In this mandolin video lesson, I give you a powerful exercise you can use for any music. We are exaggerating the upstroke, emphasizing the backbeat of the music.
This exercise will increase your picking hand movement and improve your technique for volume, drive, timing, and speed.
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Nothing is better than jamming some fiddle tunes with your friends!
In this video, Magnus Zetterlund and Mikael Grund play a bluegrass fiddle tune called Big Sciota. The melody is really cool, wandering from G-major to E-minor in an interesting way.
Thanks to Hayes Griffin for teaching me...
In this mandolin video lesson, I show you how to play the harmony for a traditional Swedish fiddle tune called Vals efter Pål Karl. This dance tune is a waltz from the region of Älvdalen, Dalarna.
The harmony is quite interesting, following the melody in parallel movements. The...
In this week’s episode, Magnus and Hayes are discussing:
- What is your proudest moment as a mandolin player?
- Do you ever take breaks from playing music? For how long?
- Magnus's new album “Nordic Symphonic”
- Hayes teaching experience at “Steve Kaufman’s...
In this video, I show you how to play the chords, bassline, and rhythm for a mandolin original called Majblomman by me, Magnus Zetterlund. It’s a lively tune that is fun to play.
Majblomman (The Mayflower) is a waltz in A-major with three parts. In this lesson, we are focusing on the chords...
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In this video lesson, I show you how to play a Minuet in G major (BWV Anh. 116) by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is a delightful tune to play on the mandolin and is a lovely introduction to classical and Baroque music, even for jazz, folk, and bluegrass players like me, Magnus Zetterlund.
Our...
In this mandolin video lesson, I give you a melody sequence for the G-major scale. It’s a two-note pattern that is very useful to practice your technique but also in the form of a vocabulary builder that you can use as a lick in your improvisations.
I’m even demonstrating how to...
It's the 100th Anniversary of Bill Monroe's Gibson F-5 mandolin, signed by Lloyd Loar.
His instrument, the Gibson F-5 Master model with serial number 73987, was tested and approved on July 9th, 1923. It has become the most famous instrument in country and bluegrass music history....
In this video, I show you how to play a mandolin original called Majblomman by me, Magnus Zetterlund. It’s a lively tune that is fun to play. Majblomman (The Mayflower) is a waltz in A-major with three parts. In this lesson, we are focusing on the melody for the A and B parts. Pay attention...
In this mandolin video lesson, I give my best tips and exercises for going from backup to lead, chords to melody. This is an essential skill; we must practice it to be as fluent as we like.
I’m demonstrating the exercise with the tune Bill Cheatham, but you can use this concept for...
In this mandolin video lesson, I show you how to play the chords and backup for a traditional Swedish fiddle tune called Vals efter Pål Karl. This dance tune is a waltz from the region of Älvdalen, Dalarna.
The chords used are A5, D, G, and C. The melody is archaic and raw, and the...
