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• billyshakes NoVA✭✭✭

  October 23 Posts: 1,904

  That's neat to see how the tonic walks down to the Maj7 (keeping the b3 & 5) but then instead of going one more fret down to the b7, you return that string to the tonic G and eliminate the 5 (weaker tone in the chord anyway) to pick up the b7 on the other string and also allowing easy step movement to the 6.

  
• B25Gib Bremerton WA✭✭✭✭ Holo Busato, Dell'Arte Hommage, Gitane D-500, Gibson ES295, Eastman AR805

  October 24 Posts: 241

  Samy "Daphne" melody 'head' chords from Sept. 17 2017 video that no posted video links here show this. These 3 and 4 note low rhythm chords are filled by the high note of the 2 note octave melody head!

  Notes in( ) are optional for added fullness.

  Key DM 1st measure 5x44(5)x

  2nd measure 3x24xx(My inversion Em) 5456xx

  REPEAT A above

  5th measure 5x44(5)x 5x45xx

  6th measure x554xx 4x34xx

  DM - A7 turnaround chords above(2 measures your choice to phrase it).I like his choice of minimal chords here!
• djazzy New Castelluccia, Riccardo Mordeglia, AJL

  October 25 Posts: 180

  this guy has a pretty good youtube channel...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53k25fpyNWc

  
  

  
• BillDaCostaWilliams Barreiro, Portugal✭✭✭ Huttl, 9 mandolins

  October 25 Posts: 790

  The advantage of such method is to use as few fingers as possible three or two only and to be able to fret the chord as quickly as needed. A simple position is also easy to memorize. But also and above all the sound is kept more compact and discrete not too high-pitched. You must back-up the soloist and not disturb him or invade him.

  This excellent advice also applies to the mandolin - as I have been discovering since transitioning from guitar.