Mandolin Lesson: Beginner Chords

[Hardrada88]

Very helpful..kinda made my day :) cheers

[SullenVex]

Thanks for getting me started on day1!!!!

Talk about encouraging!!

[harbinger1996]

i want to play so i can be like Shinigami from Soul Eater. Mandolin?

[WoodlandsDrumLessons]

Great video.

[pocketsg6]

I really liked it! GREAT teaching:)

[thekevorchestra]

Thumbs up if wanting to play Winter Winds brought you here..

[CLWHITEHEAD1]

@thekevorchestra Yes! Haha

[nonSteel]

i learned guitar from marty schwartz on youtube....i think Brad Laird is going to be my mandolin teacher...i love living in the 21st century

[crabag]

I'm getting one so thought I'd check this out..

[megs86woo]

You are amazing, I got a cheap mandolin, that came with a book, very confusing, I was ready to give up, then I found you:) so I still have hope. It is my dream to learn to play so, I can play with my grandfather.

[Jordie389]

i just started and my fingers are killing!!! Thanks for the video

[MrGalenlcox]

Thank you!!!!

[TheInvestigator44]

i wanted to say thanks for your lessons . You are a really great teacher I have about 24 guitars but i really like the mandolin this is coming to me pretty easy . I really love the sound the mandolin gives . Thanks again for the good work . ....

[digitalraider]

i like using GOOD DOGS ALWAYS EAT.

[SIwilliamj]

can you play smoke on the water?

[JShan101]

Thank you, you explain it very well.

[CaptainFrobisher]

I have always wanted to learn to play and thank to you I think I can finally do it. Thank you!

[BradGad]

Thanks Brad. The point you made about training the unconscious, and -- bottom line -- you don't want to store any bad habits there is so right, and so important, and so clearly expressed. And it doesn't apply only to the mandolin. Wonderful little video.

[sethkar]

Thanks Brad, really great lessons!

[willbar11]

same chords to the battle of evermore

[foti6958]

that is not a clasic mandolin im greeck belive

me

[ERKRAKANARB]

@foti6958 you cant even spell greek so i doubt it.

[ClareClareClarey]

Just got my mandolin today, lol this is so much more easy than that damn book thing.. I hate those books :l

[ilovezebras126]

Is a mandilin same as a guitar?

[lgmk55]

@ilovezebras126 no theyre both stringed but theyre completely different instruments

[ilovezebras126]

@lgmk55 oh I tought there were alike

[lgmk55]

@ilovezebras126 theyre similar in some ways theyre just different instruments

[shimmershine78]

just got my mandolin for my bday. woot woot holla to brad laird!!!!

[biscottigirls]

wow. I dont even have a mandolin and I'm watching this. I need a life...

[Eldwinn]

@biscottigirls I have a mandolin and have nothing else to do.... its not that much cooler trust me.

[whiplashlightning]

@biscottigirls no, you need a mando! ;)

[whiskeyjack59]

@biscottigirls LOL

[MorganFayth123]

@biscottigirls Haha, same here.

[oldtrout111]

I CAN DO THIS:)

I have never even held one!

Thank you for the great lessons (i'm goin mandolin shopping)!

[noplacetohideo]

whats a good begginer mandolin?

[mrwelch1234]

@noplacetohideo

Check guitar center's website. They have some great mandolins for as little as $150. I recently got the epiphone mandolin and it is fantastic.

[Kaetynglah]

I AM GETTING ONE OF THIZ !!!! sooner or later~ xD thank you ~

[shiflettoshifletto]

I bought an ol' 1935 F5 mandolin at a garage sale... don't know how to pick it so im gonna take it to the Goodwill.

[mer7389]

@shiflettoshifletto :O give it to me!

[darthgreivous]

Thank you so much for this. I just got my mandolin today and because of you guys not only do I know how to properly tune my mandolin. I also know how to play a few chords. :D

[kfs4piano]

love this awesome vidio!!

[ninenine909]

Everybody should learn Paul McCartney's Dance Tonight as their first song on mandolin. Perhaps the simplest and most entertaining beginners song ever.

[love2flip916]

I can't play the mandolin . :( I'm trying to hut it's hard especially when the Internet won't tell me anything .

[Curvaceous81]

i just bought my very first mandolin. i have never played one but have wanted to for years! it will be coming in the mail in the next few days so i am so excited to get started learning. your videos have been the best i have been able to find. thank you for sharing!

[PhilAwful]

you played f minor instead of f major

[bluesboydude]

HA! i've been looking for hours but i found it! a mandolin lesson from god! i mean.. brad laird.. THANK YOU GOD!

[Smosherino]

hah, i bought mine for £15 off someone who bought it for 80 :)

pure win. now i'm so pro.

[timmysone]

gr8 - thanks Brad

[lusiaustin]

Thanks SO much Brad for that! I just bought an Epiphone Mandolin today and have never played in my life. My dad and I sat here, watched this and then took turns at playing all the chords. You made it so easy to learn - THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[MrJwomble]

thnk you brad!

[REDTVCanada]

Thank-you. Great lessons. Really appreciate your approach. Cheers.

[WorldWideDiscussions]

Thanks! Im learning to play :)

[AlexinWonderland10]

I've been wanting to learn mandolin for a while now, thank you so much!! :)

[Juicefani11]

@AlexinWonderland10 A broken dream for me to play mandolin... Mandolin is made for small-fingered people, who, unlike me, are happy...

[ChroniZSWE]

@Juicefani11 Believe me. mandolin is not made for small fingers. you just have to find your own ways to put the chords. I rarely use my indexfinger. but use my little finger almost all the time to be able to use the chords. it hurts like h*ll in the beginning. but with time u get used to it =)

[Juicefani11]

@ChroniZSWE I have been fighting with my mandolin for over two years already... :) I know some chords.

[mohitl1985]

@Juicefani11 I know so many huge & fat fingered people who play mandolin effortlessly and also know so many small fingered people who play the widest possible chords on a guitar ! It doesnt matter ! Just keep trying buddy :)

[Juicefani11]

@mohitl1985 You mean people like Ricky Skaggs? He has been playing mandolin since he was a kid playing with Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt.. :)

[mohitl1985]

@Juicefani11 Dude check out this video of a guy with big fat fingers playing the mandolin .. just type on Youtube : 'Mandolin strum patterns'

[magdalena7]

hi, i'm just learning the mandolin and I am not familiar with all the terms yet. but the very last, smallest string on my mandolin sounds in tune with the other one until i try to play, they it sounds VERRRYY off key. What am I doing wrong? I tuned it yesterday w/ a BL video and everything else sounds good. is my string bad?

[CandyliciousMusic]

Thats very cool Brad!

You are a great teacher!

I am a guitar player and just thought about adding a Mandolin to my family of guitars but have never tried it before. Not only that you sold me the Mandolin now you are absolutely right with your teaching tricks - I can tell from myself - to slow it down to avoid false memories in the brain. THANKS! Best Danny

[TheEventQueen]

I will be getting my mandolin for Christmas in just 16 very long days! Can't wait. I love your simple yet clear teaching style. I will be signing up for the premium lessons once I get my mando!

[omoshiroidayo]

i prefer claasic songs such as by vivaldi. there are no chords, only single tones, what sounds much more cooler

[twiddle7125]

Does anyone have any recommendations on where and what mandolin to buy? I'm looking to play almost exclusively baroque music. I'm an experienced violinist and I'm able to pick up string instruments quickly.

[ObamasAsianSon]

Thanks this video helped me write my first mandolin song i just did

[donangelus]

Hey Mr. Laird!

Thanks a lot!

=D

[rdphippo]

"before you know it, these will be filed away in your subconscious mind" i love how he words these things but it is totally relevant, no harm intended to mister laird haha thanks for the help!

[mammothfire]

lol one chord per day

[TheBeatlesboy1]

Thanks a million I just got a mandolin today and that was really helpful

[irishelk1]

what make of mandolin is that??? i have an "Ozark" are they any good??

[mypalsatan]

wait so mandolin tuning is straight fifths? GDAE?

[spamount028]

@mypalsatan YES. GDAE.

GOLDEN DONKEY ATE ELEPHANT.

SIMPLE. JUST LIKE ME. JOHNNY BOY

[athull08]

@spamount028 "Golden Donkey Ate Elephant", lol, that's brilliant!!!

Can you think of a phrase to remember how to tune for "Dance Tonight" by Paul McCartney, because that song is played in lower tuning. Can you think of a phrase for FCGD?

[TheEnjoiPandolin]

@athull08 Fuck Condoms Go Debauch

[masrawy2400]

@mypalsatan seventh

[Ottmar555]

I prefer playing this chords on the violin

[jazminestryder]

So thats what that sounds like... :) My friend is trying to learn the mandolin

[primaprimotv]

thank you for helping wipe away the fog of mystery that surrounds the mandolin.

[supafly1982]

ahhhh my fingers, i hope they will harden up with practice :)

[AnotherWob]

i hate this! my girlfriend discovered these lessons and now i can't get my mandolin back!

[conombnm]

@AnotherWob HAHA!!! Get another Mandolin and you and your GF can teach each other to play. That would be really cute ^_^

[romekdo77]

Whahaha

[javieralza]

@AnotherWob lol'z, mandolin rules!!!

[BeastlyNinja4life]

@AnotherWob Haha just be like bitch gimme my mandolin back XD

[ssbphotography]

@AnotherWob finally! proof that mandolins ARE chick magnets

[segroves]

@AnotherWob Hahah! Dang man.

[Struwelpeter62]

PS...My mandolin is a Rogue like Grantalonus below.

[Struwelpeter62]

I just bought a mandolin package based on this video. I've played rhythm accoustic electric for 24 + years. Was worried about my fat fingers not being able to fit the small frets. Well, this video made it look easy (at least the key of G) and now...my mandolin came yesterday, and already I've learned 6 chords based on the chart that came with it. Thanks Brad and to you beefcake....you started something. The rest of my band may never forgive you though....now we'll have to learn bluegrass.

[BraedenX]

Cool thanks!! :D

[ConorH725]

2:04

[ilwilis]

thanks a lot

[BlueSuedeTom]

Simple! FANTASTIC, lesson.

[athull08]

The brain is a muscle??????? News to me

[Grantalonus]

I just got a cheap Rogue mandolin today. I got the bridge lowered and it's tuned, thanks to you! I've never played before today, but your chords are helpful! BTW, i'm a long time guitar player. Thanks Brad!

[Duratror]

This is very helpful. Thanks a lot!

Actually, if you play guitar, these patterns are very familiar. The tuning is like the first four strings of the guitar, only mirrored. The shapes for the mandolin C and G chords are also identical to the basic guitar counterparts (once again, only mirrored).

[phorestboundservant]

Hi Brad Laird!!!!!!!!!

[CarlosMacMartin]

I also like to add that there's really no point in

buying a high cost instrument (unless you have

money to spend) when you can get a decent level

student instrument to start out on.There's some

nice beginner mandolins to view at the Mandolin

Hut.I'd say shop around before you buy anything!

[GermanDulcimer]

Thanks for your good hints!

[GermanDulcimer]

oh, and by the way. They sell pink mandolins there.pink.mandolins. Murder....

[CarlosMacMartin]

Yeah,unless it's for a little girl!

[CarlosMacMartin]

There's no shame in shopping online.You just

have to know what to look for.I always compare

prices of local shops to online shops & usually

get better deals online.I recently bought a Enorez

brand mandolin off of Ebay.There's plenty of good

quality student mandolins starting at around $60.

[KashmirLedZeppelin]

I'm a guitar player but thinking of taking up mandolin also.

any ideas or advice on starting or buying a first mandolin?

[Arabesque89]

It might sound shady, but I just bought my first mandolin off Craigslist. With enough patience, you can get some pretty good deals off of there. But if you're pickier, maybe stick with a traditional music store.

[rickydundee16]

thanx

[alfredobass]

this is really helpful. thanks!

[MrYohno]

excellent, thankyou very much.

[fuckedsociety]

well i play acoustic guitar but im dieing to learn mandolin, is it going to be a challenge or is it similar to guitar

[isaia1234567]

THANKS FOR THE LESSONS

[hilocomtoot]

Sorry Brad, but my 55 years of playing the classical piano has softened the ends of my fingers to such a degree that I'd never be able to play a basic C Maj chord on this Mandolin. It was fun but it looks like I better stick with the Steinway and place this instrument on eBay. I thank you kindly for your time making your great videos!!!

[MichaelaKillik]

Yeah, I hear most pianists can't switch over to mandolin, guitar, or any instrument of that nature because of the issue you brought up. I suggest trying the ukulele because they don't use steel strings and it may be easier on your fingers.

[LordofTheSixString]

Not entirely true. After four years of classical piano training I was able to pick up the guitar easily. But I suppose it wasn't easy my fingers bled over my high action cheap-ass broke stratacoustic but piano certainly helped my notation and learning curve so 50-50.

[MichaelaKillik]

I wasn't saying that the musical skills learned on the piano weren't helpful, just that many pianists aren't willing to put up with the pain to learn a string instrument. You are a great example of the exception.

[MightyHatter]

Thanks. I am also a guitar player who played the violin many years ago. mandolin tuning is the same as violin tuning, so that kinda helps me.

I think there are a couple of different things here - trained musicians like myself think more about what notes we are playing; others think more about shapes. Both work just as well.

And finally, the word is "proprioception". It means knowledge of the whereabouts of one's own body parts. It's fascinating and far more complex than mandolin playing!.

[adadrost]

Cool!! My father has an old mandoline and now finally I can play something on it. I tuned it with one of your ither vids and now I'm trying to learn some chords :-) Thank you!!

[budd686]

I would love to play some mandolin. I got fingers the size of twinkies and I have an awful time with the tiny neck :-/

[jefjef5]

thank you. i am a guitar player and this is so different.

[jazminesantos]

very helpful, thank you :)

[EvilEddtheRed]

Nice intro to the mandolin. He's slightly wrong about muscle memory though - there is a thimg called proprioperception, which is the body's way of recognising where parts of the body are in relation to each other, and can be trained. If you practice touching your nose with your eyes shut, you get better at it. He's right in the fact that the memory doesn't reside in the muscle; but the learning takes place via the interaction of the nerves in the muscle with those in the brain and spinal cord.

[moejoe04]

you're an ass, don't take things so literally

[EvilEddtheRed]

thanks for the advice, you've improved my life immeasurably.

[ThePhenomenologists]

Great video!! If you close your eyes and listen, he sounds just like Billy bob thorton.

Alot of useful tips. Thanks Brad!!

[RatherCrunchyMuffin]

HAHA never noticed

[Buzzcutx]

Great job,

[gypsyblues93]

really helpfull, thanks alot

[firefighterE134]

hey this has been very helpful, thanks for posting these videos. im already doing well with these 3 cords thanks alot..

[BobbyDaFish]

very helpful and great! just got this thing and im already gettin somewhere!

[AzoreanProud]

thx ;)

[nig966]

I can now play a few notes

Thank you

[CMOM381]

Wow..your instruction is very nice..easy to follow and i feel like am learning something Thanks!

[sirant]

Thanks so much! I have been a uke player for years, but mandolin always intimidated me because i thought 8 strings would be too hard.... I bought a mandolin 1 hour ago and I am already rocking, thanks to you! Amazing lessons and I can't wait to start kicking out some mandolin tunes to add to my uke tunes!

Many Many Many Thanks!

[CamaroDrummer69]

thanks man!

[TamerlanePNR]

Which songs can you play with those 3 chords, because I know them well but i don't know any songs that can be played with just those chords.

[melloyellophone]

The only one I know of is "When The Saints Go Marching In". :P

[Hentars]

Thx the video Brad!

[beanerboon]

This is great! Very clear and concise.

[Footpain43]

Thanks for these lessons. I and my 5 year old daughter really appreciate the lessons since we live in the middle of nowhere Maine and have no one available for lessons.

Dr. J. Johnson

[weeweelegs]

excellent, thank you

[DjBleedsColors]

Thanks, can you teach the equivalent to a power chord LOL =p

[DashRipRock0704]

whats bad about this?

[CrackSmokin101]

nothing that I can see. It's a pretty good beginners mandolin lesson.

[AlexLococo]

haha

yeah =P

[countryskys]

thanks for that lesson

loolking forward to learning more

jamie, nfld

[poppacunt]

youre a fantastic teacher for beginners. well done and thanks!

[poeticider]

great lessons- i just got to get used to the chords-its really painful on the fingures at 1st!

[evsynator]

clear and consise ... great lessons . already a guitar player i was hesitating about getting a mandolinn . not now - going to get it today . thanks for the time and effort.

[WONDERSOFCREATION]

Great for a beginner like me!

[lastspitfire]

one of the only videos that actually helped me! good job!

[mandolinbrad]

Thank you, all of you, for your nice comments. I am trying to put out things that are useful. Constructive comments welcome! Happy pickin, ya'll!--Brad

[sabbath994]

i just got my mndolin 1 day ago and i already know how to play 2 songs

[Cyberubinho]

Cogratulations! You're a great teacher and I could learn a lot just with this video.

[HipMom1651]

Am eagerly awaiting my mando in the mail. While searching for instructional videos, I came across yours and stopped looking. Thanks for making this elderly beginner eager to get started!

[TamerlanePNR]

just received my mandolin today, and this helped. Thanks!

[stargazeratdawn]

Bought my mandolin just this afternoon up here in the Lake District of England. Your video is the perfect start for me. Thanks so much.

[slvp123]

I want to thank you so much for your videos. I am just starting out with the mandolin and want to learn so badly, but the book I am using has been confusing to me. I felt like I made great leaps after watching your video. Thanks again. Stephanie in Maryland

[LightningJackKane]

Thank you very much!!! Keep goinng on!!!