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.
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Something Different: Laird's March - Duet - by Brad Laird is a downloadable Quicktime lesson which teaches both parts to a mandolin duet written by Brad. The song, Laird's March is reminiscent of music played by mandolin ensembles in the early part of the 20th century. Brad walks you through how to play each part, practices them with you slowly and then gives you a chance to play it as a duet along with Brad in the video. This lesson includes 2 MP3 practice tracks and a 3-page PDF file with the tab, standard notation and chord charts for both parts. $4.99
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