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What is a Mandolin?
Learn the Parts of the Mandolin
Learn About Different Shapes of Mandolins
About the Mandolin Family of Instruments
How to Tune the Mandolin
Basic Single Note Picking on the Mandolin
Basic Note Structure for Playing the Mandolin
How to Play a Basic Scale on the Mandolin
How to Alternate Picking Strokes on the Mandolin
How to Play Basic Chords on the Mandolin
Cross picking on the Mandolin
How to Play the Two String Shuffle on the Mandolin
How to Play the First Half of Cripple Creek on the Mandolin
How to Play the Second Half of Cripple Creek on the Mandolin
How to Play Cripple Creek on the Mandolin
A member of the lute family, the mandolin was developed in Italy during the seventeenth and eighteenth cen… More
Learn the basics about the mandolin with expert music training tips in this free online instrument instruc… More
Learn about the different instruments in the mandolin family that play at various octaves with expert musi… More
Learn about various shapes and styles of mandolins with expert music training tips in this free online ins… More
Learn the different parts of the mandolin such as the headstock, tuning keys and fret board with expert mu… More
Adding a strap to your Mandolin can help support its weight making it easier for you to play, and easier f… More
Learn all about different tuners for string instruments, including how to tune a mandolin, with expert mus… More
Learn to play the basic note structure on a mandolin with expert music training tips in this free online i… More
Learn how to play the mandolin with a basic single-note picking technique with expert music training tips … More
Learn how to play basic chords on the mandolin with expert music training tips in this free online instrum… More
The minor scale pattern is easy to play on the mandolin is easy to play with these tips, get expert advice… More
Playing major scales on the mandolin is easy with these tips, get expert advice and a music lesson in this… More
Playing scales on the mandolin is easy with this exercise, get expert advice and a music lesson in this fr… More
Playing scales on the mandolin is easy with this thirds exercise, get expert advice and a music lesson in … More
Learn how to play Cripple Creek in its entirety on the mandolin with expert music training tips in this fr… More
Summary: Learn about various shapes and styles of mandolins with expert music training tips in this free online instrument instruction video clip.
Mike Oberst is a mandolin instructor and professional musician based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is proficient in nearly ten different instruments, including the bagpipes, mandolin,...read more
" Hi! I am Michael Oberst for Expertvillage.com and I am mandolin instructor. Mandolins come in several different forms. Mandolins evolved from the Lute family so naturally the early mandolins looked a lot like lutes with a rounded back and an uncarved headstock, the back resembled a bowl, but around the turn of the 19th century. They brought about a few new different styles in the look of the mandolin brought about by guitar founder for Gibson Orville Gibson. Gibson mandolins were made primarily in two different styles an A style, which is pear shaped and has no points to the body. Then the F style or Florentine style and that is what the style of this mandolin here is with the carved and the spiraled edges and the pointed edges here and also the spiral and headstock. So, the Florentine style was a more elaborate style. Both styles of mandolin either have two F shaped sound holes or an oval shaped sound hole. The F shaped sound holes are like the violin style holes . The F style or Florentine is primarily most commonly used in blue grass music while the A style, the pear shaped style is more commonly found in Irish music, folk music and classical. "
eHow Article: Learn About Different Shapes of Mandolins
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millyrenee said
on 4/16/2009 thank you! you have no idea how long i have tried to figure out what gives with the different shapes. I need one for more folk/traditional music. now i know which one to buy :) do you know of any good mandolins that arent 3k like a gibson??