Mandolin Lesson - Major Chord Forms / Chord Inversions

[lynx777]

Great tutorial, I am going to practice

[rcspeedflagon]

GLAD THIS IS HERE I LOVE MY NEW MANDO

[mikek678]

very helpful advice thank (myfirst day with my mandolin) baby steps baby steps thank you!

[karenboney]

look's like you know what your doing. I dont'

[allendupras]

THANKS!!! I've been using many of these chord shapes for awhile now..... But I never looked at them as inversions though..... so I think this will help me a lot!!!! THANKS AGAIN!!!

[MandoMarkinIndy]

@allendupras Work on the inversions for the common chords first like, G, D, A, C etc and then work on the 7th form inversions as well...not to mention the minor forms. The fun never stops!

[Fishyboy14]

dude thank u sooo much im havin a lot of fun playin the chop chords

[GiveMeATaco100]

Heck I can Just learn how to make mandolin chords without watching a video. chord scales

[MandoMarkinIndy]

@GiveMeATaco100 - Those chord scales can get all over the place if you're not careful! ;) Have fun!

[TheEnjoiPandolin]

this might be stupid, but is there a difference between an a-style and f-style? besides the shape?

[MandoMarkinIndy]

@TheEnjoiPandolin - A & F style mandolins were a desigination that Gibson started, A for the teardrop shape and F for the "scrolled" mandolin shape. Both styles can haved either f shaped or round / oval shaped sound holes in the top and both are tuned the same. The F style seems prefered by most because it usually has more punch and because it is what Mr. Monroe played. The A style tends to have a sweeter sound and usually requires less work to build.

[TheEnjoiPandolin]

@MandoMarkinIndy cool, thanks :D

[Mandolin1944]

This is a terrific review of closed mandolin chords and how to choose between them -- esp. good is the way you flash the chord graphic out there -- really useful. I hope you have time to do a lot more of these.

BTW I like the price tag hanging down there! (<: It would drive me crazy but you march on through. What kind of a mando is it?

Greatr job and I can't believe EVERYONE who rated this video did not give it a 5!!!

[MandoMarkinIndy]

Thank you! It's an Eastman mandolin which I sold from my violin shop here in Indy. I have an Eastman F4 and a Ratliff F5 that I usually play.

[Tripleasasino]

stupid and gelous people did it

[t0psecretshit]

oh man i'm a guitarist and want to learn how to play the mandolin. i already know how to tune a mandolin cept how to play. you just taught me how to play with this video! thank you thank you! you saved me a lot of time and money for books or videos! i just need to practice now.

[MandoMarkinIndy]

I'm glad it helped! Keep on pickin'!

[CarlosMacMartin]

Reminds me of the CAGED concept for guitar!

[MandoMarkinIndy]

Exactly! Caged forms, block forms, closed chord forms (which you can always do on the mandolin, 4 strings, 4 fingers...all the bases are covered) are all the same! If you know where one of the 3 forms (the I, III or V) are located on your fingerboard you should then know where to play the other two forms.

[TimeLordGuitar]

sounds crazy,but couldn't you string the mandolin "backwards" and play "normal" guitar chord shapes? as long as the nut is cut right it should work.

[MandoMarkinIndy]

But then your upstrokes would need to be downstrokes and downstrokes, upstrokes....maybe playing while standing on your head looking into a mirror...ok...maybe not...he he...(maybe Mozart pulled it off!?!)

[t0psecretshit]

@TimeLordGuitar i'm going to try that!

[alicelookingglass]

Good stuff, thanksd for taking the time to share your skills.

[babbchuck]

Ha! What's up with the price tag on the mando? Are you moonlighting in the back room of the music store?

Thanks for the vid, well done.

[MandoMarkinIndy]

Good eye on the tag! Actually it's my music store here in Indianapolis!

[GreatBigSlide]

good move on puting the tab pop ups into the video, helps a lot

[gerardimario]

molto chiaro e utile nonostante non capisca molto l'inglese

[MandoMarkinIndy]

Mi fa piacere che è stato utile. La musica è un linguaggio universale!

[ktb22792]

hah this works for guitar too! xD

[chuck1016]

My first mandolin should be here tomorrow. I've been playing guitar for years but know next to nothing about mandolin. Videos like this are a big help. Thanks!

[MandoMarkinIndy]

For guitar guys this may help. The bottom (or lowest sounding)open four strings of a guitar are the same open four notes of the mandolin flipped upside down. A guitar is E A D G and a mandolin is G D A E. For example, your fretting on the basic guitar "G" chord on the bottom four strings is (these are fret numbers) 3 2 0 0 (0=open) and on the mandolin the same chord form flipped is 0 0 3 2 (again, fret numbers from the nut). The chord forms are the same, just upside down, mirrored or flipped.

[MandoMarkinIndy]

I also call it a "Dyslectics' Delight"!

[MandoMarkinIndy]

*correction* - The G chord for guitar above is correct 3 2 0 0, for mandolin it is 0 0 2 3 (NOT 0 0 3 2) sorry...my error!

[southernwren]

great vid, you need to go just a bit slower.

[MandoMarkinIndy]

Thanks!  Good suggestion!

[condensedmic]

Great video! Thanks.

[MandoMarkinIndy]

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