Here it is! Part 1 in a greatly anticipated Chop Chord Series!

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This one is a doosey! Check out these 31 Right Hand Exercises to help improve your mandolin technique.

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Time to get your Irish Jig on! Here's a video tutorial on the Jig Picking Pattern and how to use it on the mandolin. Throughout this lesson I'll show you why this pattern is so important to get the right rhythmic feel on these Celtic tunes, we'll work through some jig rhythm exercises, and I'll show you how to play a fun Irish jig called "Father O'Flynn's."

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In this video, the amazing Caterina Lichtenberg demonstrates and teaches 6 essential classical mandolin techniques that will level up your playing.

✨ Caterina's Online Artistworks Academy: https://artistworks.com/caterina-lichtenberg

Let's dive into the details on how to play the fun Irish triplet embellishment in 6/8 time using the jig picking pattern--a great way to take your jigs to the next level!

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Here's part 2 in in my lesson series about how to play chop chords on the mandolin. In this video, we'll be looking at how to get that bluegrass bark sound out of your chop chords and figure out some different strum patterns to use for these shapes.

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Here are 7 tips and tricks to help you get the most out of your metronome! Still working on these myself--some of these are pretty tough, but so rewarding! Enjoy!

And here's a link to the Time Guru app if anyone is interested.

If you're looking for that next step beyond Open and Chop Chords on the mandolin, this video is for you. Learn to play ever major and minor chord up and down the neck using these three chord shapes pioneered by the great Jethro Burns.

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Planning out solos is an amazing way to take your bluegrass mandolin playing to a higher level! In this video I wrote a solo live on camera to show you my process and help you get you started with your first solo.

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Alright! Part 3 is now up and chopping!

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Let's talk about speed!!! Here are 7 tips to help you get faster on the mandolin.

This might be one of the most requested lesson topics that I've ever had! In this this video, I finally break down my approach for playing guitar-style, root/fifth chord backup on the mandolin--much like I do for our livestreams here on the page.

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Why is tuning the mandolin so hard??? Well... I think it's because we don't use our ears like we should. Check out my process here to help get your mando playing in tune in no time.

Here are 7 tricks anyone can use to get up and down the mandolin fretboard with ease!

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