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3rd Position Augmented Triads on the Mandolin's Lower Strings

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Summary: 3rd position augmented triads on the mandolin's lower strings are easy to play with these tips, get expert advice and a music lesson in this free video.

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By Levin Schwartz
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Levin Schwartz lives in Northampton, MA where he spends his days playing music with his band 'The Amity Front' and teaching private guitar and mandolin lessons at The Fretted...read more

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"Here's our last position on this set of strings. We're going to go "g" major, the "5th" is the lowest note of this cord, so we're going to raise that up a half step to get to "g" augmented, okay. Here's the "3rd", we're going to go up a half step to find the "4 "cord. There's your "4" cord with your root in the middle "c", we're going to lower the root a whole step to make that a "c" dominant which cadences well back to our "g" cord, cadences to our "g" cord. We're going to go to our "d" cord which is here, the "5" of this shape, drop the root a whole step and cadences back to our "g"."

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