Contents:

• What will we cover?
• How do we start?
• Tuning the mandolin
• Strumming some chords: G, C and D
• Strum Patterns
• Boil That Cabbage Down
• G Chord Family
• 1-4-5 chords.....Major and 7th
• Song examples
• Minor chords
• Majors plus Minors
• D Chord Family
• Song examples
• Comparing Keys of G and D
• A Chord Family
• E Chord Family
• C Chord Family
• Our 5 Chord Families
• Chords Up the Neck
• Bluegrass Chop Chords
• Single String Playing
• G Major Scale
• Alternate Picking
• Simple melodies for practice
• Major Scale structure
• 2nd octave of G.....more melodies
• Alternate Picking Pitfalls
• Mandolin solos: Boil That Cabbage
• Double-stops
• D Major Scale
• Simple melodies for practice
• A Major Scale
• Simple melodies for practice
• Playing Fiddle Tunes on Mandolin
• G and D Arpeggios
• Fiddle tunes in the Key of D
• Soldier's Joy
• Over the Waterfall
• More Fiddle tunes in the Key of D
• Wildwood Flower
• I'll Fly Away
• Bonaparte's Retreat
• Hoedown
• Whiskey Before Breakfast
• La Bastringue
• Cuckoo's Nest
• Fiddle Tunes in the Key of G
• Garry Owen's
• Wash Woman
• Fiddle Tunes in the Key of A
• Devil's Dream
• Red Haired Boy
• Old Joe Clark
• Fiddle Tune in E Dorian Mode
• Road to Lisdoonvarna
• Scandinavian Fiddle Music
• My Wedding Day
• Karis Pers Polska
• The Lever
• Rezijanka Music from Slovenia
• More Chords Up the Neck: G-D-C-A-E
• 1 - 4 - 5's and Minor Chords Up There
• Tremolo
• Chord/Melody Playing.....Minuet in G
• Amazing Grace
• Si Bheag Si Mhor
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Minuet in G (Fancy)
• Intro to Blues.....12 Bar Blues
• Blues Shuffle in G
• Blues Lead in G
• Blues in D and A
• Blues in E.....Seventh Chords
• Chord Chart