2nd Position Augmented Triads on the Mandolin's Higher Strings

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2nd position augmented triads on the mandolin's higher strings are easy to play with these tips, get expert advice and a music lesson in this free video.

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"Working our way up the neck here, we're going to go to our next shape, it's G major root position. We're going to lower the root, or no, excuse me we're going to go up with our augmented chord here. So you hit the 5 is in the middle, raise it up a half step. We're going to resolve to the 4 chord which is, here's your 3, so it's up a half step from the 3, the root of the 4 chord. You're going to lower the root a whole step to make it dominant. You come back to your G major, resolve to D, go D dominant, to resolve back to G. Let's try that tremolo again for you. (Audio demo)"

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