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Lesson 3: The Major Scale
Intro to Music Theory
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BIG TIMBER, MONT. — Organizers have announced the First Annual Sweetgrass Music Camp for September 18-22, to be held at the picturesque J Bar L Crazy D Ranch in Melville, [...]
CONCORD, N.H. — The 21st annual David Surette Mandolin Festival will present four masters of the mandolin — Carlo Aonzo, Joe K. Walsh, Keith Murphy, and Dan Bui — in [...]
PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — Acoustic Disc has announced the release of Songs of our Fathers, Live, by David Grisman and Andy Statman, recorded live at the John Harms Center in [...]
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Adhyâropa Records announces a May 24 release of Jacob Jolliff’s Instrumentals Vol. 2: Mandolin Mysteries, a follow up to his influential 2018 release, Instrumentals, Vol. 1, his [...]
JOLIET, ILL. — In a groundbreaking move that will redefine the landscape of the musical instrument case industry, Calton Cases and [...]
Multi-instrumentalist/composer JOE BRENT, Grammy-nominated violinist SARA CASWELL, and bassist ANDREW RYAN reunite in their latest collection of string-centric, progressive jazz and improvised music. NEW YORK CITY — One of the [...]
Carter Vintage Guitars Celebrates New Showroom with Marcus King Performance & Album Teaser NASHVILLE, TENN. — Carter Vintage Guitars celebrated the grand opening of its new location in the historic [...]
ROCKVILLE, MD. — Jazz mandolinist Tom Wright has announced the release of his newest project entitled Tailwind Live. About the project Wright told us, "These are the tunes from my [...]
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIF. — Crossrock Case Company has announced the availability of two new carbon fiber mandolin cases slated for a summer release, both available for viewing and pre-ordering [...]
SURFSIDE BEACH S.C. — The 9th Annual Alan Bibey Mandolin Camp, including Guitar & Bass tracks, will be held Oct 23-25, 2024. Joining Alan [...]
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Today’s mandolin song breakdown focuses on another classic, Soldier’s Joy. While this is a bluegrass staple, it’s roots are mostly Scottish from around 1760 or so. Like a lot of [...]
Lately I’ve been working with beginner jammers as an assistant to a Wernick style jam in Seattle. It’s been a real fun few weeks and I’ve found that I learned [...]
Today’s mandolin song breakdown will be focusing on Jerusalem Ridge. Often this tune is considered a jam buster due to it’s length and complex melody. Aside from having 4 parts, [...]
Today’s mandolin song breakdown covers the fantastic song Angeline the Baker. I first heard the Crooked Still version of this tune which is a great variation with a few quirks. [...]
Learning mandolin chord shapes can seem tricky but an easy start is to focus on some of the basic chord shapes. In this series, I’m going to cover various chord [...]
Today’s song breakdown covers one of the first bluegrass tunes I can remember learning – There’s More Pretty Girls Than One. The simple melody and chord structure on this tune [...]
Today’s mandolin song breakdown is Garfield’s Blackberry Blossom (which is not the same as “Blackberry Blossom”). The main story of how this song came to be is essentially that general [...]
Continuing the series of “songs I should know, but don’t” today I’m covering the classic mandolin fiddle tune Big Mon by Bill Monroe. This tune is a pretty straight forward, [...]
Today’s mandolin song breakdown is on the Tim O’Brien tune the High Road. I was introduced to this tune in the Seattle bluegrass jam at Outlander Brewing late 2022 I [...]
Pop quiz hot shot – you’re at a friendly bluegrass jam and the leader just called a song you don’t know and only said “it’s in G” before they started [...]
Octave mando is just a bigger mandolin - all the notes, sheet music, frets, etc... are exactly the same, it's just bigger! Octave mando is great for backing up your [...]
In this video, I want to show you a clean jazz lick in the key of F-major. This lick is a standard jazz 2-5-1 line I learned from the [...]
// In this week’s episode, Magnus and Hayes are discussing: What is one of the most frustrating things you’ve had to overcome in music and how did you do [...]
Welcome to our bluegrass mandolin lesson! In this tutorial, we're diving deep into the classic tune "Lonesome Moonlight Waltz" by the legendary Bill Monroe. For the rhythm we'll be [...]
In this video, I want to show you good exercises to improve your tremolo playing. This mandolin technique is a measured tremolo with a six-note subdivision played very smoothly [...]
Strumming into the world of Bluegrass mandolin? Dive into 'Fisher's Hornpipe' with this comprehensive chords lesson! In this tutorial, we'll explore the fundamental chords needed to play Fisher's Hornpipe [...]
Welcome to this bluegrass mandolin lesson! In this video, we'll dive into the beautiful and haunting melody of "Lonesome Moonlight Waltz." Throughout this tutorial, we'll break down each section [...]
Download free tabs: https://www.mandolinsecrets.com/fastfingerbounce In this live video replay, I’m sharing one of my favourite exercises for building speed. The Good Stuff From These Exercises: • Build strength and [...]
In this mandolin video lesson, I show you how to play the chords and bassline for a traditional Swedish fiddle tune called Hultkläppens Am Polska (the A-minor polska by [...]
I'm honored to give a mandolin masterclass at the biggest YouTube channel in our genre, Mando Lessons. My friend Baron Collins Hill inspired me to share my thoughts on why you [...]
In this video, I'll show you how to play the rare but excellent C-part of Fisher's Hornpipe. I learned this part from mandolin maestro Butch Baldassari. For me, the [...]
The 12th ARTE International Mandolin Festival & Competition took place in October 2022. Roi Dayan from Israel won the first prize, Marine Moletto from France won the second prize, and [...]
Charlotte Kaiser, a young mandolin player from Germany, has just published her first album “Poems for Mandolin” The album begins with the Concertinho Colibri by Hamilton de Holanda in an arrangement [...]
Carlo Munier is one of the important composers for the mandolin. In his book “Il Nuovo Stile dei Duetti per mandolino solo, Op.278 ” he has studied the possibilities of the [...]
The Mülheimer Zupforchestra is one of the best mandolin orchestras in Germany. The anniversary concert for 40 years has been filmed and is available as a youtube video. The orchestra [...]