Mandolin Teaching Videos

 December 26th, 2016
mandolin, video
I just published a set of videos on how to play chords for mandolin. This is based on the playing I do with the Free Raisins. Some of this I also have in text form in this post but this is often something that's easier to communicate with video.

I've put these on a new youtube channel, and as I make more I'll upload them there. Anything you'd like to see explained?

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