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 G___     ___      ___     ___        ___     ___      ___     ___
    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |
A||------0---------------------------|-------0---3--------0--------------
||o-5-------5---3----2-------2---3--|---5-----------5--------5---2---3--
||o----------------------5----------|-----------------------------------
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
    |_______|        |_______|          |_______|        |_______|

     ___     ___      ___     ___       D___     ___    G         ___
    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |            |   |
--------0---------------------------|-----------------------------------
----5-------5---3----2---0-------2--|---0-----------0------------2---3--
-----------------------------5------|-------5---4--------5--------------
------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
    |_______|        |_______|          |_______|        |_______|

     ___     ___      ___     ___        ___     ___      ___     ___
    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |
--------0---------------------------|-------0---3--------0--------------
----5-------5---3----2-------2---3--|---5-----------5--------5---2---3--
-------------------------5----------|-----------------------------------
------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
    |_______|        |_______|          |_______|        |_______|
                    1_________________________ 2_______________________
  _   _    _   _    |   D_   _   G    _       ||   D_   _   G    _
 | | | |  | | | |   |   | | | |      | |      ||   | | | |      | |
---0----------------|-------------------------||----------------0-1----|
-5---5-3--2-0---2---|---0-----0------2-3-----o||---0-----0-------------|
--------------5-----|-----5-4----5-----------o||-----5-4----5----------|
--------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|
 |___|    |___|         |___|    |___|             |___|    |___|

    C___     ___      ___     ___       G___     ___     C___     ___
    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |
B||--3---5---3---1----0-----------0--|----------------------------0---1--
||o----------------------5---3------|---5---3---2---5----3---5----------
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
    |_______|        |_______|          |_______|        |_______|

     ___     ___      ___     ___       G___     ___     C        ___
    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |            |   |
----3---5---3---1----0-----------0--|----------------------------0---1--
-------------------------5---3------|---5---3---2---5----3--------------
------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
    |_______|        |_______|          |_______|        |_______|

     ___     ___      ___     ___       G___     ___     C___     ___
    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |
----3---5---3---1----0-----------0--|----------------------------0---1--
-------------------------5---3------|---5---3---2---5----3---5----------
------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
    |_______|        |_______|          |_______|        |_______|
                    1_________________________ 2_______________________
  _   _    _   _    |   G_    _   C     _     ||   G_   _   C    _
 | | | |  | | | |   |   | |  | |       | |    ||   | | | |      | |
-3-5-3-1--0-----0---|------------------0-1----||----------------------||
------------5-3-----|---5-3--2-5--3----------o||---5-3-2-5--3---2-3---||
--------------------|------------------------o||----------------------||
--------------------|-------------------------||----------------------||
 |___|    |___|         |____|    |____|           |___|    |___|

After B, play this as a lead-in back to A:
    G___     ___      ___     ___       D___     ___     G
    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |
--------0---------------------------|---------------------------------||
----5-------5---3----2---0-------2--|---0-----------0-----------------||
-----------------------------5------|-------5---4--------5------------||
------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
    |_______|        |_______|          |_______|        |_______|

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Bruce Bernhart more tuning tips and whole/half steps

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Bruce Bernhart lesson on scales, circle of 5ths and meter

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Bruce Bernhart mandolin chord diagrams

Bruce Bernhart on modern emergence of the mandolin

Bruce Bernhart on simple chords

Bruce Bernhart on whole and half-note steps on the mandolin

Bruce Bernhart mandolin practice excercises
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