Fretboard Freedom: The Musical Alphabet is the first lesson in a course that will help you unlock the fretboard, enabling you to find any note, double stop, chord, scale, arpeggio in any position. It will give you the freedom to find your way in any key and have the ability to transpose/reposition breaks, melodies & chord progressions and improve your ability to improvise. Go to lesson...
Category Archives: Beginner Mandolin
Angeline The Baker: Mandolin Lesson
An arrangement of Angeline The Baker for the mandolin! In this arrangement, there are 3 different versions.
Here’s the preview and lesson for variation #1:
Go to lesson... Deck The Halls: Mandolin Lesson
An arrangement of the Christmas Carol “Deck The Halls” for the mandolin. In the key of G, this arrangement has 2 versions. The first is the basic melody, while the second is an advanced, bluegrass inspired version.
Here’s a preview to the lesson:
Go to lesson...Cold Frosty Morning: Mandolin
An arrangement of Cold Frosty Morning for mandolin. This arrangement has 2 versions, a basic and an advanced version.
Lesson Preview
Go to lesson...Exercises: Mandolin
A worksheet containing a number of exercises to improve accuracy, coordination & speed. Go to lesson...
Open Scales & Arpeggios in G Major: Mandolin
In this worksheet there are multiple versions of the open position G major scales & arpeggios for the mandolin, plus a number of exercise variations to practice.
Notes on the Fretboard: Mandolin
This reference sheet contains a visual representation of the notes found on the mandolin’s fretboard. Also included on the worksheet is a visual representation of the common chord patterns on the fretboard using the Nashville Number System.
Chords: Mandolin
Open & closed position chord charts for the mandolin.
Beginner’s Mandolin Songbook, The
12 Popular Songs Arranged for Easy Mandolin: Bluegrass, Old Time & Celtic Favourites!
This collection of songs for the beginner mandolin player has been arranged by Heath Joyce, in a graded sequence in their standard keys. Please Note: This is not a beginner method, only a songbook, so some prior knowledge is required, eg. Go to lesson...
Movable Major Pentatonic Scale: Mandolin Lesson
Learn to play the first pattern from the ‘Mandolin Pentatonic Scales’ worksheet in this video lesson! Knowing how to play movable patterns on the mandolin is crucial in any style of music. In these videos you will learn how to play the first and second scales and also how to move them to different keys all over the fretboard. Go to lesson...