Summary: 3rd 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, last shape, in the last position we have our G first inversion, and the fifth is up on top of this shape. Here it is right like that. There's your G augmented triad. We're resolving up to the C, which is a really nice motion right there, it's a root position C. You're going to drop the root a whole step to make it dominant. Then you're going to come back to your G, you're going to make this a D chord now. You want to make it a D chord. There's your D and you lower it a whole step, and then you go back to G. So, here's that motion for you. (Audio demo) C, C dominant, G, D, D dominant."
eHow Article: 3rd Position Augmented Triads on the Mandolin's Higher Strings