique - Mandolin lesson

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This is a lesson for any standard of mandolin player to try to help you improve your right hand technique. A good right hand is a constantly moving right hand. So to get your hand doing what it should, you can try to play everything as constant 8th notes/quavers. We'll start with some easy scales and work up through 3 levels of difficulty so there is something to challenge every standard of mandolin player.
0:00 Introduction
01:16 Starting Exercises
04:43 Why is this helpful?
07:22 Level 1 Old Joe Clark
09:49 Level 2 Will the Circle be Unbroken
11:47 Level 3 Panhandle Rag
14:11 Summary

[@virginiaselski1426]

Love the way you teach

[@TSSNitb]

Good reminder: exercises matter. My warm up, of late, has been all scales and arpeggios. Thanks, too, for "Panhandle Rag." I've heard of it for years, but never had a go at it. Might be a new favorite.

[@Zironokaunto]

Just to be 100% clear : I love a good nerdy exercise. Exactly what I needed too!

[@MandoMikeLessons]

Great to hear!

[@brianm556]

Another great lesson, Mike. I always look forward to your content! Thanks! 👍

[@MandoMikeLessons]

Glad to hear it!

[@HAIS-hr3lz]

This technical stuff is so interesting. God lesson sir!

[@MandoMikeLessons]

Thanks!

[@ianskeldon1091]

Another really useful lesson Mike . Thanks.

[@MandoMikeLessons]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@SamFugarino]

Thanks Mando Mike!

[@MandoMikeLessons]

Thanks!

[@chrisbooth912]

Great lesson Mike. I was thinking about triplets when I was watching and you mention that constant 8th note right hand is not to be used during jigs .. but what about reels or solos that contain triplets? thanks

[@MandoMikeLessons]

Hi Chris. For jigs the exercise would become DUD DUD DUD DUD no matter what the melody is. Triplets are different every single time you play them, so you wouldn't really have this exercise with any form of triplet....pick a tune without triplets :) Cheers! Mike

[@paulinemcalpine7503]

Quavers suits us in NZ.

[@MandoMikeLessons]

Me too! But unfortunately most people I come across speak in 8th notes and I have bowed to popular convention

[@slackeratslack]

I found it useful to look at the normal music while Mike played the 8th notes.