Basic Note Structure for Playing the Mandolin
Part of the Video Series How to Play the Mandolin
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Posted by mlevin on Friday, 27 June, 2008 at 1:21 PM
Um, yeah, that's totally backwards. As the strings get shorter (by being fretted), the note gets higher and goes UP the scale.
Posted by the_chimp on Monday, 28 January, 2008 at 1:47 PM
Excuse me but this is bull. You've gone the wrong way for notes, up one is F, two is F#, three is G, etc. Please ExpertVillage, is you're going to get a teacher, get someone that knows what they're talking about.
Posted by oaardvark on Friday, 17 August, 2007 at 1:27 PM
He's got the notes backwards. On the E-String, one fret up is F, two up is F#, three up is G, etc.
Posted by Mandilin on Saturday, 26 May, 2007 at 8:59 AM
This is really useful Mike. I hope that you will develop this material to include more chords and more scales. Although instructional manuals are OK they are not as interesting as having a 'face to face' instructor. Much appreciated!
Video Transcript
Hi! I am Michael Oberst with Expertvillage.com I am a mandolin instructor. In this segment we will be talking about the front board and the strings of the mandolin. If we start from my lowest or a highest sounding string that would be an E. If we come up one that would be in A then a D and then a G. Now each string is doubled. Well actually there are eight strings to the mandolin but two strings per note. So each note is doubled to give it a more full sound. Now if we take our E string we move up one and put our finger on the first fret that would be E flat and the second fret that would be a D, third fret would be a C sharp, fourth would be a C and fifth fret would be a B, sixth fret would be a B flat, the seventh fret would be an A and eight fret would be an A flat, ninth fret would be a G, the tenth fret would be an F sharp, the eleventh fret would be an F and then once you get to the twelfth you have gone through an whole octave and you are back to the note E an octave higher and then the E that you started from and this is true for all the strings, if you go from an A you will find yourself back at A on the twelfth fret. If you go to a D you find yourself back at D and then if you go to G you find yourself back at G always on the twelfth fret.
About the Expert
Expert: Mike Oberst is a mandolin instructor and professional musician based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is proficient in nearly ten different instruments. Read More
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