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Mandolin Lessons: 1 Fundamentals

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Course Description

Overview

Learn foundations of bluegrass, classical, and Brazilian mandolin. Learn basics like holding and tuning a mandolin, positioning your hands and fingers, and playing simple chords.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
1. Getting Started
  • Introduction to beginner mandolin
  • About the mandolin
  • Sitting position
  • Sitting vs. standing
  • Tuning
2. Right and Left Hand Fundamentals
  • The right hand, part 1
  • The right hand, part 2
  • The left hand, part 1
  • The left hand, part 2
  • Open chords, part 1
  • Open chords, part 2
  • Open chords, part 3
3. Beginner Mandolin Tunes
  • "Old Joe Clark", part 1
  • "Old Joe Clark", part 2
  • "Liberty", part 1
  • "Liberty", part 2
  • "Boil Them Cabbage Down"
  • "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane", basic rhythm, key of G
4. Theory and Exercises
  • Build your own exercise
  • Fun with theory, part 1
  • Fun with theory, part 2
  • "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane", basic rhythm, key of D
  • "I Am a Pilgrim"
  • Finding minor chords
  • Minor chord progression exercise
  • Finding moveable chords
  • The 7th or dominant chords
  • 7th chords as dominants
  • Playing 1-4-5 in minor
5. Chops and Picking
  • Bluegrass chop chords, part 1
  • Bluegrass chop chords, part 2
  • Down and up picking basics
  • "This Little Light of Mine"
  • "Wabash Cannonball"
  • Fiddle tune, "Devil's Dream" in A
  • Banjo tune, "Cripple Creek" in G
Conclusion
  • ArtistWorks and Next Steps

Taught by

Mike Marshall

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