Featured:
Allergies
Grilling Guide
eHow Now Blog

Mandolin - Augmented Triads and Triad Exercises

Presented by Levin Schwartz

Augmented triads and triad exercises are easy to play on the mandolin with these tips, get expert advice on musical instruments and music lessons in this free video.

Series Summary

The mandolin belongs to the guitar family of musical instruments. Considerably smaller, the mandolin has eight strings which are paired together in four courses that are strummed or plucked to produce sound. Mandolins are typically tuned the same as a violin, but can be tuned to produce the same fretting patterns as the standard guitar. Believed to have derived from Italian culture, the Mandolin is used in a variety of music genres including Bluegrass, Country and Western, Folk, and Rock and Roll. Even Greek and Indian cultures have incorporated the Mandolin into Kantades and Carnatic music.

In this free video series, our expert Levin Schwartz will teach you everything you need to know about augmented triads on the mandolin. He will tell you how to play an augmented triad in root position, 1st inversion, and 2nd inversion. He'll also tell you how to play augmented triads in 1st position, 2nd position, and 3rd position in both the low and high octaves; he'll even tell you how to add a 4th to the augmented triad and harmonize a scale.

Listing 1-16 of 16 videos

What is an Augmented Triad?

Understanding augmented triads and the mandolin is easy with these tips, get expert advice and a music lesson in this free video.

Related Videos

Related Articles