Chords for 3 Easy Rhythms For Mandolin

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Okay, this style _ is basic country or old-time style and it's very similar to what many guitar players do and that on beat [D] one
_ You hit a bass note beat two you strum [G] the chord _
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_ [D] _ _ _ we get better at it, we can add some up strokes _ _
Things like that, but the basic idea _
Is _ _ _ like that
Bass note strum bass note strum
So I'll try to play a rhythm track for whiskey before breakfast in that style first
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[D] Okay, _ _ [G] _ [D] _
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[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _
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[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ [D] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _
[G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [F#] the next style is going to kind of blend a bluegrass [Bm] chop
_ Enunciating [A#] _ _
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the chords on beat two and four like you would with a bluegrass chop one _ _ _ _
_ But I'm gonna try to keep some action going here while I mute the strings with my left hand
The basic up and down motion [F#] which would be which will kind of be mimicking the melody of the song
[B] Take a ticket a [F#] ticket a kitty.
So I'll be you know, [D] keeping the same time _ as
[N] The melody of the song the chord shapes I'll be using for this are pretty [Bm] simple
_ Those three finger D chop chord.
I
Like this [G] G chord
_ _ fourth and fifth fret
[A] _ This a chord and [Em] _ the e minor is right there when I need to eat my heart
_ So _ [N] here we go whiskey before breakfast with kind of a more
_ _ _ Blended _ bluegrass kind of _ thing
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Okay, _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
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[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
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[B] _ this third style is more of a world music style
I think it kind of [F#m] borrows some from the [D] Celtic tradition
_ Drone strings and [A] the chords that I'm using aren't really complete [E] chords in the [F#] if you look them up in a music theory [Em] book
They're not [F#m] really complete
_ For the D chord
[D] _ I'm gonna play this _
D F sharp and a _
Seventh fret fourth fret open for the [B] G.
I'm just gonna move the F sharp to a [G] G
_ Although I still have a string ringing.
I'm gonna call that a G _
_ [A] And I'm gonna call this an a _
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The e [E] minor
Let me go here [D] _ _ _ _ _
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[A] all the time leaving the e string ringing _
Excuse me the a string ringing the whole time _
Now for rhythm [F#m] what I'm gonna be doing with this is instead of the [F#] backbeat like we did in the bluegrass
[D] Tune the head one two, three
Chop, [F#] I'm gonna eliminate [B] that and I'm gonna put the beat [D] right on beat one _ _ _ _
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I notice I'm keeping my hand moving just like I did in the bluegrass one, but I'm not muting the strings
I'm taking advantage of all over the ringing _ _
This _ _ is the basic strum as _ the song gets going I'll probably put some [F] accents in
[E] _ [D]
After we land on a strong beat on one.
I like to accent a little on upbeats
Between that one and the next one so you might end up with
some beats similar to _ _ _ _ _
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Consider that the one so let's try this
Whiskey before breakfast with a more world music
Celtic kind of feel I certainly don't claim to [G] be any kind of Celtic expert and stuff.
This is just this is just
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My interpretation of a different way to play the rhythm [F#m] to back up this tune
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[G] _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [D] _
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[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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