Chords for Beginner Mandolin Lessons Series (Part Three): Basic Strum Pattern
Tempo:
108.85 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
A
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hi everybody, welcome back to Mando Lessons.
My name is Baron Collins-Hill.
In this lesson, lesson 3 of the Beginner Series, we're going to work on a right-hand strumming pattern
using the chords that we learned in lesson 2 of the Beginner Series.
All of my lessons are available over at mandolessons.com and here on YouTube.
So don't forget to subscribe here.
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Let's jump into that strumming pattern.
In lesson 2 of the Beginner Series, we worked on our G chord, our [C] C chord, and our [D] D chord, all major chords,
and used simple right-hand [G] downstrokes as our strumming pattern.
[C] [D] [G]
If you're unfamiliar with those, check out lesson 2 in the Beginner Series.
What we're going to do now is we're going to spice up our right-hand strum pattern to make it sound a little more like this.
So
[C]
[D]
[G]
to start, what we're doing here is we're breaking our strum pattern into two parts.
We have a bass note and then a strum note.
This is sort of imitating what a lot of acoustic guitar players will do.
A lot of guitar styles, especially in the American folk tradition, use sort of bass-strum patterns with alternating bass lines.
So our first stroke, we're going to hit the open
we're going to have a G chord in our left hand,
and we're going to hit the open G string as a bass note.
And then we can strum through all four sets of strings.
So another piece of the pattern that we haven't gotten to yet is we're going to alternate our bass.
So rather than just playing open G, strum, open G, strum, we're going to play open G, strum, and then our open [D] D string, [G] and then strum.
G, strum, D, strum.
So we have that alternating bass pattern.
G, strum, D, strum.
And the last piece of the puzzle is we can add a little bit of an upstroke in between these strokes we already have, just to spice things up a little bit.
And when I'm coming up on that upstroke on the E string, I'm usually just playing the E string, maybe sometimes the E and the A strings,
but we don't need to go through all four sets of strings coming back up.
And that's the whole pattern, and now it just requires moving our fingers on our left hand.
So let's get that pattern moving in our right hand and then start changing chords.
So one, two, three, four.
Now let's start alternating the bass.
G, D, G, D.
Let's go to our C chord.
[C]
[G] G.
Back to C.
[C]
Let's go to D.
[D]
[G] G.
So as you can see, that pattern in our right hand stays totally static as we go through all these chords.
The alternating [A] bass is always the G string and the D string, and our chords will just change in our left hand.
Sometimes, like when going to the D chord,
[D] you really need to get your pointer finger [B] over to that second fret on the G string quickly so you can have time to hit that bass note.
So that's a great guitar-style strumming pattern to use [Bb] on the mandolin.
Next, it's time to get into a song, so check out lesson four in the beginner series.
Thanks so much for watching.
As always, more lessons at mandolessons.com.
Don't forget to subscribe here on YouTube, and keep on
My name is Baron Collins-Hill.
In this lesson, lesson 3 of the Beginner Series, we're going to work on a right-hand strumming pattern
using the chords that we learned in lesson 2 of the Beginner Series.
All of my lessons are available over at mandolessons.com and here on YouTube.
So don't forget to subscribe here.
All of my lessons are always available for free.
That said, there are a couple ways to donate over at mandolessons.com, which is always appreciated.
Let's jump into that strumming pattern.
In lesson 2 of the Beginner Series, we worked on our G chord, our [C] C chord, and our [D] D chord, all major chords,
and used simple right-hand [G] downstrokes as our strumming pattern.
[C] [D] [G]
If you're unfamiliar with those, check out lesson 2 in the Beginner Series.
What we're going to do now is we're going to spice up our right-hand strum pattern to make it sound a little more like this.
So
[C]
[D]
[G]
to start, what we're doing here is we're breaking our strum pattern into two parts.
We have a bass note and then a strum note.
This is sort of imitating what a lot of acoustic guitar players will do.
A lot of guitar styles, especially in the American folk tradition, use sort of bass-strum patterns with alternating bass lines.
So our first stroke, we're going to hit the open
we're going to have a G chord in our left hand,
and we're going to hit the open G string as a bass note.
And then we can strum through all four sets of strings.
So another piece of the pattern that we haven't gotten to yet is we're going to alternate our bass.
So rather than just playing open G, strum, open G, strum, we're going to play open G, strum, and then our open [D] D string, [G] and then strum.
G, strum, D, strum.
So we have that alternating bass pattern.
G, strum, D, strum.
And the last piece of the puzzle is we can add a little bit of an upstroke in between these strokes we already have, just to spice things up a little bit.
And when I'm coming up on that upstroke on the E string, I'm usually just playing the E string, maybe sometimes the E and the A strings,
but we don't need to go through all four sets of strings coming back up.
And that's the whole pattern, and now it just requires moving our fingers on our left hand.
So let's get that pattern moving in our right hand and then start changing chords.
So one, two, three, four.
Now let's start alternating the bass.
G, D, G, D.
Let's go to our C chord.
[C]
[G] G.
Back to C.
[C]
Let's go to D.
[D]
[G] G.
So as you can see, that pattern in our right hand stays totally static as we go through all these chords.
The alternating [A] bass is always the G string and the D string, and our chords will just change in our left hand.
Sometimes, like when going to the D chord,
[D] you really need to get your pointer finger [B] over to that second fret on the G string quickly so you can have time to hit that bass note.
So that's a great guitar-style strumming pattern to use [Bb] on the mandolin.
Next, it's time to get into a song, so check out lesson four in the beginner series.
Thanks so much for watching.
As always, more lessons at mandolessons.com.
Don't forget to subscribe here on YouTube, and keep on
Key:
D
G
C
A
B
D
G
C
Hi everybody, welcome back to Mando Lessons.
My name is Baron Collins-Hill.
In this lesson, lesson 3 of the Beginner Series, we're going to work on a right-hand strumming pattern
using the chords that we learned in lesson 2 of the Beginner Series.
All of my lessons are available over at mandolessons.com and here on YouTube.
So don't forget to subscribe here.
All of my lessons are always available for free.
That said, there are a couple ways to donate over at mandolessons.com, which is always appreciated.
Let's jump into that strumming pattern.
In lesson 2 of the Beginner Series, we worked on our G chord, our [C] C chord, and our [D] D chord, all major chords,
and used simple right-hand [G] downstrokes as our strumming pattern. _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
If you're unfamiliar with those, check out lesson 2 in the Beginner Series.
What we're going to do now is we're going to spice up our right-hand strum pattern to make it sound a little more like this.
So _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ to start, what we're doing here is we're breaking our strum pattern into two parts.
We have a bass note and then a strum note.
This is sort of _ imitating what a lot of acoustic guitar players will do.
A lot of guitar styles, especially in the American folk tradition, use sort of bass-strum patterns with alternating bass lines.
So our first stroke, we're going to hit the open_
we're going to have a G chord in our left hand,
and we're going to hit the open G string as a bass note.
And then we can strum through all four sets of strings. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So another piece of the pattern that we haven't gotten to yet is we're going to alternate our bass.
So rather than just playing open G, strum, open G, strum, we're going to play open G, strum, and then our open [D] D string, _ [G] and then strum.
G, _ strum, D, strum. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ So we have that alternating bass pattern.
_ _ G, strum, D, strum. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And the last piece of the puzzle is we can add a little bit of an upstroke in between these strokes we already have, just to spice things up a little bit. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And when I'm coming up on that upstroke on the E string, I'm usually just playing the E string, maybe sometimes the E and the A strings,
but we don't need to go through all four sets of strings coming back up. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And that's the whole pattern, and now it just requires moving our fingers on our left hand.
So let's get that pattern moving in our right hand and then start changing chords.
So one, two, three, four. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Now let's start alternating the bass.
G, _ D, _ _ G, _ _ D.
Let's go to our C chord.
_ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] G. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Back to C.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Let's go to D.
_ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] G. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ So as you can see, that pattern in our right hand stays totally static as we go through all these chords.
The alternating [A] bass is always the G string and the D string, and our chords will just change in our left hand.
Sometimes, like when going to the D chord, _
[D] _ _ you really need to get your pointer finger [B] over to that second fret on the G string quickly so you can have time to hit that bass note.
So that's a great guitar-style strumming pattern to use [Bb] on the mandolin.
Next, it's time to get into a song, so check out lesson four in the beginner series.
Thanks so much for watching.
As always, more lessons at mandolessons.com.
Don't forget to subscribe here on YouTube, and keep on
My name is Baron Collins-Hill.
In this lesson, lesson 3 of the Beginner Series, we're going to work on a right-hand strumming pattern
using the chords that we learned in lesson 2 of the Beginner Series.
All of my lessons are available over at mandolessons.com and here on YouTube.
So don't forget to subscribe here.
All of my lessons are always available for free.
That said, there are a couple ways to donate over at mandolessons.com, which is always appreciated.
Let's jump into that strumming pattern.
In lesson 2 of the Beginner Series, we worked on our G chord, our [C] C chord, and our [D] D chord, all major chords,
and used simple right-hand [G] downstrokes as our strumming pattern. _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
If you're unfamiliar with those, check out lesson 2 in the Beginner Series.
What we're going to do now is we're going to spice up our right-hand strum pattern to make it sound a little more like this.
So _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ to start, what we're doing here is we're breaking our strum pattern into two parts.
We have a bass note and then a strum note.
This is sort of _ imitating what a lot of acoustic guitar players will do.
A lot of guitar styles, especially in the American folk tradition, use sort of bass-strum patterns with alternating bass lines.
So our first stroke, we're going to hit the open_
we're going to have a G chord in our left hand,
and we're going to hit the open G string as a bass note.
And then we can strum through all four sets of strings. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So another piece of the pattern that we haven't gotten to yet is we're going to alternate our bass.
So rather than just playing open G, strum, open G, strum, we're going to play open G, strum, and then our open [D] D string, _ [G] and then strum.
G, _ strum, D, strum. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ So we have that alternating bass pattern.
_ _ G, strum, D, strum. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And the last piece of the puzzle is we can add a little bit of an upstroke in between these strokes we already have, just to spice things up a little bit. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And when I'm coming up on that upstroke on the E string, I'm usually just playing the E string, maybe sometimes the E and the A strings,
but we don't need to go through all four sets of strings coming back up. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And that's the whole pattern, and now it just requires moving our fingers on our left hand.
So let's get that pattern moving in our right hand and then start changing chords.
So one, two, three, four. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Now let's start alternating the bass.
G, _ D, _ _ G, _ _ D.
Let's go to our C chord.
_ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] G. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Back to C.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Let's go to D.
_ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] G. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ So as you can see, that pattern in our right hand stays totally static as we go through all these chords.
The alternating [A] bass is always the G string and the D string, and our chords will just change in our left hand.
Sometimes, like when going to the D chord, _
[D] _ _ you really need to get your pointer finger [B] over to that second fret on the G string quickly so you can have time to hit that bass note.
So that's a great guitar-style strumming pattern to use [Bb] on the mandolin.
Next, it's time to get into a song, so check out lesson four in the beginner series.
Thanks so much for watching.
As always, more lessons at mandolessons.com.
Don't forget to subscribe here on YouTube, and keep on