![]() ![]() I've taught these versions for about 3 weeks now, and everyone seems to get and like the whole "color" thing. The goal of course, is to get you to begin to see how licks and phrases can be used to create your own version and still have it sound like the tune, more or less. The blue licks on page one, will swap out with any of the other blue licks on page one, etc. The difference is I've color coded certain licks and phrases, to give you an idea of what licks can be swapped out with other licks. There maybe a very good reason I've never seen it done, but we're going to try it anyway. For version 2, I'm trying something I've never seen done before. Version 1 is a straight forward, "here's the melody" sort of arrangement. Since one of the most emailed questions I get is, "how do I improvise around a melody, once I understand the tune?" To help answer that question, what we've done is a version 1 and a version 2 of Big Sandy River. Several folks have asked, "Who played on the recordings"? Well, for better or worse it's all me, one track at a time. Also be sure to visit our free samples page to download actual samples from Jam Tunes. Of course, feel free to contact me with any questions you might have, I will get back to you. The lessons are designed for intermediate players for both mandolin and guitar, and are intended for private/home study use. Right click on each of the links for the MP3s, WMVs and PDFs, and download them to your computer. The MP3s and WMVs are as small as I could make them without losing quality. In order to read the PDFs, you will need to have Adobe Reader. MANDOLIN TABS PDFThe tunes are in MP3 format, the text and music/tab is in PDF format and videos are either links to our YouTube channel or WMV. Remember to practice your rhythm playing as well as the picking, you're going to need it. MANDOLIN TABS FULLThe 3rd track is full band, 3 times through 170 bpm. The 2nd track is no melody with band 106 bpm. The 1st track is melody with band 106 bpm. The lesson tunes are recorded and laid out in the same way all of the tunes in my Jam Tunes books are done. it is right here.Free Bluegrass Lessons for Guitar & Mandolin I would like you to check out my #1 most popular video called "Moveable Major & Minor Chords". MANDOLIN TABS HOW TOAnd besides, once you learn to play these, you'llīe able to figure out on your own how to play in those other keys. Keys, suchĪs Ab, Db, Eb, and F# are so rare in bluegrass that I wouldn't even Play a song in a key other than the ones listed above. ![]() Years, and I can count on one hand the times I have been asked to Which I personally tend to favor when playing bluegrass style songs.Ĭase you are wondering, I have been playing mandolin for over 30 Positions or with other chord shapes but these are the chord forms (Songs like "Old Home Place")Īre quite a few options for playing some of these chords in other Also, once in a while you will find a III7 chord, usually played (Songs like "Salty Dog") so those chords are included in each set Sometimes tunes will use II instead of IIm and VI instead of VIm I, IV and V chords are the most common chords you will find in bluegrass,Īlso find the VIIb in a lot of songs. Watch my video lesson called "Chords By The Numbers". If these roman numerals mean nothing to you you might want to go ![]() Most common chords found in any key are the I, the IV, and the V. MANDOLIN TABS PLUSLarger tablature, more tunes and chords, printable full page format PLUS AUDIO TRACKS of all of the songs and exercises. ![]() Click on the image below to read about them and watch free demos:īrad Laird's Beginning Mandolin Instruction CourseĬlick here for information about my downloadable PDF eBook which expands on the free lessons here on the site. Thousands of people have learned to play using these videos because they really work! In particular are my two most popular chord videos: Moveable Major & Minor Chords and Barre Chords & 7th Chords. I also invite you to consider these beginner video lessons. ![]()
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