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Mandolin Lessons
with Mike Marshall
Beginner Mandolin
Introduction to Beginner Mandolin
About the Mandolin
Sitting Position
Sitting Vs. Standing
Tuning
The Right Hand
The Left Hand
Open Chords
“Old Joe Clark”
“Liberty”
“Boil Them Cabbage Down”
“Woody's Rag”
Build Your Own Exercise
Fun With Theory
“Way Downtown”
“I Am a Pilgrim”
“Soldiers Joy”
Finding Minor Chords
Minor Chord Progression Exercise
Finding Moveable Chords
The 7th or Dominant Chords
7th Chords as Dominants
Playing 1-4-5 in Minor
Bluegrass Chop Chords
Down and Up Picking Basics
“This Little Light of Mine”
“Nine Pound Hammer”
“Devil's Dream” in A - Fiddle Tune
“Cripple Creek” in G - Banjo Tune
“Hand Me Down My Walking Cane” - Basic Rhythm - Key of G
“Hand Me Down My Walking Cane” - Melody - Key of G
“Hand Me Down My Walking Cane” - Basic Rhythm - Key of D
“Hand Me Down My Walking Cane” - Melody - Key of D
“Wabash Cannonball” - Basic Rhythm - Key of G
“Wabash Cannonball” - Melody - Key of G
“Wabash Cannonball” - Basic Rhythm - Key of C
“Wabash Cannonball” - Melody - Key of C
“I Saw the Light” - Basic Rhythm - Key of E
“I Saw the Light” - Melody - Key of E
“I Saw the Light” - Basic Rhythm - Key of A
“I Saw the Light” - Melody - Key of A
“Wayfaring Stranger” - Basic Rhythm - Key of Dm
“Wayfaring Stranger” - Melody - Key of Dm
“Wayfaring Stranger” - Basic Rhythm - Key of Gm
“Wayfaring Stranger” - Melody - Key of Gm
“Blue Moon of Kentucky” - Basic Rhythm - Key of A
“Blue Moon of Kentucky” - Melody - Key of A
“Blue Moon of Kentucky” - Basic Rhythm - Key of F
“Blue Moon of Kentucky” - Melody - Key of F
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
“Cluck Old Hen”
“Kitchen Girl”
Simple 2 Chord Tunes: "Shady Grove" - Key of C -NEW!
Simple 2 Chord Tunes: "Hot Corn, Cold Corn" - Key of G -NEW!
Simple 2 Chord Tunes: "Bringing in the Georgia Mail" - Key of A -NEW!
Simple 2 Chord Tunes: "Jimmy Brown the Newsboy" - Key of D -NEW!
Simple 2 Chord Tunes: "Katy Daley" - Key of C -NEW!
Simple 2 Chord Tunes: "I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky" - Key of Bb -NEW!
Bluegrass (Non-Lesson Topics & Tunes) - Submit a Video
Celtic Music - Submit a Video
Original Tunes - Submit a Video
Other World Music - Submit a Video
Pop/Rock/Blues/Country - Submit a Video
Miscellaneous Topics / Questions & Answers
Submit a Placement Video
Intermediate Mandolin
Introduction to Intermediate Mandolin
Fun With Theory
Moveable Chords
“Cuckoo's Nest”
“Red Haired Boy”
“Salt Creek”
Positions
“Fisher's Hornpipe”
How to Practice
“Golden Slippers” - Using Target Notes
“Liberty” - Using Target Notes
Speed and Relaxation
“Sittin' On Top of the World” - Soloing Using Old Joe Clark Tags
“Little Maggie” - Soloing Using Old Joe Clark Tags
“Little Maggie” - Soloing Using Salt Creek Licks
“June Apple”
Ear Training
The Mandolin's Place in the Band
Saying Goodbye to Stage Fright -NEW!
Turnaround Licks 1-5-1
“Bill Cheatum”
Stretching Exercises and Finger Busters
Tremolos
Harmonizing the Melody
Doable Double Stops
Scale Patterns
Playing Fills Behind a Vocalist
Kickoffs
Three Main Inversions
Three Main Dominant Chords
Blues Scale
Sitting on Top of the World
1-6-2-5 Progression
“Red Wing”
“Gentle On My Mind”
“Worried Man Blues”
“Boil Them Cabbage Down” - Cross-Picking
“Amazing Grace”
“Tennessee Waltz”
“Salty Dog” - Improvisation
“East Tennessee Blues”
“Hand Me Down My Walking Cane” - Licks & Fills - Key of D
“Hand Me Down My Walking Cane” - Soloing - Key of D
“I Saw the Light” - Licks & Fills - Key of A
“I Saw the Light” - Soloing - Key of A
“Rabbit in a Log”
“Rawhide”
“Whiskey Before Breakfast” - Playing Backup
“Sugarfoot Rag”
“Foster's Reel” by Sam Bush
Ending Tags - Key of A -NEW!
Ending Tags - Key of E -NEW!
Ending Tags - Key of G -NEW!
Transposing Ending Tags -NEW!
Playing in B and Bb - "Long Journey Home" -NEW!
Improvising in B and Bb - "Long Journey Home" -NEW!
Bluegrass (Non-Lesson Topics & Tunes) - Submit a Video
Celtic Music - Submit a Video
Original Tunes - Submit a Video
Other World Music - Submit a Video
Pop/Rock/Blues/Country - Submit a Video
Miscellaneous Topics / Questions & Answers
Submit a Placement Video
Advanced Mandolin
Introduction to Advanced Mandolin
What Makes an Advanced Player
Grooving
Practicing for Speed
Advanced Arpeggios
Playing Out of Closed Position
Making the Chord Changes - Old Home Place
Making Simple Tunes Difficult
Scales With Four Fingers
Reharmonizing Traditional Melodies
Final Finger Buster
“Angeline the Baker”
“Big Sandy River”
“Big Sciota”
“Chief Sitting in the Rain”
“Flatbush Waltz”
“Jerusalem Ridge”
“Little Maggie”
“Lonesome Moonlight Waltz”
“Manzanita” by Tony Rice
“Rebecca”
“Ride the Wild Turkey”
“Wheel Hoss”
“Old Dangerfield”
“Amazing Grace”
“Turkey in the Straw”
Jazzing Up Your Bluegrass Rhythm
Bluegrass (Non-Lesson Topics & Tunes) - Submit a Video
Celtic Music - Submit a Video
Original Tunes - Submit a Video
Other World Music - Submit a Video
Pop/Rock/Blues/Country - Submit a Video
Miscellaneous Topics / Questions & Answers
Submit a Placement Video
Gear & Setup
Adjusting Your Action
Changing Your Strings
Mike Tuning Up
Submit a Placement Video
Licks & Tricks
Licks & Tricks - Introduction
Bluegrass Ending in G
Descending Pedal Lick
A minor Over an A Major Chord
E String Pull-off Lick
2-5-1 Chords
Circle of 5ths
8th Note 1-4-5 Scale Pattern
Closed Position Blues
Triplets
The First 2 Frets
Sliding Into Third
Sliding High with Double Stops
“Blackberry Blossom” Licks
“East Tennessee Blues” Licks
“Good Ol' Mountain Dew” - Key of Bb
“Dark Hollow” G Major Pentatonics
Pedal Point Licks
Harmonizing Melodies
Brazilian Choro
Introduction to Other Genres
Brazilian Rhythms
Brazilian Song Form
“Nao Me Toques”
“Cochichando”
“Odeon”
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” - Choro Version
“Tico-Tico”
Mike Marshall with Tony Trischka: Brazilian Choro - Part 1
Mike Marshall with Tony Trischka: Brazilian Choro - Part 2
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - Introductions
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - Mike's Choro Background
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - Brian Rice's Background
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - Brian Moran's Background
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - The Pandeiro & Choro 16th Notes
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - The Choro Swing
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - Choro Syncopation
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - Melodic Rhythms
Brazilian Choro w/ Brian Moran& Brian Rice- Guitar Basslines & Approach Patterns
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - Ear Interpretation
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - “Bola Preta” Play Along
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - “Doce de Coco” Play Along
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - “Noches Cariocas” Play Along
Brazilian Choro - Submit a Video
Classical
Calace Prelude
J.S. Bach “Cello Suite #3”
J.S. Bach “Chaconne” from Partita in D Minor
J.S. Bach “Concerto in Dm for Violin and Oboe”
J.S. Bach Fugue in Gm from Sonata #1
J.S. Bach - Invention #11
J.S. Bach “Sonata #2 in Am Allegro”
J.S. Bach “Sonata #3 in Am Allegro”
Mike, Caterina & Friends Play Brahms
Chris Acquavella - Bells of Night
Classical - Submit a Video
Dawg Tunes
“Dawg's Bull”
“EMD”
“Opus 38”
“I Ain't Broke (But I'm Badly Bent)” Solo by David Grisman
Mike Talks with David Grisman
“Ricochet”
“Cedar Hill” - Melody
“Cedar Hill” - Solo Ideas
“Janice” - Chords
“Janice” - Melody
“Janice” - Improvisation
“Janice” - Fast Soloing
Dawg Tunes - Submit a Video
Holiday Tunes
“Oifen Pripitchik” (By the Fireplace)
“Auld Lang Syne”
“The Christmas Song”
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
“Silent Night”
“Oh Holy Night”
“Santa Claus is Coming to Town”
“We Three Kings”
“What Child is This”
“Greensleeves”
“Jingle Bells”
“Joy To The World”
“Christmas Time's A Comin'”
“O Tannenbaum”
“We Wish You a Merry Christmas”
“It Came Upon the Midnight Clear”
“It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” - Bluegrass Version
“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”
“Sleigh Ride” by Sam Bush
“Winter Wonderland”
“Let It Snow”
“Angels We Have Heard on High”
“Away in a Manger”
"Silver Bells"
"White Christmas"
Holiday Tunes - Submit a Video
Submit a Placement Video
Mandocello, Mandola & Octave Mandolin
Introduction to Mandocello
Mandocello: “Gator Strut”
Mandocello Bass Lines*
Mandocello: J.S. Bach - "Prelude" from Cello Suite No.1 in G Major
Mandocello: J.S. Bach - "Courante" from Cello Suite No.1 in G Major
Mandocello/Octave Mandolin/Mandola - Submit a Video
New Acoustic Music
“Scotch and Swing”
“Egypt”
“Jacob Do Bandolim”
Sam Bush Rhythmic Mastery
“Big Man From Syracuse”
Mike Marshall and Darol Anger: Big Man from Syracuse
Mike Marshall and Caterina Lichtenberg: Big Man From Syracuse
“Swing 51”
“Harvest Time”
“Old Gray Coat”
“Ginseng Sullivan”
New Acoustic Music - Submit a Video
Swing, Jazz & Pop
“I Found a New Baby”
“Minor Swing”
“All of Me”
“Limehouse Blues”
"Georgia On My Mind" - Key of C
"Georgia On My Mind" - Key of F
"Georgia On My Mind" - Key of G
“Sweet Georgia Brown”
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” - Swing Version
“Bei Mir Bist Du Schon”
Mike Marshall and Don Stiernberg: Autumn Leaves
Mike Marshall with Don Stiernberg “In a Sentimental Mood”
Mike Marshall with Don Stiernberg “Green Dolphin Street”
MIke Marshall with Don Stiernberg “Take the A Train”
"Let It Be"
Swing, Jazz & Pop - Submit a Video
Transcribed Solos
“I Ain't Broke (But I'm Badly Bent)” Solo by David Grisman
“Bringing in the Georgia Mail” Solo by Sam Bush
“Dancing with the Angels” Sam Bush Solo
“Don't Pick Me Up” Solo by Sierra Hull
30 Day Challenge
30 Day Challenge - 2017 (Archive)
30 Day Challenge - 2018 (Archive)
Bill Monroe Tunes
“Rawhide”
“Mississippi Waltz”
“Blue Moon of Kentucky” - Basic Rhythm - Key of A
“Blue Moon of Kentucky” - Melody - Key of A
“Blue Moon of Kentucky” - Basic Rhythm - Key of F
“Blue Moon of Kentucky” - Melody - Key of F
“Lonesome Moonlight Waltz”
“Wheel Hoss”
"Southern Flavor"
“Old Dangerfield” -NEW!
“Watson's Blues” - Melody -NEW!
“Watson's Blues” - Improvisation -NEW!
