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Irish Jig Mandolin Tips
Jig Mandolin Triplet Tips
Jig Mandolin Triplet Exercises
Jig Mandolin Sextuplet Exercises
"Swallow Tail Jig" for Mandolin: Section A
"Swallow Tail Jig" for Mandolin: Section B
"Swallow Tail Jig" for Mandolin
"Swallow Tail Jig" Mandolin Chord Structure
"Swallow Tail Jig" Mandolin Chords
Eighth Note Mandolin Exercise
16th Note Mandolin Exercise
"Temperance Reel" for Mandolin: Section A
"Temperance Reel" for Mandolin: Section B
"Temperance Reel" for Mandolin
"Temperance Reel" Mandolin Chord Structure
"Temperance Reel" Mandolin Chords
Summary: As with any musical instrument, on mandolin eighth notes are important to know how to play because they are widely used. Learn what eighth notes are and how to play them on mandolin in this free video clip.
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
"Alright this is an eighth note exercise to prepare us to look at a new song called Temperance Reel. I am going to put the metronome on at 80 and eight notes are one half of this beat so this is one, two, three, four and eighth notes would be one and two and three and four and one and so I am going to harmonize the G major scale looking at that. The right hand is always going to be down up so it is always going to be alternate picking."
eHow Article: Eighth Note Mandolin Exercise
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