Play chords and backup rhythm for the bluegrass fiddle tune "New Camptown Races" on mandolin! This lesson uses proper bluegrass chop chords to create a driving backing track that will make you stand out at jam sessions.
🎵 What You'll Learn:
- Complete chop chord progression in Bb (with excu...
If you've been following me for a while, you know how much I love the octave mandolin. Here's a perfect beginner tune if you want to try this lovely instrument. This lesson covers basic open chords with a little bass-line twist.
Play the chord accompaniment for "Bingsjö Lilla Långdans" - a beau...
Improve your jazz mandolin soloing and improvisation with two powerful framework techniques! Learn practical exercises using the jazz standard "Nuages" by Django Reinhardt that you can apply to ANY jazz tune.
🎵 What You'll Learn:
- Tip #1: Improve voice leading by limiting yourself to two strin...
Play "Bingsjö Lilla Långdans" on mandolin - a beautiful traditional Swedish tune with a hypnotic, flowing melody that creates an endless dance-like loop!
This lovely Scandinavian folk tune features Magnus's own mandolin twists on a traditional melody. Perfect for intermediate players looking to ...
Play the bluegrass fiddle tune "New Camptown Races" on mandolin! This standout jam session favorite features a memorable hook and a beautiful move between major and relative minor keys.
🎵 What You'll Learn:
- Complete melody in Bb (with excursion to relative minor G minor)
- Alternate picking t...
Play the jazz standard "I'll See You in My Dreams" on mandolin! This iconic tune from the 1920s has been recorded by countless artists and sounds beautiful on mandolin with Django Reinhardt-inspired phrasing.
🎵 What You'll Learn:
• Complete melody arrangement in F major
• Django Reinhardt-ins...
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In this video lesson, I show you how to play a more advanced jazz melody style on the octave mandolin, combining single-note melody with chord punches. The tune ...
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In this video lesson, I show you how to play the beautiful fiddle tune Margaret’s Waltz on the octave mandolin. It was written by Pat Shuldam Shaw (1917-1977)...
Go behind the scenes as Magnus Zeterlund breaks down his latest release, "Bingsjö Lilla Långdans"—a traditional Swedish tune reimagined on electric octave mandolin and guitar.
Discover how he adapted the melody, layered harmonies across different octaves, and programmed drums in Logic Pro.
Ma...
Stop memorizing random scale patterns! Learn the interval-based system that makes the mandolin fretboard make sense.
🎯 IN THIS VIDEO:
- Why memorizing patterns keeps you stuck (0:38)
- How intervals unlock the entire fretboard (0:50)
- Demonstration: Same phrase in 3 positions (1:14)
- How this...
Play the harmony part for "Trollens Brudmarsch" (The Trolls' Bridal March) - a hauntingly beautiful traditional Swedish tune dating back to the 19th century from fiddler Pelle Schenell (b.1855) in the deep forests of Hälsingland.
🎵 What You'll Learn:
- Complete harmony arrangement (works on b...
Are you stuck in first position? Here are 3 signs you're ready to break free and play up the neck.
In this video, I cover:
- Why playing in unfamiliar keys feels impossible
- The transposition problem most players face
- How closed-position playing changes everything
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