Chords for How-To Chop On The Mandolin With Tim O'Brien
Tempo:
96.9 bpm
Chords used:
F#
E
G
C
G#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hi CBC Music, I'm Tim O'Brien and I'm here to show you about chopping on the mandolin,
or show you the mandolin chop.
Usually use one of two chord forms [G#] on the mandolin chop that was invented by Bill Monroe
somewhere in about [F#] 1950.
This is a G chord.
You've got your index finger on the second fret of the
A string, second finger on the third fret of the E string, [E] third finger on the fifth fret of the D
string, and your little finger way down there on the seventh fret [F#] of the G string.
And if you hit
that with your right hand, [G] right after you hit it, relax your left hand [E] fingers, you get the chop.
You get a sort of staccato thing that's used as kind of like the backbeat [C] on two and four.
It's
the backbeat, it's the snare drum of bluegrass.
You're right [G] in between those bass notes.
[N] The other
common form for the chop would be like a three finger form.
Index finger on the second fret of
the E, that's the D string, your second finger on the third fret of the A string, and your third
finger on the fifth fret of the G.
Another real common chord is this D chord where you've got your
little finger there at the seventh fret again, second finger at the fourth fret of the D string,
third finger fifth fret [F] of the A, index finger second fret of the E string.
[Em] Between this G chord
and this [Bm] D chord [D] and this C chord, you can sort of move those up and down the [C] neck
[E]
and get the sound you want.
Try to find the place on your mandolin where [G] the woody sound is for the
chop.
You kind of want a nice thick kind of thwack.
Somewhere in between here and there is a nice
spot.
And you don't want it to be very long.
The chop can, you can sort of let this chop sustain.
You can play in between the beats and sustain every once in a while if you want, but generally it's like a
short [F#] thing that kind of really stresses where the tempo is.
[C] And you got a lot of power in the band
with that chop, so use it wisely.
Thanks CVC Music.
That's how you chop on the mandolin.
You just put
it all together.
I just like the tone.
I like that almost Celtic-y style of rock.
And it's
or show you the mandolin chop.
Usually use one of two chord forms [G#] on the mandolin chop that was invented by Bill Monroe
somewhere in about [F#] 1950.
This is a G chord.
You've got your index finger on the second fret of the
A string, second finger on the third fret of the E string, [E] third finger on the fifth fret of the D
string, and your little finger way down there on the seventh fret [F#] of the G string.
And if you hit
that with your right hand, [G] right after you hit it, relax your left hand [E] fingers, you get the chop.
You get a sort of staccato thing that's used as kind of like the backbeat [C] on two and four.
It's
the backbeat, it's the snare drum of bluegrass.
You're right [G] in between those bass notes.
[N] The other
common form for the chop would be like a three finger form.
Index finger on the second fret of
the E, that's the D string, your second finger on the third fret of the A string, and your third
finger on the fifth fret of the G.
Another real common chord is this D chord where you've got your
little finger there at the seventh fret again, second finger at the fourth fret of the D string,
third finger fifth fret [F] of the A, index finger second fret of the E string.
[Em] Between this G chord
and this [Bm] D chord [D] and this C chord, you can sort of move those up and down the [C] neck
[E]
and get the sound you want.
Try to find the place on your mandolin where [G] the woody sound is for the
chop.
You kind of want a nice thick kind of thwack.
Somewhere in between here and there is a nice
spot.
And you don't want it to be very long.
The chop can, you can sort of let this chop sustain.
You can play in between the beats and sustain every once in a while if you want, but generally it's like a
short [F#] thing that kind of really stresses where the tempo is.
[C] And you got a lot of power in the band
with that chop, so use it wisely.
Thanks CVC Music.
That's how you chop on the mandolin.
You just put
it all together.
I just like the tone.
I like that almost Celtic-y style of rock.
And it's
Key:
F#
E
G
C
G#
F#
E
G
Hi CBC Music, I'm Tim O'Brien and I'm here to show you about chopping on the mandolin,
or show you the mandolin chop. _ _ _ _ _
Usually use one of two chord forms [G#] on the mandolin chop that was invented by Bill Monroe
somewhere in about [F#] 1950.
This is a G chord.
You've got your index finger on the second fret of the
A string, second finger on the third fret of the E string, [E] third finger on the fifth fret of the D
string, and your little finger way down there on the seventh fret [F#] of the G string.
And if you hit
that with your right hand, [G] right after you hit it, relax your left hand [E] fingers, you get the chop.
You get a sort of staccato thing that's used as kind of like the backbeat [C] on two and four.
It's
the backbeat, it's the snare drum of bluegrass.
You're right [G] in between those bass notes. _ _
[N] The other
common form for the chop would be like a three finger form.
Index finger on the second fret of
the E, that's the D string, your second finger on the third fret of the A string, and your third
finger on the fifth fret of the G. _
Another real common chord is this D chord where you've got your
little finger there at the seventh fret again, second finger at the fourth fret of the D string,
third finger fifth fret [F] of the A, index finger second fret of the E string.
[Em] Between this G chord
and this [Bm] D chord [D] and this C chord, you can sort of move those up and down the [C] neck
_ [E]
and get the sound you want.
Try to find the place on your mandolin where [G] the woody sound is for the
chop.
You kind of want a nice thick kind of thwack.
Somewhere in between here and there is a nice
spot.
And you don't want it to be very long.
The chop can, you can sort of let this chop sustain.
You can play in between the beats and sustain every once in a while if you want, but generally it's like a
short [F#] thing that kind of really stresses where the tempo is.
[C] And you got a lot of power in the band
with that chop, so use it wisely.
Thanks CVC Music.
That's how you chop on the mandolin.
You just put
it all together.
I just like the tone.
I like that almost Celtic-y style of rock.
And it's
or show you the mandolin chop. _ _ _ _ _
Usually use one of two chord forms [G#] on the mandolin chop that was invented by Bill Monroe
somewhere in about [F#] 1950.
This is a G chord.
You've got your index finger on the second fret of the
A string, second finger on the third fret of the E string, [E] third finger on the fifth fret of the D
string, and your little finger way down there on the seventh fret [F#] of the G string.
And if you hit
that with your right hand, [G] right after you hit it, relax your left hand [E] fingers, you get the chop.
You get a sort of staccato thing that's used as kind of like the backbeat [C] on two and four.
It's
the backbeat, it's the snare drum of bluegrass.
You're right [G] in between those bass notes. _ _
[N] The other
common form for the chop would be like a three finger form.
Index finger on the second fret of
the E, that's the D string, your second finger on the third fret of the A string, and your third
finger on the fifth fret of the G. _
Another real common chord is this D chord where you've got your
little finger there at the seventh fret again, second finger at the fourth fret of the D string,
third finger fifth fret [F] of the A, index finger second fret of the E string.
[Em] Between this G chord
and this [Bm] D chord [D] and this C chord, you can sort of move those up and down the [C] neck
_ [E]
and get the sound you want.
Try to find the place on your mandolin where [G] the woody sound is for the
chop.
You kind of want a nice thick kind of thwack.
Somewhere in between here and there is a nice
spot.
And you don't want it to be very long.
The chop can, you can sort of let this chop sustain.
You can play in between the beats and sustain every once in a while if you want, but generally it's like a
short [F#] thing that kind of really stresses where the tempo is.
[C] And you got a lot of power in the band
with that chop, so use it wisely.
Thanks CVC Music.
That's how you chop on the mandolin.
You just put
it all together.
I just like the tone.
I like that almost Celtic-y style of rock.
And it's