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 music/tabs
- Play-a-long tra ...
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 do...
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 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 play the chords...
In this video I show a cool slide technique that I got from the bluegrass mandolin star, Sierra Hull. For me this technique is really a signature sound from players like her, Chris Thile and Adam Steffey.
We are playing a Three Octave Arpeggio in the key of G, playing the root(1), third(M3) and fif...
In this video, Hayes Griffin shows you how to play the melody 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 play the melody t...
In this video, I show you how to play Angeline the Baker. This is a must-know old-time tune that is very common on all the bluegrass jam session. It’s in the key of D-major and we will back up this one using open position chords. I will also give you a little trade secret for the strumming technique...
In this video, I show you how to play Angeline the Baker. This is a must-know old-time tune that is very common on all the bluegrass jam session. It’s in the key of D-major and I will show you how to use the technique of alternate picking in an efficient way.
 In Mandolin Secrets Academy you’ll fin...
Here is an arpeggio exercise I got from the bluegrass mandolin star, Sierra Hull.
We are playing triads for the Harmonized Major Scale in the key of A, and this is a closed position pattern you can move around on different parts of the fretboard, to play in all keys.
It’s a great exercise for buil...
In this video, Hayes Griffin shows you the chords to the classic Bill Monroe tune “Southern Flavor.” After watching this video, you’ll know how to play a basic bluegrass chop pattern with common major and minor chord shapes.
In Mandolin Secrets Academy you’ll find:
- Sheet music/tabs
- Play-a-long ...
In this video, I show you how to play the harmony for Waltz of the Dreams by me, Magnus Zetterlund. This is a tune in D-major and the harmony suits both the mandolin and the octave mandolin.
Sheet music, tabs and instructions for this tune you’ll find in Mandolin Secrets Academy.
In Mandolin Secre...
In this video, Hayes Griffin builds upon the basic melody to the tune “Southern Flavor” by adding some right hand activity to make it sound more like Bill Monroe. After watching this video, you’ll know how to play the skeleton melody to Southern Flavor with constant eighth notes in the right hand.
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