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Dokumen - Tips - Mandolin 2021 1 9 Types of Mandolin Flat Back Bowl Back A Type F Type Octave

The document summarizes different types of mandolins including flat back, bowl back, A style, F style, mandola, cittern, mandocello, and mandobass. It also notes the mandolin neck layout including the chromatic scale and accidentals. It provides examples of mandolin tabs, chords, riffs, and strumming patterns. It demonstrates playing melodies over chords on the mandolin.

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Dokumen - Tips - Mandolin 2021 1 9 Types of Mandolin Flat Back Bowl Back A Type F Type Octave

The document summarizes different types of mandolins including flat back, bowl back, A style, F style, mandola, cittern, mandocello, and mandobass. It also notes the mandolin neck layout including the chromatic scale and accidentals. It provides examples of mandolin tabs, chords, riffs, and strumming patterns. It demonstrates playing melodies over chords on the mandolin.

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Mandolin

Types of Mandolin

Flat back
Bowl back
A type
F type
Octave
Mandola
Cittern
Mandocello
Mandobass
F Style
A Style

Bowl Back

Flat Back

Bowl Back
The Family
Notes on the Mandolin Neck
The alphabet letters A through G….Place a sharp or flat between each letter…Except
between B and C and between E and F. On each instrument the strings start on different
letters….like mandolin starts on a G.so G then G# then A then A#…and so on….

G D A E

G#/Ab D#/Eb A#/Bb F

A E B F#/Gb

These are called


A#Bb F C G Accidentals. if
you are going
up in pitch its
B called a sharp
F#/Gb C#/Db G#/Ab and if you are
going down in
C G D A pitch its called a
flat

C#Db G#/Ab D#/Eb A#/Bb

D A E B

D#/Eb A#/Bb F C

E B F#/Gb C#/Db

F C G D

F#/Gb C#/Db G#/Ab D#/Eb

G D A E

Chromatic Scale
Tab for Mandolin

G D A E

String names on Mini Grid and Tab

Mini Grid for chords

O means Open
and X means
don’t play

G D A E
A Black dot means place a finger here on that
fret and that string. Frets are the horizontal lines.

Fret 2 and
on the E
string

numbers on the strings mean fret number


Major Chords
Minor Chords
7th Chords
12 Barre Blues

This is called a double stop… 2 notes 2 strikes


Single note 12 bar blues
Power Chords
Easy Mandolin Melody
Mandolin Riff 2
So far we can place a chord
on the Mandolin. Next we
can play a scale. Now let’s
Strum and Chop.!!!!!
X= Mute or Chop
2 Finger Chords

Chop G
C Chop

Notice no
number..
This
means do
not strike
this string

Root note C Chop Chord of C


D Chop
Down Strike Up Strike
G Riff
Melody(scale) and Chord
Melody

Chords…

D A Bm F#m G D Em7 A7
Count= 1 and 2 and then change to next chord

Stay on the D string…

0,2,4,2,4,5,4 at random… its the D scale

for the melody part.

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