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| GIF of the essential four finger chord forms. They are shown relative to the nut, however they can be moved up and down the neck to get whichever chord you want. The one's with the "*" next to them are used for chopping. | |
| GIF image of 4 finger chord formations for all the chords in a single harmonized MAJOR scale. It looks a bit complicated at first, but, basically, these are the only fingerings you need to know! It's a VERY good start anyway. You just have to slide them up or down the neck depending on which key you want to playing in. | |
| GIF image of 4 finger chord formations for all the chords in a single harmonized MINOR scale. | |
| GIF file shows the note, frequency and positions for entire fretboard! | |
| JPEG of Aonzo scale pattern for G, Ab, and A. The same pattern continues up the neck. | |
| Diagram shows the frequencies of the various keys on keyboard and relates them to the grand staff. Remember, the mandolin frequencies range from 196Hz (open G-string) to 2637Hz (24th fret E-string) | |
| Diagram of patterns for the Major, Minor, Dominant, Half-diminished, Diminished, Pentatonic and Blues scales. The * is the root-note for the pattern depending on where it's placed on the fretboard. | |
| GIF that has 3 empty fretboards to print. | |
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Sound clip of the family making a stab at a good tune. 2 mandos and 1 guitar. |
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Ashokan Farewell |
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Click to join my beginners discussion group at Yahoo! |
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Quality mandolins made by the folks in Montana that used to make Flatirons. They are great craftsmen and super nice people! |
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THE web-site for any mandolin-related information. Great discussion board with thousands of members. If you can't find your answer here, you probably won't ever find it. |
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Site has LOADS of TEF files. These are files that can be read by a FREE piece of software, TEFView, available at this web-site. Excellent resource and learning tool! Allows you to listen to MIDI file while seeing the sheet music and/or tablature. There are thousands of songs to learn. |
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Web-site has archive of video and audio files from weekly radio-show broadcast. Amazing artists featured such as Ronnie McCoury, Chris Thile, Ralph Stanley, Tim O'Brien . . . |
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Michigan-based music shop for all your mando needs! |
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Another great retailer from Staten Island, NY. |
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