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Summary: 1st 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.
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
"So it's going to be the same concept on the next set of 3 strings up. We have our "g", we raise the "5", the "5th" is the lowest note of the shape. We're going to resolve to "c". Then we're going to use "c" diminished to cadence back, then our "g", I'm going to move up to "d" here, we're going to use our root to lower our root a whole step to make it dominant, to cadence back to "g". So I'll do tremoler for you this time."
eHow Article: 1st Position Augmented Triads on the Mandolin's Higer Strings