Mandolin video lessons by Brad Laird designed for beginning players. These easy lessons will teach you how to play the mandolin in easy-to-follow steps. Our free lessons are generally 5 to 8 minutes long and will teach you some of the basic techniques required to play the mandolin. Our premium lessons are around 15-20 minutes long and take a more in-depth look at mandolin concepts and techniques. The premium lessons include a PDF file with the tab and/or chords used in the lesson. Most lessons include several MP3 audio tracks for additional practice help. These lessons will get you well on your way to learning how to playing songs on the mandolin. You can learn more songs by checking out our mandolin tabs section or one of our mandolin songbooks.
To assist beginners, Brad has prepared a checklist of all mandolin lessons on the site and has listed them in the order which he feels is best for making the most rapid progress in learning to play. To download the most recent version of "Suggested Order of Study & Checklist" in PDF format for free click here.
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Beginning Mandolin 1 by Brad Laird is a downloadable Quicktime video mandolin lesson that teaches you the essential beginning skills you'll need to play the mandolin. Brad explains the basics of reading tab, teaches some basic picking patterns, shows you how to play some easy left hand notes and puts it all together in a song called Froggy Went A Courtin'. The download includes four .mp3 practice tracks and a .pdf file with the tab and standard notation for the lesson. $4.99
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