Mandolin Chord Chart

What's Hot
Thought this might be of use to some
www.maltingsaudio.co.uk
0reaction image LOL 2reaction image Wow! 5reaction image Wisdom

Comments

  • droflufdrofluf Frets: 4744
    Thanks! Where did you get that from? I’ve just bought a tenor guitar so have been looking for a version in CGDA. 
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • drofluf said:
    Thanks! Where did you get that from? I’ve just bought a tenor guitar so have been looking for a version in CGDA. 
    Popped up in my FB feed, Mrs M plays mandolin so grabbed it for her .
    www.maltingsaudio.co.uk
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • droflufdrofluf Frets: 4744
    Thanks, your post prompted me to do my own research so I found something solid. 
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • droflufdrofluf Frets: 4744
    And I just worked out that your chart works for me if I just see the chord names as being below the diagram rather than above it. 
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 2reaction image Wisdom
  • octatonicoctatonic Frets: 34663
    drofluf said:
    And I just worked out that your chart works for me if I just see the chord names as being below the diagram rather than above it. 
    That is a neat trick.

    I play mandola (same tuning as tenor guitar) so just got used to transposing in my head.
    Or capo it. :)
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • Nice! Thanks very much.
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • droflufdrofluf Frets: 4744
    octatonic said:
    drofluf said:
    And I just worked out that your chart works for me if I just see the chord names as being below the diagram rather than above it. 
    That is a neat trick.

    I play mandola (same tuning as tenor guitar) so just got used to transposing in my head.
    Or capo it. :)
    It helps that the diagram is arranged in fifths*. It may not work for every chart. 

    *that also demonstrates 90% of my knowledge of music theory :)
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • MartinBMartinB Frets: 282
    It's worth looking up the movable, closed-position "chop chords" that bluegrass players use, too. Even if you're not playing bluegrass they can provide a useful approach to chords on mandolin.
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • KebabkidKebabkid Frets: 3587
    Andy Wood occasionally puts vids up and here's one - 
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • AlbertCAlbertC Frets: 1032
    edited December 2024
    Something I found vaguely useful for chord shapes on mandolins or tenor guitars tuned in 5ths....
    just imagine your playing the 4 lowest strings on a guitar, but flip them upside down.

    Doesn't sound exactly right for all chords because where the root is but the notes will be correct

    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 1reaction image Wisdom
  • droflufdrofluf Frets: 4744
    AlbertC said:
    Something I found vaguely useful for chord shapes on mandolins or tenor guitars tuned in 5ths....
    just imagine your playing the 4 lowest strings on a guitar, but flip them upside down.

    Doesn't sound exactly right for all chords because where the root is but the notes will be correct

    You’d get royally flamed if you said that on certain mandolin fora. :lol:

    But those purists also disapprove of capos because “a good player can play any tune in any key without a capo”. 
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • MartinBMartinB Frets: 282
    I've played mandolin for alarmingly close to 30 years (started as a teenager), and to be honest conversations about chord charts for mandolin always catch me off guard a little as I play so few chords on it. I play mostly Scottish and Irish folk tunes on it, and at the most I'll drop a root note drone or a few double stops, but I think of it as essentially a melody instrument.
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • MartinB said:
    I've played mandolin for alarmingly close to 30 years (started as a teenager), and to be honest conversations about chord charts for mandolin always catch me off guard a little as I play so few chords on it. I play mostly Scottish and Irish folk tunes on it, and at the most I'll drop a root note drone or a few double stops, but I think of it as essentially a melody instrument.
    I was going to say the same thing - I play mando a fair bit but almost always just picking melodies (as you say, especially suited to folky fiddle-based tunes). Put a chord sheet in front of me and I'm pretty lost.  I keep meaning to learn more chords but it just feels too cramped for anything more than simple 2-finger chords (and I've got skinny fingers).  For playing melodies though a mando works better than guitar tuning IMO.

    But thanks @maltingsaudio I'll grab a copy of that - it's more comprehensive than the chart I had before.
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
Sign In or Register to comment.