If Elmore James played the mandolin...
Magnus Zetterlund is playing the slide guitar solo by Elmore James on Dust My Broom.
Thanks Dylan Adams for backing track and excellent slide guitar tutorials. 🙏🏻
In this month’s episode, Magnus Zetterlund and Hayes Griffin are discussing:
- When getting started, were you mostly self-taught or did you take lessons?
- What got you to pick up the mandolin the first time?
- Magnus is sharing videos of himself testing out the entire mandolin family: mandolin, ...
Attention folk and bluegrass mandolinists!Â
Dive into the world of classical music with this intermediate-level lesson on J.S. Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 BWV 1007 PrĂ©lude. Â
In this series of lessons, you'll bridge the gap between traditional mandolin styles and classical masterpiece repertoire.
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In this month’s episode, Magnus Zetterlund interviews one of the young mandolin stars in the bluegrass scene, Tristan Scroggins. He is a musician based in Nashville, and we recorded this episode while he’s on tour with Missy Raines’ band.Â
The episode is full of good tips from a profession...
In this video, I will show you an exercise and Ă©tude that will expand your fretboard knowledge and give you more freedom to play confidently across the entire mandolin neck.
Learn a perpetual motion exercise where we play the same arpeggio lick phrase for each dominant chord in all 12 keys, back...
In this month’s episode, Magnus Zetterlund and Hayes Griffin are discussing:
- Â What are your thoughts about the electric mandolin?
-  Hayes’s new video lesson about The OTHER mandolin scale you need to know
- Â What is the most stupid comment you got when you said you play the mandolin?
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In this month’s episode, Magnus Zetterlund and Hayes Griffin are discussing:
- Learning a new instrument.
- 5 Tips for Jam Sessions
- The great online resource for learning the bass guitar, Study Bass by Andrew Pouska
- Things to consider when purchasing an instrument.Â
Here are the web...
This video lesson will strengthen your pinky finger and revolutionize your mandolin playing!Â
Let's accept it. Playing with four fingers is better than using only three fingers.Â
This simple but effective exercise will transform your weak pinky and build your skills from the ground up.
What yo...
In this podcast episode, I(Magnus Zetterlund) am chatting with my student, David Betcher, from Michigan, USA. A few of the subjects we touched upon are:
- Taking one step back to take two steps ahead.
- Learning to play the mandolin as an adult differs from learning to play as a kid.
Visit o...
Play a sequence of chop chords that is perfect for developing comping dexterity.Â
In this mandolin lesson, we'll explore the chords for the classic fiddle tune "Blackberry Blossom”. We are using bluegrass chop chords for the right sound of the back-up rhythm.
Perfect for intermediate mandolin p...
In this month’s episode, Magnus Zetterlund and Hayes Griffin are discussing:
- What is your biggest struggle when it comes to fretboard knowledge?
- How do you visualize scales on the mandolin and guitar? Boxes, finger patterns, etc.Â
- Is there a book you’ve read that was valuable for your musi...
Discover how to create authentic jazz mandolin lines using the popular 3-9 melodic pattern! In this comprehensive lesson, I'll show you:
- How to outline chord changes with this essential jazz technique
- Practical applications for dominant, minor, and Major7th chords
- Music theory talk and playi...
