Octave Mandolin Chords & Comping - How to play Italian Folk Dance - Tarantella Napoletana
In this video I show you how to play an octave mandolin accompaniment for Tarantella Napoletana. We use closed 4-string chords and 3-string chords. This Italian Folk Dance is the tarantella associated with Naples. It is familiar to many viewers of popular media as a stereotypically "Italian" musical riff or melody.
In Mandolin Secrets Academy you’ll find:
- Sheet music/tabs
- Play-a-long track
- How-to-play-instructions
Jazz Mandolin Solo Etude - Autumn Leaves - Improvisation Lesson
This is a lesson for the improvising jazz mandolin player. I’m showing you an 8-note solo etude for jazz standard Autumn Leaves. I play it in the key of Dm because mandolin master Kenneth Jethro Burns recorded it like that.
This is a series of videos for this song:
- Chord Melody (intermediate)
- Melody (beginner)
- Chords (intermediate)
- Solo Etude (advanced)
Sheet music, tabs, and play along for this tune you’ll find in Mandolin Secrets Academy.
Tarantella Napoletana - Mandolin Lesson - Italian Folk Melody - The Godfather
In this video I play a duo arrangement of Tarantella Napoletana on mandolin and octave mandolin. This Italian Folk Dance is the tarantella associated with Naples. It is familiar to many viewers of popular media as a stereotypically "Italian" musical riff or melody.
In the films The Godfather (Il Padrino) (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1973) tarantella’s are played in the openings scenes.
In Mandolin Secrets Academy you’ll find:
- Sheet music/tabs
- Play-a-long track
- How-to-play-instructions
Jazz Mandolin Beginner Lesson - Autumn Leaves - Melody
This is a beginner’s lesson for jazz mandolin. I’m showing you how to play a straight forward melody arrangement for jazz standard Autumn Leaves.
I play it in the key of Dm, because mandolin master Kenneth Jethro Burns recorded it like that.
This is a series of videos for this song:
- Chord Melody (intermediate)
- Melody (beginner)
- Chords (intermediate)
- Solo Etude (advanced)
Sheet music, tabs and play along for this tune you’ll find in Mandolin Secrets Academy.
Cool Modal Solo Idea - Diamond Chain Arpeggios - Mandolin Lesson
In this video I show you how to use the two string arpeggios I call diamonds. I use them to get a cool sound to modal improvisation and soloing.
- Solo
- Improvising
- Arpeggios
- Scale
Autumn Leaves - Chord Melody - Mandolin Lesson
In this lesson, I’m showing you how to play a simple chord melody arrangement for jazz standard Autumn Leaves.
I play it in the key of Dm because Jethro Burns recorded it like that. Other common keys are Gm and Em.
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This is a series of videos for this song:
- Chord Melody (intermediate)
- Melody (beginner)
- Chords (intermediate)
- Solo Etude (advanced)
Mandolin Technique for Italian Tarantella - Tutorial
In this video lesson I’m showing you how to play the picking pattern I use for Italian Tarantella. Down-Up-Down, Down-Up-Down. This is a simple and powerful exercise for right and left hand technique. A-minor scale sequence.
- Down-Up-Down
- Picking technique
- Scale
- Precision and speed
Level Up Your Mandolin Playing - Mandolin Secrets Academy - Guided Tour Video
In this video I’m taking you through a guided tour of the members' area of MSA.
Master the essential techniquesOctave Mandolin Chords and Harmony - Vals efter Lasse i Lyby
In this video, I show you how to play an octave mandolin accompaniment for a Scandinavian traditional waltz. Melody, 2nd harmony and chords. This is a traditional dance tune from southern Sweden.
In Mandolin Secrets Academy you’ll find:
- Sheet music/tabs
- Chord charts
- Play-a-long track
- How-to-play-instructions
Mandolin Duo - Vals efter Lasse i Lyby - Nordic Folk
In this video I play a duo arrangement of a Swedish traditional dance tune on mandolin and octave mandolin. This is a waltz from southern Sweden.
In Mandolin Secrets Academy you’ll find:
- Sheet music/tabs
- Play-a-long track
- How-to-play-instructions
