Who is This For?

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If you wonder if this is for you, try asking these questions:

  • Do you wish you could play over the entire range of your instrument?
  • Are you stuck to playing with open strings?
  • Are you limited in the number of keys you can play in?
  • Do people ask you to play a tune higher or lower but you don’t have that flexibility?
  • Do you find yourself limited because you don’t read music or if you do read music, do you feel limited to only what is on the page in front of you?

If the answer to any of these is yes, Scarpology can help you and we’ll work towards finding freedom and creativity in all these areas.

These courses and lessons are designed for players of stringed instruments tuned in perfect fifths including:

  • Mandolin
  • Mandola
  • Mandocello
  • Octave Mandolin
  • Bandolim
  • Guitarra Baiana
  • 8-string, 4-string, 5-string, 10-string versions of any of these
  • Violin
  • Viola
  • Cello
  • Upright Bass (when tuned in perfect fifths)
  • Tenor Banjo
  • Tenor Guitar
  • Guitar (when tuned in perfect fifths)
  • Bass Guitar (when tuned in perfect fifths)
  • Upright Bass (when tuned in perfect fifths)
  • perhaps more?

While the focus here is on jazz, your musical style may not be jazz at all. Remember that elements of jazz style are found in many other styles. Similarly, many styles are incorporated into jazz. The goal is not to convert you into becoming a jazz player but rather for you to learn to improvise and apply that to your chosen style and also to make use of the full range of your instrument.

If this sounds like it’s a fit, we encourage you to give this a try.