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Good question.
You’ll want to have licks and rolls that are either 1 measure in length or two measures in length to start.
Once you master those you can create longer combinations.
So if you need three measures you could combine a one measure lick/roll with a two measure lick/roll.
Or play three one measure lick/rolls to create three measures.
Same with four measures. You could play the two measure lick/roll twice.
It all depends on what licks/rolls you already know. At first you’ll be repeating a lot of licks/rolls because your vocabulary will be smaller.
I think of the measures as blocks you can build together to create different amounts of musical time.
If you still have questions let me know.
– Mike
Yes I remember recording this lesson I had issues with the timing of measure 21 as well. It doesn’t translate great to tab.
Yes I use the reverse forward roll all the time. Any time I want to play melodies on the 1st string it’s one of my go-to’s.
– Mike
You got this! It’s fairly common in melodic style and some Scruggs licks. Just takes a bit of time to build up a callous on that part of your thumb.
– Mike
Yes the terms beginner and intermediate are very subjective.
The second solo is drifting into advanced-beginner or beginner-intermediate.
Glad you enjoyed it.
– Mike
Sorry it was giving you trouble. All the videos should play without pausing.
Are you hitting the space bar with your left or right hand?
That would pause the video.
Sorry for the delayed response.
Yes. Here’s the link.
It will be the second video in the series titled Solo #2.
– Mike
Sorry for the delay in response.
Good question. Yes you can do down and up strumming and down and up picking of individual notes.
Using down strokes and up strokes is very important when you want to start playing faster.
If you only use downstrokes (in either strumming or playing notes) you’ll fairly quickly hit a speed wall of how fast you can do that.
By using the upstrokes as well you essentially double the amount of notes you can play with the same amount of right hand movement.
If you still have questions let me know.
– Mike
Good question. They’re similar but slightly different.
Yes the pull-off in 43 you play the first string at the same time as the pull-off.
The pull-off is an 8th note vs. 41 where it’s a 16th note. The 16th note version you pull-off slightly before you pick the first string so you hear the sound of the pull-off a little more.
More importantly though is timing of the right hand picking doesn’t change at all whether you do a 8th note pull-off or a 16th note pull-off. That change is only happening in your left hand.
If you still have questions let me know.
– Mike
The mandolin is tuned to GDAE just like a violin.
How is the 10 string tuned? I’m not familiar with that instrument.
It’s possible that you can tune it similar to a mandolin but I’m not 100% sure.
Mike
Yes, that would definitely work as well as an alternate left hand fingering option. You have to make the transition at some point back down-the-neck to play measure 3.
What I’d recommend is try it a few different ways and see what you like best.
– Mike
Good question. That has to do with the timing of both of those licks.
Lick #4 uses four 8th notes at the end of it which is why we don’t want to use the same finger twice.
Lick #5 however uses two quarter notes at the beginning of it so we actually want to use our same finger twice because this is going to help us not rush through the lick.
You could also play Lick #5 the way you’re describing but it’s important to play that pause between the first two notes.
That’s why using the same finger twice to help slow yourself down can be a good tip.
If you have any other questions let me know.
Mike
