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- Do you have a song/tune you're trying to master on mandolin right now?
- Who has a funny/odd/interesting mandolin story to tell? Please share below! đ
- New lessons: Bluegrass Stomp + 10 Minute Challenge
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In this video, Hayes Griffin teaches you the melody to the classic Bill Monroe tune âBlue Grass Stomp.â This tune is a 12 bar blues in the key of D and is the perfect vehicle to master the authentic Monroe down stroke picking style.
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In this weekâs episode, Magnus and Hayes discuss:
- Do you play other mandolin family instruments?
- What motivates you to keep practicing the mandolin?
- Using the Crosspicking technique for accompaniment.Â
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In this video, Hayes Griffin teaches you a useful lick from the father of bluegrass, Bill Monroe.
This phrase can be used over any Dominant 7th chord, making it very useful for the 5 chord in any key, or over the chord changes to a 12 bar blues.
After watching this lesson, you will come away knowi...
In this video, I show you how to play the chords, rhythm, and accompaniment for âTremology.â The octave mandolin adds a nice touch to the back up your mandolin, and the beautiful sound of the two instruments perfectly melts together, and the way they blend is just like coffee and cream, or vanilla ...
In this weekâs episode, Magnus and Hayes discuss:
- feeling overwhelmed when learning the mandolin
- your top picks for the most underrated mandolinist
- Magnusâ new release Tremology
- and the new Mandolin Secrets lesson for jazz standard AvalonÂ
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In this video, I share the harmony trick that I used for arranging âTremology.â This trick is a technique you can use to include your octave mandolin easily. Tremology is a mandolin tremolo etude that will help you to play a measured tremolo with control and precision.Â
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In this video, I show you how to play the melody for âTremologyâ by Magnus Zetterlund. This is an easy-to-play mandolin tremolo etude that will help you to play a measured tremolo with control and precision.
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- Play-a-long track
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In this video, I demonstrate three essential parameters that will help you to play a expressive tremolo with control and precision.
 Next week on May 4th, 2021 Iâm releasing my new tune âTremologyâ on all major music platforms.
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In this video, Hayes Griffin teaches you the chords to the swing standard, âAvalon.â This is an essential tune if you like to play swing, gypsy jazz, or Western Swing music. After watching this lesson, you will come away knowing how to play Freddie Green style rhythm using common jazz mandolin chord...
In this video, Hayes Griffin teaches the old-time/bluegrass fiddle tune, Billy in the Lowground. In this arrangement we include some cool cross-picking ideas to add character to the tune. Â
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In this video, I show you how to play a tremolo exercise for mandolin and how to make smooth transitions in and out of the tremolo technique.
You can use this scale study for any scale, in this example Iâm playing the D natural minor scale.
This exercise is inspired by the playing and teaching of ...