Chords for Beginner Mandolin Lessons Series (Part Two): First Chords
Tempo:
65.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Am
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] Hi everybody, welcome back to Mando Lessons.
My name is Baron Collins-Hill
and this is the second lesson in the beginners series where we're gonna look at our first couple chords on the mandolin.
All of these lessons are available over at mandolessons.com
where all my lessons are always free.
That said, there are a couple ways to donate.
You can also subscribe here on YouTube to keep up with new lessons I put out every week.
Let's jump right into the music and get these chords under our fingers.
As a short little introductory primer,
our lowest pitched string is a G string and I call that [D] the fourth string.
Next up we have the D string, which is the third string.
[Am] The A string is the second string and the E string [G] is the string closest to the floor and the first string.
Our G chord is going to have an open fourth string or G, [D] an open third string or D,
[G] second fret with your pointer finger on the A string and
third fret with your middle finger on the E string.
So we have open, open, two, three.
You can play all four strings and you get a great G chord.
For the chord of C, we're gonna take that little shape we have in our left hand and we're gonna move it to the middle
two sets of strings.
So now we have an open G,
fourth [E] string, second fret on the D string or the third string,
[C] third fret on the A string and
open first string E.
[G] And so we have [C] open, two, three, open.
Again, all four strings are great to strum.
It sounds great.
[A] Our third chord is a D major chord and for this one, we're gonna move our fingers a little bit more.
Starts with this first,
with the fourth string on the second fret.
So that's an A on the G [D] string and
then an open D string, an open A string and
second fret on the E string, our first string.
Again, we have two, open, open, two.
So let's go back to our G chord for a [G] moment.
Open, open, two, three.
Let's do a couple strums on that.
Just nice down strokes.
Great.
Now let's go to our C chord.
Open, two, [C] three, open, four down strokes.
And [G] our D chord,
[D] two, open, open, two,
four down strokes.
[G] And
back to G.
All right, let's pick up the pace a little bit.
We're gonna now play those without pauses in between and four down strokes of each.
Here we go.
One, two,
three, four.
[C]
[D] [G]
Again, G,
[C] C,
[D] D,
[G] G.
So once again, those three chords make up tons of folk songs and
other, kind of other songs throughout many genres of music.
See if you can find some old bluegrass songs or folk songs or whatever you're interested in and see if it's a three chord song.
Start strumming away.
That's all for part two of the beginner series here at Mando Lessons.
Check out mandolessons.com for lots more lessons and subscribe to my YouTube channel for new
My name is Baron Collins-Hill
and this is the second lesson in the beginners series where we're gonna look at our first couple chords on the mandolin.
All of these lessons are available over at mandolessons.com
where all my lessons are always free.
That said, there are a couple ways to donate.
You can also subscribe here on YouTube to keep up with new lessons I put out every week.
Let's jump right into the music and get these chords under our fingers.
As a short little introductory primer,
our lowest pitched string is a G string and I call that [D] the fourth string.
Next up we have the D string, which is the third string.
[Am] The A string is the second string and the E string [G] is the string closest to the floor and the first string.
Our G chord is going to have an open fourth string or G, [D] an open third string or D,
[G] second fret with your pointer finger on the A string and
third fret with your middle finger on the E string.
So we have open, open, two, three.
You can play all four strings and you get a great G chord.
For the chord of C, we're gonna take that little shape we have in our left hand and we're gonna move it to the middle
two sets of strings.
So now we have an open G,
fourth [E] string, second fret on the D string or the third string,
[C] third fret on the A string and
open first string E.
[G] And so we have [C] open, two, three, open.
Again, all four strings are great to strum.
It sounds great.
[A] Our third chord is a D major chord and for this one, we're gonna move our fingers a little bit more.
Starts with this first,
with the fourth string on the second fret.
So that's an A on the G [D] string and
then an open D string, an open A string and
second fret on the E string, our first string.
Again, we have two, open, open, two.
So let's go back to our G chord for a [G] moment.
Open, open, two, three.
Let's do a couple strums on that.
Just nice down strokes.
Great.
Now let's go to our C chord.
Open, two, [C] three, open, four down strokes.
And [G] our D chord,
[D] two, open, open, two,
four down strokes.
[G] And
back to G.
All right, let's pick up the pace a little bit.
We're gonna now play those without pauses in between and four down strokes of each.
Here we go.
One, two,
three, four.
[C]
[D] [G]
Again, G,
[C] C,
[D] D,
[G] G.
So once again, those three chords make up tons of folk songs and
other, kind of other songs throughout many genres of music.
See if you can find some old bluegrass songs or folk songs or whatever you're interested in and see if it's a three chord song.
Start strumming away.
That's all for part two of the beginner series here at Mando Lessons.
Check out mandolessons.com for lots more lessons and subscribe to my YouTube channel for new
Key:
G
D
C
Am
E
G
D
C
[G] Hi everybody, welcome back to Mando Lessons.
My name is Baron Collins-Hill
and this is the second lesson in the beginners series where we're gonna look at our first couple chords on the mandolin.
All of these lessons are available over at mandolessons.com
where all my lessons are always free.
That said, there are a couple ways to donate.
You can also subscribe here on YouTube to keep up with new lessons I put out every week.
Let's jump right into the music and get these chords under our fingers.
As a short little introductory primer,
our lowest pitched string is a G string and I call that [D] the fourth string.
Next up we have the D string, which is the third string.
_ [Am] The A string is the second string and the E string [G] is the string closest to the floor and the first string.
Our G chord is going to have an open fourth string or G, [D] an open third string or D,
[G] second fret with your pointer finger on the A string and
third fret with your middle finger on the E string. _
So we have open, open, two, three.
You can play all four strings and you get a great G chord.
_ For the chord of C, we're gonna take that little shape we have in our left hand and we're gonna move it to the middle
two sets of strings.
So now we have an open G,
fourth [E] string, second fret on the D string or the third string,
[C] third fret on the A string and
open first string E.
[G] And so we have [C] open, two, three, open.
Again, all four strings are great to strum.
It sounds great.
_ _ [A] Our third chord is a D major chord and for this one, we're gonna move our fingers a little bit more.
Starts with this first,
with the fourth string on the second fret.
So that's an A on the G [D] string and
then an open D string, an open A string and
second fret on the E string, our first string.
Again, we have two, open, open, two.
_ _ So let's go back to our G chord for a [G] moment.
Open, open, two, three.
Let's do a couple strums on that.
Just nice down strokes. _
_ _ _ Great.
Now let's go to our C chord.
Open, two, [C] three, open, four down strokes.
_ _ _ _ And [G] our D chord,
[D] two, open, open, two,
four down strokes.
_ _ _ _ [G] And
back to G. _ _
_ _ All right, let's pick up the pace a little bit.
We're gonna now play those without pauses in between and four down strokes of each.
Here we go.
One, two,
three, four.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Again, G,
_ _ [C] C, _ _
[D] D,
_ _ [G] G. _ _
_ _ So once again, those three chords make up tons of folk songs and
other, kind of other songs throughout many genres of music.
See if you can find some old bluegrass songs or folk songs or whatever you're interested in and see if it's a three chord song.
Start strumming away.
That's all for part two of the beginner series here at Mando Lessons.
Check out mandolessons.com for lots more lessons and subscribe to my YouTube channel for new
My name is Baron Collins-Hill
and this is the second lesson in the beginners series where we're gonna look at our first couple chords on the mandolin.
All of these lessons are available over at mandolessons.com
where all my lessons are always free.
That said, there are a couple ways to donate.
You can also subscribe here on YouTube to keep up with new lessons I put out every week.
Let's jump right into the music and get these chords under our fingers.
As a short little introductory primer,
our lowest pitched string is a G string and I call that [D] the fourth string.
Next up we have the D string, which is the third string.
_ [Am] The A string is the second string and the E string [G] is the string closest to the floor and the first string.
Our G chord is going to have an open fourth string or G, [D] an open third string or D,
[G] second fret with your pointer finger on the A string and
third fret with your middle finger on the E string. _
So we have open, open, two, three.
You can play all four strings and you get a great G chord.
_ For the chord of C, we're gonna take that little shape we have in our left hand and we're gonna move it to the middle
two sets of strings.
So now we have an open G,
fourth [E] string, second fret on the D string or the third string,
[C] third fret on the A string and
open first string E.
[G] And so we have [C] open, two, three, open.
Again, all four strings are great to strum.
It sounds great.
_ _ [A] Our third chord is a D major chord and for this one, we're gonna move our fingers a little bit more.
Starts with this first,
with the fourth string on the second fret.
So that's an A on the G [D] string and
then an open D string, an open A string and
second fret on the E string, our first string.
Again, we have two, open, open, two.
_ _ So let's go back to our G chord for a [G] moment.
Open, open, two, three.
Let's do a couple strums on that.
Just nice down strokes. _
_ _ _ Great.
Now let's go to our C chord.
Open, two, [C] three, open, four down strokes.
_ _ _ _ And [G] our D chord,
[D] two, open, open, two,
four down strokes.
_ _ _ _ [G] And
back to G. _ _
_ _ All right, let's pick up the pace a little bit.
We're gonna now play those without pauses in between and four down strokes of each.
Here we go.
One, two,
three, four.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Again, G,
_ _ [C] C, _ _
[D] D,
_ _ [G] G. _ _
_ _ So once again, those three chords make up tons of folk songs and
other, kind of other songs throughout many genres of music.
See if you can find some old bluegrass songs or folk songs or whatever you're interested in and see if it's a three chord song.
Start strumming away.
That's all for part two of the beginner series here at Mando Lessons.
Check out mandolessons.com for lots more lessons and subscribe to my YouTube channel for new