Chop Chord Shortcuts: Mandolin Lesson

G'day! Are you having trouble playing the 4 finger chop chord? Well this lesson is for you! Here we'll take a look at easy ways to play chop chords using only 2 or 3 notes. The lesson has 3 parts: #1 - In the first lesson we'll take a look at 3 easy major chop chords and practice playing along in a standard I IV V chord progression. (Blue Ridge Cabin Home is the example; played in the key of C) At http://pickinlessons.com/chop-chord-s... you'll find the worksheets plus: #2 - In the second lesson we'll take a look at an easy VIm chop chord and practice playing along with the fiddle tune 'Billy in the Lowground' in the key of C. #3 - In the third lesson we'll take a look at finding the root note for each chord and then using the circle of 5th's we'll try a couple of examples using the easy chop chords in different keys.   / pickinlessons     / pickinlessons