From the course: Mandolin Lessons: 2 Soloing Ideas & Kickoffs
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Positions
From the course: Mandolin Lessons: 2 Soloing Ideas & Kickoffs
Positions
- Okay, in this song, "Creek Tune" the A part stays right down here in first position as we call it. We'll talk a little bit about positions for a moment. So far everything we've played has been out of first position. All of the tunes we've learned and all of the scales and even most of your chords have been down here in first position. What we mean by positions is if I say third position what I'm talking about is your first finger is going to replace your third finger. So for instance, on this high A note we usually play that with our third finger. If we move our first finger up to that point we now are in third position and this whole B section of Salt Creek starts up here in this third position and then it shifts back to this position which is really second position because your first finger is now playing where your G note would usually be played with your second finger, it's now being played with your first finger and then it shifts back to third position and then it goes to…
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