Summary: 1st position 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.
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
"Okay, one-four-five, key to G. And I'm going to use different inversions of these chords in proximity to each other. This would be a more realistic function of these chords. So I'm going to start here. First inversion G, I'm looking for C. Root position C. First inversion D. G. So we have - I'll do a little waltz for you. One. Here's your G. Here's your C. And down to D, second inversion. D's up on top. Back to G. Okay. So, it's combining these three patterns into one close proximity of the instrument. And we're going to go and show you the rest of the positions on here."
eHow Article: 1st Position Major Triads on the Mandolin's Lower Strings