Video lessons and tabs for bluegrass mandolin standards taught by Brad Laird. Learn how to play classic bluegrass songs on the mandolin. The free lessons are 5-10 minutes long and will teach you the chord progression or a simple arrangement for a song. Our Premium Download tab lessons average 15-20 minutes in length, teach you multiple versions of a song and discuss topics like improvising. The licks taught in the Premium Download song lessons can be used in other songs when improvising. For more mandolin tabs check out our mandolin songbooks.
Mississippi Sawyer & Variations by Brad Laird is a downloadable Quicktime video mandolin lesson that teaches you to play the old-time fiddle tune Mississippi Sawyer in the key of D. You'll learn a basic version and a second solo showing several ways to embellish the tune using triplets, hammers, pulloffs and doublestops. The lesson reviews the bluegrass style chords used for playing backup in D. Brad then shows you an alternate “jazz style” chord progression which will introduce you to the augmented, minor 7th, 6th, and diminished chords. Tab and notation for both solos and the alternate chord progression are provided with your download. You’ll also receive 2 play-along MP3 tracks for practicing what you learn.
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