Holding the Mandolin

from: Bluegrass Mandolin: Beginning to Advanced with Sharon Gilchrist

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Learn bluegrass mandolin with Sharon Gilchrist in this collection of essential lessons from her Peghead Nation courses, designed to take you from beginning technique and must-know bluegrass tunes, to intermediate fretboard theory and songs, to advanced soloing techniques, and much more.

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Intro to the Bluegrass Mandolin Fingerboard Method

Once you know the arpeggios based on the L shape, you can easily find double stops to harmonize the melodies of the songs you’re playing. Sharon shows you two handy double stops in the L shape for D, G, and A, and gives you a couple exercises using them.

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Mandolin Basics

Holding the Mandolin

Tuning the Mandolin

Picking-Hand Technique

Fretting-Hand Technique, Part 1

Fretting-Hand Technique, Part 2: Exercises

Holding the Mandolin

In this introductory lesson, Sharon demonstrates how to get into a comfortable position holding the mandolin. She talks about creating good posture for both hands and gives tips on holding the pick, demonstrating, for example, how the tone of the mandolin is affected by the angle at which the pick hits the strings.

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