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...
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...
In this video lesson, I show you how to play a more advanced jazz melody style on the mandolin, combining single-note melody with chord punches. The tune demonstrated is the jazz standard "I've Found a New Baby," written by Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams.Â
This iconic piece, first released in ...
Looking to play jazz chords on the mandolin and master jazz back-up rhythm? Look no further!
In this video lesson, I guide you through the chords and rhythm for the jazz standard “I’ve Found a New Baby,” written by Jack Palmer & Spencer Williams.Â
This iconic piece, first released in 1926, has ...
Are you looking to build your jazz vocabulary and master the art of jazz improvisation? Look no further!
In this video lesson , I guide you through the jazz standard “I’ve Found a New Baby” written by Jack Palmer & Spencer Williams.
This iconic piece, first released in 1926, has been immortaliz...
In this video, I want to show you a clean jazz lick in the key of F-major.Â
This lick is a standard jazz 2-5-1 line I learned from the Scottish jazz guitarist Martin Taylor.
This phrase will expand your jazz vocabulary to improve your soloing and improvisation skills. It is an excellent examp...
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Play some jazz in this chord-melody arrangement for this iconic swing tune.
In this video, Hayes Griffin shows you how to play a chord melody arrangement of “Right or Wrong.”
This tune is a jazz standard from the 1920s rekindled in the 30s by Western Swing bandleader Bob Wills and His Texas ...
In this video, Hayes Griffin shows you how to play the simple melody to the swing standard “Right or Wrong.”
This tune was written in the 1920s, but made popular by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys in the 1930s. By the end of the lesson, you will know how to play a single-note melody line with straig...
In this mandolin video lesson, I show you how to play the chords and rhythm track for the gypsy jazz classic ”Djangology” by Django Reinhardt/Stephan Grappelli.
Here you’ll find versatile shapes for diminished chords, Minor 7th chords, Major 6th chords, and Dominant 7th chords in different inversi...
In this mandolin video lesson, I show you how to play the gypsy jazz classic ”Djangology” by Django Reinhardt/Stephan Grappelli. In this video, we’re focusing on the melody.
The melody is straightforward and outlines the chord change in a clever way.
I will also show you how this line builds you...
In this mandolin lesson, Hayes Griffin shows you how to play a chromatic lick that you can use to end your favorite jazz tunes or spice up your improvised solos.
We are playing a descending arpeggio line that resolves very nicely. Hayes also explains a one-chord trick that lets you use this lick fo...
Here is a swing lick that works well for ending a jazz tune like the pros!
We play the phrase in the key of A, Bb and C major. Then we demonstrate it for the songs Blues For Ike and All Of Me. It’s a must-know line for improvisers, spicing up a simple major scale with some blues sound. Â
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