Beginner’s Mandolin: Start Strumming and Reading Music Today

Here we will learn how to strum and change between two chords G and C.

Here we will learn how to strum and change between D and A and then incorporating other chords into your strumming pattern.

Here we will strum the song, ' Michael Row The Boat' by following a lead sheet.

Strumming the song, Skip To My Lou following Tab.

Learning how to play the G Major scale.

Learning how to play the D Major scale.

Scales help fluency and can assist with tricky pieces later on.

Here we will learn how to 'Read Music' in the form of Tablature, or Tab for short. In other words we will begin to understand how to read tunes/melodies.

This is all about timing so here we will break down what a 'Time Signature' is and understand why it is important to be aware of it at the start of a piece.

We will look at 4 4, 3 4 and 6 8 time.

Here we will apply all that we have learnt so far on timing, reading tab and decoding rhythms to play Skip To My Lou.

Here we will apply all that we have learnt so far on timing, reading tab and decoding rhythms to play Mary Had A Little Lamb.

Here we will apply all that we have learnt so far on timing, reading tab and decoding rhythms to play Amazing Grace.

Here we will apply all that we have learnt so far on timing, reading tab and decoding rhythms to play Molly Malone.

Here we will apply all that we have learnt so far on timing, reading tab and decoding rhythms to play The Rakes Of Kildare.

Here we will apply all that we have learnt so far on timing, reading tab and decoding rhythms to play Rose's Jig.