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Salt Creek is a great place to start to get to know the very expansive improvisational device of the Infinity Pattern!
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Salt Creek is a great place to start to get to know the very expansive improvisational device of the Infinity Pattern!
Sign up for the monthly workshop here - noyamountainmusic.com/scoop
Please consider supporting this channel by becoming a Patron at
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For the full line of Noya Mountain Music mandolin courses and videos please visit:
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email christopher@noyamountainmusic.com for private lessons or questions.
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![Brand New Mandolin Course Release!! [Monroe Style Jamming 3]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hhDk5YW7_Co/mqdefault.jpg "Brand New Mandolin Course Release!! [Monroe Style Jamming 3]
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MSJ 3 continues the series at a more affordable price for many bluegrass budgets. Since so many folks now use the Strum Machine app, there hasn’t been such a need for as many practice tracks in the workshop, so that instead of each selection having a demo/practice track, there are about half as many of those as in previous courses which helps us offer the course at a lower price.
Each of the selections here are wonderful songs and tunes that are well known by folks in the tradition. The only official Monroe tune is the masterful Golden West, one of his later compositions which has three parts and is very challenging. That’s the only note-for-note tune in the course. The rest of the material focuses on learning the melody in a solid way, then exploring our favorite devices like the Slidey Lick, Staggered Arpeggios, and the Bounce Lick to add some classic Monroe style flavor and texture as we switch and swap and flavor to taste.
If you are not familiar with the main devices, the full teaching videos can be found on the Noya Mountain Music YouTube channel but are also included in the course for convenience. For those looking to explore one of the 12 week courses without breaking the bank, MSJ 3 is highly recommended!")
![Learn Infinity Mandolin Backup [Advanced Bluegrass]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iUHIsctjePU/mqdefault.jpg "Learn Infinity Mandolin Backup [Advanced Bluegrass]
I came up with the name Infinity Pattern as a way to describe the creative feeling I have about this handy arpeggio fingering that starts on a major third. I never heard Bill Monroe do this, but to me it is an extension of the way he would play often two octave arpeggios starting on the root.
Here were looking at the context of two of our favorite teacher songs, Blue Ridge Cabin Home and Your Love is Like a Flower. We use them a lot because they are simple and user-friendly for adapting new concepts in lead and in this case backup.
This Infinirt pattern works well from Eb to A or so coming off the G string and can be adapted in pieces for chords starting on the D string also, but is really optimized for beginning on the G string major third.
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