Introduction to Mandolin Lesson 9

Overview"what this lesson is about"

Getting up and running

Getting up and running. In this lesson we look at 2 simple chord patterns using major chords.

Okay so your first look at putting chord patterns together. Remember start slow; get the chords under your fingers then speed up over time. These patterns are played through in the video, which will help show you hand position and posture. These are all tabbed for you and you have the audio.

Watch The Video

Part 1

Part 2

Challenge

In this one we take major chords and add a small bit of simple melody. As with everything we have covered make sure you take it slow and speed it up over time.