Another great lesson! So helpful!! I want to accompany singers at the church Christmas party this year and had no idea how to do it on mandolin. Now you've given me a place to start. Thanks
Thanks Mike, you have given me 5 wonderful mandolin strums. As a guitarist and ukulele player I have struggled with finding the best way to strum the mandolin without catching the E string and getting discordant noise. So I have been limiting myself to playing the basic strum "bass-Down". Please keep it up, and give us more magical strums along the way.
Thanks very much for this. This is a hugely important part of mandolin playing seemingly not often discussed in instruction videos. My singer guitarist partner is often telling me the chop is not giving him enough chordal information when he sings and when he is playing lead etc. And yes mandolin gets in the way of the guitar too in other circumstances. Anyway, a very interesting and very useful video for mandolin players and very good of Mike to bring it up. Brilliant!
Mike--thank you. In terms of accompanying a singer (myself) while leading a song with others, I have a terrible habit of drifting off the 2/4 emphasis into the 1/3 emphasis, which throws the whole ensemble off. Any advice as to how to always be CERTAIN where the 2 & 4 fall in a vocal? I understand this may not be a quick fix, (Note--the other players are quiet guitarist, so i can depend on them.)
Thanks Mike … I am learning a lot from your videos.
I forgot to mention how much I enjoyed Jay’s (sp?) singing.
Nice! Much needed lesson.
Brilliant mike thanks
Thanks James
Just learning mandolin. This was so helpful since I mostly accompany vocals ❤️🎶
Happy to help!
@@MandoMikeLessons question… is there anything wrong with using my index nail to play these rhythms to accompany? Thanks so much!
This is extremely helpful, thank you!!!
My pleasure!
Another great lesson! So helpful!! I want to accompany singers at the church Christmas party this year and had no idea how to do it on mandolin. Now you've given me a place to start. Thanks
Ah great! Good luck with the concert
Mike
Thanks Mike, you have given me 5 wonderful mandolin strums. As a guitarist and ukulele player I have struggled with finding the best way to strum the mandolin without catching the E string and getting discordant noise. So I have been limiting myself to playing the basic strum "bass-Down". Please keep it up, and give us more magical strums along the way.
Thanks very much for this. This is a hugely important part of mandolin playing seemingly not often discussed in instruction videos. My singer guitarist partner is often telling me the chop is not giving him enough chordal information when he sings and when he is playing lead etc. And yes mandolin gets in the way of the guitar too in other circumstances. Anyway, a very interesting and very useful video for mandolin players and very good of Mike to bring it up. Brilliant!
Hi Graeme, thanks for the positive feedback, really glad the lesson was useful for you. Cheers! Mike
Mike, thank you for a fantastic lesson! Excellent content, and quick to the point. Highly appreciated
OMG I am an advanced guitar player for years but how different mandolin strumming is. Thank you very much. This video is v02 of my mandolin playing.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Mike for a great lesson. As a guitarist taking up mandolin, you've helped a great deal.
Great to hear! Mike
Such a great, useful lesson! Thanks.
Mike--thank you. In terms of accompanying a singer (myself) while leading a song with others, I have a terrible habit of drifting off the 2/4 emphasis into the 1/3 emphasis, which throws the whole ensemble off. Any advice as to how to always be CERTAIN where the 2 & 4 fall in a vocal? I understand this may not be a quick fix, (Note--the other players are quiet guitarist, so i can depend on them.)