Mandolin

Types of Mandolin

Flat back Bowl back

A type F type Octave

Mandola Cittern

Mandocello Mandobass

F StyleA Style

Flat Back

Bowl Back

Bowl Back

The Family

G

G#/Ab

A

D A E

A#Bb

B

C

C#Db

D

D#/Eb

E

F

F#/Gb

G

D#/Eb

E

F

G

A

B

C

D

B

C

D

E

E

F

F

G

G

A

A

B

C

D

A#/Bb

F#/Gb

F#/Gb

F#/Gb

A#/Bb

A#/Bb

G#/Ab

G#/Ab

C#/Db

G#/Ab

D#/Eb

C#/Db

C#/Db

D#/Eb

Notes on the Mandolin Neck

Chromatic Scale

The alphabet letters A through G….Place a sharp or flat between each letter…Except between B and C and between E and F. On each instrument the strings start on different letters….like mandolin starts on a G.so G then G# then A then A#…and so on….

These are called Accidentals. if you are going up in pitch its called a sharp and if you are going down in pitch its called a flat

Tab for Mandolin

Mini Grid for chords

G D A E

G D A E

String names on Mini Grid and Tab

O means Open and X means don’t play

A Black dot means place a finger here on that fret and that string. Frets are the horizontal lines.

numbers on the strings mean fret number

Fret 2 and on the E string

Major Chords

Minor Chords

7th Chords

12 Barre Blues

This is called a double stop… 2 notes 2 strikes

Single note 12 bar blues

Power Chords

Easy Mandolin Melody

Mandolin Riff 2

So far we can place a chord on the Mandolin. Next we can play a scale. Now let’s Strum and Chop.!!!!!

X= Mute or Chop

Chop G

2 Finger Chords

Root note C Chop Chord of C

C Chop

Notice no number.. This means do not strike this string

D Chop

Down Strike Up Strike

G Riff

Melody(scale) and Chord

Chords…

D A Bm F#m G D Em7 A7

Melody

Count= 1 and 2 and then change to next chord

Stay on the D string…

0,2,4,2,4,5,4 at random… its the D scale

for the melody part.