It will give you an edgier, contemporary sound to your improvisation. Note: youll be using the same fingering for major, ut this gives you more stretch st cp b, b, You might not be used to voicing patterns in intervals of ths, but this is good for your ear and foreign to the mandolin. gain, same major scale, but well start it with the st finger. 8 nd b, cp Ionian Mandology Major Scale Studies Ionian Mode): Starting on the st inger Down two more rets. Its the same major scale, but well start it with the nd finger. You cant overplay them rd, b cp minor & œ œ œ œ b major 9 9 & b b b minor 0 0 b major & b b b œ œ œ œ minor & b b b œ œ œ œ Use the home pattern straight major scale) as kind of mental rest areaso that you can run on autopilot and think about what youre doing in the harder sections.Ĩ Ionian Mandology Major Scale Studies Ionian Mode): Starting on the nd inger Now were going to move everything down two rets. Repeat the selections within these bars as often as you need to make them comfortable. D D D X X X X X X X X Nice Low Nice High th ret m D Sample hords from the ssential hords, uitar, Mandolin, Ukulele & anjo ingering harts book from opyright ruce 9 Jones Design Inc. hese positions can be repeated in many places. Using these basic shapes you can move up and down and across the fret board to produce your chords. hord hord hord D hord D D D D D X X X X X X Nice ull D X X hord hord hord D D D D st ret m V or hord st ret he star is your root note or the name of the chord. D st ret Major chords from the Mandolin finger chords chart Mandolin wo inger hords Major here are many places for two finger chords, these are just some of the common ones.
he V or chord uses the rd and th strings. he IV or chord uses the st and nd strings.
he I or the D chord uses the nd and rd strings. 1 Major chords from the Mandolin chords chart Mandolin hords Major hord hord hord D hord D ingering hord hord hord 0 ingering st ret Simple inger Mandolin hords for a I, IV, V Progression I or D hord D D Dm D IV or hord Using two fingers you can produce the three basic positions for each chord major, th and the minor.