TablEdited by rik diasU A0 @ P       ` p      @ 0 @ P      ` p      @p% % % % % 0& @& P& `& & & & & ' ' ' (@(((0 1 1 01 @1 P1 1 1 1 1 2 `2 p2 2 2 2 4@444P= `= p= = = = > > > 0> @> > > > > > @@@@@H H I I 0I I I I I @J PJ `J pJ J J J L@LLLpT T T T T T T 0U @U PU `U U U V V V X@XXX0` @` P` `` p` ` ` ` a a a a a a a a d@dddl l l 0l @l Pl l l l l l `m pm m m m p@pppx x px x x x x x x x x y 0y @y Py `y |@|||   0 @ P ` p        Ї @   ` p      0 @ P   Г @    ` p     0 @ P   П @  0 @ P ` p   Щ       @    ` p     0 @ P ж   @0       @ P `    p   @One of the thousand benefits i had from kamp was meeting carlo aonzo , what a character! inspired by his scale and a chromatic exercise ive been doing for a long time - i even exchanged it with fred keller(another great chap! ) at kamp - i decided to develop a practice of my own that i think might help many comandos , from beginners to advanced players. it will surely help people to upgrade many aspects of playing such as: finger strength, scale vision on the fretboard, cross picking ,dexterity, rhythm counting, 16ths fluency stamina, picking prowess through acting with different number of notes per string , etc..... the exercise is written in F major , although it starts on its third note A on the G string. it might be done in any scale , be it closed or open stringed . and it should be done in many , for a true fretboard vision to be developed. due to difficulties in saving , ive only written it until the second position , but it should be done until the fretboard becomes impossible to reach and then , back to the nut. that is , involving the same scale in ALL positions.... a good trial would be to do the exercise backwards , but that`s another story... speed - very slowly at the begining , preferably with a metronome . i included a drum pad sound at the first note of the 16ths cell , for better rhythm counting. with time , as you wish , you may set it up to whatever speed you feel confortable....advanced players might get to it faster. Ricardo Dias , Brazilc w") '.5).38Mandolin GDAEcbt #!*"'/+4))))percussion