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
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- Matt Bruno
- Tim Connell
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ROCKVILLE, MD. — Jazz mandolinist Tom Wright has announced the release of his newest project entitled Boogie, by the Tom Wright Trio. About the recording Wright told us, "I just [...]
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Following the success of a musical transcription book, John Hartford’s Mammoth Collection of Fiddle Tunes, and the subsequent, star-studded album of some of those same songs, The [...]
NEW YORK — Adhyâropa Records has announced an April 4 release of Trust and Love by Joe K. Walsh. Trust and Love is a collection of instrumental love songs of [...]
LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. — Registration has opened for the 12th Annual Monroe Mandolin Camp held September 10-14, 2025 at the Lake Junaluska Conference Center and Retreat. Monroe Mandolin Camp is [...]
PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. — Acoustic Disc has announced the release of Jacob do Bandolim, Volume III. In the early 1990s, Acoustic Disc issued two volumes of the music of Jacob [...]
MILWAUKEE, WIS. — Hal Leonard has announced the release of Do It Yourself Mandolin, by Jeremy Chapman, a part of their ongoing Do It Yourself series of books. About the [...]
TRAVERSE CITY, MI. — Don Julin has announced his new release from summer entitled Fractured Fiddle Tunes, an 11 song collection of re-imagined traditional fiddle tunes that present them in [...]
SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND — Simon Mayor has announced five residential workshops for 2025, all at the best of the best of historic venues in the UK. Short notice spaces are still [...]
BLOOMINGTON, IND. — The 12th Annual Jim Richter Mandolin Camp for the Rest of Us featuring Don Julin, Sharon Gilchrist and Laurelyn Dosset, along with host Jim Richter will be [...]
Back in my Pickin' Magazine days (1972-1979), we had a pressman named Mike who ran his press differently from most other pressman. I would often walk out in the pressroom [...]
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 [...]
To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) This week on [...]
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) Happy New Year [...]
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 episode I [...]
To Order my new album “Around the Clock” Click HERE! (Digitial, Limited CD or Limited Edition Vinyl) Here’s part two [...]
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. [...]
Today’s mandolin song breakdown is Garfield’s Blackberry Blossom (which is not the same as “Blackberry Blossom“). Add a comment below if you have any questions or just want to drop [...]
Continuing the series of “songs I should know, but don’t” today I’m covering the classic mandolin fiddle tune Big Mon by Bill Monroe. This tune is a pretty straight forward, [...]
Today’s mandolin song breakdown is on the Tim O’Brien tune the High Road. I was introduced to this tune in the Seattle bluegrass jam at Outlander Brewing late 2022 I [...]
Pop quiz hot shot – you’re at a friendly bluegrass jam and the leader just called a song you don’t know and only said “it’s in G” before they started [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Impress your family and friends with mandolin playing during the holidays. Register through the link below.https://www.mandolinsecrets.com/holiday Welcome to the MANDOLIN PLAYER'S HOLIDAY CHALLENGE. This is a 5-day Video Course [...]
Impress your family and friends with mandolin playing during the holidays. Register through the link below.https://www.mandolinsecrets.com/holiday Welcome to the MANDOLIN PLAYER'S HOLIDAY CHALLENGE. This is a 5-day Video Course [...]
Impress your family and friends with mandolin playing during the holidays. Register through the link below.https://www.mandolinsecrets.com/holiday Welcome to the MANDOLIN PLAYER'S HOLIDAY CHALLENGE. This is a 5-day Video Course [...]
Impress your family and friends with mandolin playing during the holidays. Register through the link below.https://www.mandolinsecrets.com/holiday Welcome to the MANDOLIN PLAYER'S HOLIDAY CHALLENGE. This is a 5-day Video Course [...]
Impress your family and friends with mandolin playing during the holidays. Register through the link below.https://www.mandolinsecrets.com/holiday Welcome to the MANDOLIN PLAYER'S HOLIDAY CHALLENGE. This is a 5-day Video Course [...]
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 [...]
Charlotte Kaiser, a young mandolin player from Germany, has just published her first album “Poems for Mandolin” The album begins with the Concertinho Colibri by Hamilton de Holanda in an arrangement [...]
Carlo Munier is one of the important composers for the mandolin. In his book “Il Nuovo Stile dei Duetti per mandolino solo, Op.278 ” he has studied the possibilities of the [...]