In this video, Hayes Griffin shows you how to play sixths using the G major scale. This exercise is designed to:
1) improve right hand accuracy by playing non-adjacent strings
2) improve left hand strength and dexterity by playing the familiar major scale in a fresh way
After this lesson, you...
Ever been confused by someone at a jam asking you to kick off a tune with 4 potatoes?
In this video, instructor Hayes Griffin shows you the only technique you’ll ever need to kick off a bluegrass or old time fiddle tune - potatoes! And just to be clear from the get-go, you can leave your...
In this week’s episode, Magnus and Hayes are discussing:
- Magnus’ new Academy release Covid Fever. This tune is a new composition and his first bluegrass fiddletune, inspired by Bill Monroe.
- If you could take a lesson with any player out there, who would it be and...
In this video, I’m showing you how to play the jazz-blues Jethro’s Jungle in the key of D-major. This is a original of me, Magnus Zetterlund, and we are using some double stops and typical jazz and swing mandolin phrases.
In Mandolin Secrets Academy you’ll find:
- Sheet...
Here’s a live concert video from Swedish folk music ensembles Nordic and Folk’Avant. We are performing Minous Vals by me, Magnus Zetterlund. The concert was recorded at Palladium in Malmö, in November 2021.
In Mandolin Secrets Academy you’ll find:
- Sheet music/tabs
- ...
This video shows you how to do the Ghost Note Strum, a percussive technique that I use a lot for a more expressive mandolin style.
A ghost note has a rhythmic value but not a pitch. So, when you mute the strings with your fretting hand and strike them with the pick, that is a ghost note.
We are...
In this video, Hayes Griffin shows you how to spice up the fiddle tune “Angeline the Baker” with some right hand arpeggiation, also known as “crosspicking.”
In Mandolin Secrets Academy you’ll find:
- Sheet music/tabs
- Play-a-long track
- How-to-play-instructions
In this week’s episode, Magnus and Hayes discuss:
• What is crosspicking?
• What are the most essential components of your practice space?
• Some favorite cleaning/maintenance products for your instrument.
• ...
We want to embrace the opportunity with the start of a new year to set some good mandolin and guitar goals. In this video, I will share some tips for making your own SMARTER goals that will set you up for a successful 2022.
In this week’s episode, Magnus and Hayes catch up after the New Year, discussing:
- Do you have any New Year's resolutions for music?
- Do you have any tips for fingerboard mapping (memorizing the notes on the fingerboard)?
- Magnus new cross picking arrangement of Auld Lang Syne
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In this video, Hayes Griffin shows you how to play the chords to the swing standard “Sweet Georgia Brown.”
This song is nearly a century old and has become a favorite jam tune in jazz, swing, Western swing, and even bluegrass circles!
At the end of the lesson, you will know how to...
In this video, I play an arrangement of Auld Lang Syne. I’m using the cross-picking technique, including the melody in the top-line and the bassline. To learn more about the cross-picking approach, see our complete course, Mandolin Crosspicking.
In Mandolin Secrets Academy you’ll...
