Instructional DVD for Mandola

Overview
This DVD's objective is to offer a complete overview of the mandola. From a basic point of view, offering set-up instructions and proper positioning for both right hand and left. With this DVD, you'll learn all of your basic chord positions, which cover most major keys, and all of your basic scale patterns within these same keys.

Chord Positions
All basic Chord positions within the most common keys of C, G, D & A are visually presented. Since the mandola is tuned one fifth lower than mandolin, the DVD also explains that every mandolin player can easily adapt to the new inversions be learning to transpose chords. If you're already playing mandolin, this DVD will illustrate all of the major chord positions as properly laid out for ease of play on the mandola, only in a different key, eliminating the frustration normally encountered when trying to relate the mandola to the standard mandolin. If you're just starting out, and do not already play a mandolin, you'll find this mandola course a great road map with a thorough approach to playing chords and chord progressions.

A Songbook
Additionally, this DVD introduces exercises that make the learning process far less frustrating. By the time you've accomplished the exercises, melodies become far easier to tackle. Basic melodies and advanced melodies are introduced establishing a strong foundation for learning many other melodies on your own. One of the most revealing segments within this DVD is "New Dimensions in Mandola" which illuminates how you can approach your mandola beyond simple flatpicking.

We're proud to say, this is the first instructional DVD ever offered in the history of mandola. We also have a the first ever book coming out on "How to Play Mandola" so stay tuned.

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