Mandolin - Minor Triads

Summary: The mandolin belongs to the guitar family of musical instruments. Considerably smaller, the mandolin has eight strings which are paired together in four courses that are strummed or plucked to produce sound. Mandolins are typically tuned the same as a violin, but can be tuned to produce the same fretting patterns as the standard guitar. Believed to have derived from Italian culture, the Mandolin is used in a variety of music genres including Bluegrass, Country and Western, Folk, and Rock and Roll. Even Greek and Indian cultures have incorporated the Mandolin into Kantades and Carnatic music.

In this free video series, our expert Levin Schwartz will teach you everything you need to know about minor triads on the mandolin. He will tell you how to play a minor triad in root position, 1st inversion, 2nd inversion, and a G minor scale. He'll also tell you how to play minor triads in 1st position, 2nd position, and 3rd position in both the low and high octaves; he'll even tell you how to add a 4th to the minor triads.