Chop Chord Shortcuts: Mandolin

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Are you having trouble playing the 4 finger chop chord? Well this lesson is for you! Here we’ll take a look at easy ways to play chop chords using only 2 or 3 notes. The lesson has 3 parts:

  1. In the first lesson we’ll take a look at 3 easy major chop chords and practice playing along in a standard I IV V chord progression. (Blue Ridge Cabin Home is the example; played in the key of C)
  2. In the second lesson we’ll take a look at an easy VIm chop chord and practice playing along with the fiddle tune ‘Billy in the Lowground’ in the key of C.
  3. In the third lesson we’ll take a look at finding the root note for each chord and then using the circle of 5th’s we’ll try a couple of examples using the easy chop chords in different keys.

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