Summary: When playing an A major mandolin chord using the 1, 3 and 5 chords to harmonize is a good tool for writing or improvisation. Get advice on how to practice mandolin scales with tips from an experienced musician 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 the key of A using triads again. So we're going to up an A, three, five, one, same thing we just did in the key of G like four sections ago. And so all these notes sound good together because they are the notes of the chords so I could play these two, right play these two. Once again you can see how these two relate and how these two relate, you could also play these two. So I can play these two or those two. You could also add some blue tones to it flat third or the flat third and a flat seven."
eHow Article: Mandolin A Major Harmonizing Triads