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Summary: Mandolin chords such as D, A, and G can be played in tremolo. Learn how to play tremolo on the mandolin in the D, A, and G Chords in this free video music lesson.
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
"The next group of chords are the D chord, the A chord and the G chord. We just come off this minor, and then, "Hit him like a freight train." Those are, you know, those are the three chords. And what I would do to play that is, I would come to this D here. Okay? If you want to add another note, we can. Here's an A chord, just these two notes, this third, the third of the A chord and the high E, the fifth of the chord. And then go to G, it's got really nice voice-like quality. So the song up to that point, so one last time here's your D, here's your A and here's your G. So, "Walked along by the old canal. A little confused, I remember well. She checked into a cheap motel with the neon burning bright and felt the heat of the night. It hit him like a freight train." And so this, all these notes are moving by one or two voices at once. And I'll wrap it up next."
eHow Article: Mandolin Tremolo: D, A, & G Chords