Fretboard Roadmaps - Mandolin by Fred Sokolow is an instructional guide designed for mandolin players who want to navigate the fretboard with confidence and expand their musical vocabulary. Suitable for players across all levels, this method-focused book introduces essential patterns and practical concepts used by professional musicians, helping players develop fluency in any key and apply ideas in real playing situations.
Built for both learning and musical application, the book combines clear explanations with chord diagrams, standard notation, tablature, and fingering guidance. It includes access to 48 online audio demonstration tracks, allowing players to hear each exercise in context. The PLAYBACK+ features support tempo adjustment, looping, and key changes, making practice more flexible and effective.
Through structured exercises, players strengthen their understanding of chord-based licks, movable major and blues scales, first-position scales, and double stops. The material supports steady technical development while encouraging musical expression, helping players connect patterns across the fretboard and use them naturally in performance or improvisation.
Song List
Can The Circle Be Unbroken * Red River Valley * Amazing Grace * House Of The Rising Sun * Nine Pound Hammer * Arkansas Traveler * Down in the Valley * Streets Of Laredo * Eight Bars and Eight Strings * Gambler's Blues * Rapid Eye Movement * Wreck of Old 97 * The Sloop John B. * Banks Of The Ohio * Great Speckled Bird * Blue Note Boogie * I'm Okay, You're Okay Rag * Sally Goodin' * Red Wing * Wayfaring Stranger * Bury Me Beneath The Willow * K Rations * Speckled Islands * Two-for-Five * Rural Highway * Maggie May Not * Chilly Winds
Whether used for regular practice, skill-building, or expanding fretboard knowledge, it offers a clear and engaging path for mandolin players looking to improve technique and musical understanding.
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Condition: Good. (Guitar). This installment of our popular Fretboard Roadmaps series is a unique book/online audio pack for all mandolin players. The included audio features 48 demonstration tracks for the exercises that will teach players to: play all over the fretboard, in any key; increase their chord, scale and lick vocabulary; play chord-based licks, moveable major and blues scales, first-position major scales and double stops; and more! Includes easy-to-follow diagrams and instructions for all levels of players. The price of this book includes a unique code that provides access to audio tracks online, for download or streaming. The tracks include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right available exclusively from Hal Leonard. Seller Inventory # 00104694182
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Condition: Good. (Guitar). This installment of our popular Fretboard Roadmaps series is a unique book/online audio pack for all mandolin players. The included audio features 48 demonstration tracks for the exercises that will teach players to: play all over the fretboard, in any key; increase their chord, scale and lick vocabulary; play chord-based licks, moveable major and blues scales, first-position major scales and double stops; and more! Includes easy-to-follow diagrams and instructions for all levels of players. The price of this book includes a unique code that provides access to audio tracks online, for download or streaming. The tracks include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right available exclusively from Hal Leonard. Seller Inventory # CIN0634001426G
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