After The Big Scare
Brain Surgery and Other Fun Stuff
Nancy Blake’s “Hangin’ Dog”
Mandolin Anatomy
Movable Chord Shapes
Funny How Time Slips Away
C Family Chords for Mandolin
How to Read the Chord Diagrams
Advice for Mandolin Beginners
Lesson 6: The Minor Scale
Lesson 5: Musical Intervals
Lesson 4: Major Chords
Lesson 3: The Major Scale
Intro to Music Theory
- Mandolin Cafe
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- Matt Bruno
- Tim Connell
- Mandolin Secrets
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NASHVILLE, TENN. — The 2025 Monroe Mandolin Camp has announced the WO-Mon Bluegrass Music Gathering: A Music Camp for Female Pickers to be held May 30-31 at the Millersville Community [...]
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Fred Sokolow, the author of over 150 books for stringed instruments on platforms such as Mel Bay and Hal Leonard, has announced the availability of Beatles [...]
NEW YORK CITY — Terry Pender and the Chelsea Strings have announced an April 18 release for his new project entitled East of Chelsea, on Big Round Records. East of [...]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Confusion and disbelief rocked the world of bluegrass last night when word leaked from the Mandolins and Beer Podcast [...]
CHICAGO — Henhouse Prowlers and their non-profit Bluegrass Ambassadors are joining forces with Tyler White of White Mandolins and Rob McCormac to raffle off a custom made White mandolin to [...]
ALTA, WY. — The 17th Targhee Music Camp will take place August 4-7, 2025 at the Grand Targhee Ski Resort in the Teton Mountains of Western, Wyoming. The 4 day [...]
SURFSIDE BEACH S.C. — The 10th Annual Alan Bibey Mandolin Camp will be held here October 15-17, 2025. In addition to mandolin, guitar and bass tracks, for the first time [...]
PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — Acoustic Disc has announced the release of David Grisman & Various Artists, Unexpurgated Grass Volume 2 as a download only. This second volume features previously unissued [...]
Jake Howard took his first knee-to-knee mandolin lesson with Joe K. Walsh at Berklee College of Music in Boston. On a scholarship! If that sounds auspicious, or even suspicious, consider [...]
Brian Carroll, under the moniker "Felled Oak", has announced a March 13 release of his album Smoke on the Hillside, a collection of original compositions. On the album Carroll plays [...]
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To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) My guest this [...]
To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) My guest this [...]
To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) This week I [...]
To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) My guest on [...]
To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) My guest this [...]
To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) Happy Friday! Today [...]
To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) My guest this [...]
To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) My guest this [...]
To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) My guest this [...]
After a few mandolin song / tune breakdowns, I thought it was time to get back to some mandolin techniques. Today’s mandolin technique breakdown is more of theory review on [...]
Matt C Bruno reviews how to play Arkansas Traveler in this Mandolin Song Breakdown The post Mandolin Song Breakdown: Arkansas Traveler first appeared on Matt C Bruno Music. [...]
Temperance Reel is a classic fiddle tune with Irish origins, also known as Teetotaler's Reel. It's derived from melodies like Billy in the Lowground and Blackberry Blossom, making it accessible [...]
Time for another “song I should know but never learned”. Today’s mandolin song breakdown focuses on East Tennessee Blues (sometimes called East Tennessee Rag). I first heard this tune done [...]
Today’s mandolin song breakdown focuses on another classic, Soldier’s Joy. While this is a bluegrass staple, it’s roots are mostly Scottish from around 1760 or so. Like a lot of [...]
the basics of arpeggios and how you can use them by Matt C Bruno The post Mandolin Technique: Arpeggios and soloing first appeared on Matt C Bruno Music. [...]
Today’s mandolin song breakdown will be focusing on Jerusalem Ridge. Often this tune is considered a jam buster due to it’s length and complex melody. Aside from having 4 parts, [...]
Today's mandolin song breakdown covers the fantastic song Angeline the Baker The post Mandolin Song Breakdown: Angeline the Baker first appeared on Matt C Bruno Music. [...]
major 6th chord for mandolin The post Mandolin Chord Shapes Series: 6th Chord first appeared on Matt C Bruno Music. [...]
Today's Song Breakdown is on There's More Pretty Girls Than One The post Mandolin Song Breakdown: There’s More Pretty Girls Than One first appeared on Matt C Bruno Music. [...]
Octave mando is just a bigger mandolin - all the notes, sheet music, frets, etc... are exactly the same, it's just bigger! Octave mando is great for backing up your [...]
Play a sequence of chop chords that is perfect for developing comping dexterity. In this mandolin lesson, we'll explore the chords for the classic fiddle tune "Blackberry Blossom”. We [...]
// In this month’s episode, Magnus Zetterlund and Hayes Griffin are discussing: What is your biggest struggle when it comes to fretboard knowledge? How do you visualize scales on [...]
Discover how to create authentic jazz mandolin lines using the popular 3-9 melodic pattern! In this comprehensive lesson, I'll show you: How to outline chord changes with this essential [...]
// In this month’s episode, Magnus Zetterlund and Hayes Griffin are discussing: Where do you find the songs/tunes that inspire you? Do you have music goals for 2025? Magnus’s [...]
In this video, I show you a mandolin microphone that I use a lot. You attach the Schertler DYN-M P48 to the top of your mandolin. It’s a Plug’n’Play [...]
Attention folk and bluegrass mandolinists! Dive into the world of classical music with this intermediate-level lesson on J.S. Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 BWV 1007 Prélude. In this [...]
// In this month’s episode, Magnus interviews one of the most innovative mandolin players on the world, Radim Zenkl, from the Czech Republic. He plays a variety of styles [...]
Play a remarkable mandolin phrase inspired by bluegrass virtuoso Sierra Hull! In this lesson, I'll break down a signature lick that adds some pro-level flair to your playing. Whether [...]
Happy New Year! ✨ I hope you are having a good start to 2025. I'm back at work now, feeling recharged after the holidays. My band Nordic got an [...]
// In this podcast episode, Hayes Griffin and Magnus Zetterlund are discussing: What music-related items are on your holiday wish list this year? Does your mood affect your music [...]
9 Pieces for Mandolin have been published in 2024 by Edition 49. I have now started to make videos of all 9 pieces. [...]
The 12th ARTE International Mandolin Festival & Competition took place in October 2022. Roi Dayan from Israel won the first prize, Marine Moletto from France won the second prize, and [...]
