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Mandolin From The Get Go
In this class, we will start with some basic chords and learn a few classic songs and tunes. We will work on our strumming and timing, all the while seeing just how great the mandolin sounds. Starting with a scale or two, we can turn that into some melody playing and learning how to locate a song’s first note.
For intermediate players, I will show you 2-string chord shapes (slants and reaches) and some techniques that help connect “all the dots” handily. I apologize ahead of time because it almost makes it too easy to find great sounds up and down the fingerboard!
Our class aim is to develop a bit of confidence, have fun, and embrace the mandolin as a wonderful life enhancing addition. Afterwards, I hope you will all be thinking, why didn’t I pick up a mandolin sooner?
Carl Jones
Carl Jones is an American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Macon, Georgia, and lives in Hillsville, Virginia. He studied music near Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and was influenced by seeing Roy Orbison, Steve Goodman, and Mac McAnally record there.
Carl is widely respected for his instrumental talents and original songs about the joys and tribulations of life in the south. His songs have been recorded by The Nashville Bluegrass Band, Kate Campbell, Rickie Simpkins w/Tony Rice, and others. Last Time On The Road was on the Grammy award winning album Unleashed by The Nashville Bluegrass Band.
Carl played with Norman and Nancy Blake as part of the Rising Fawn String Ensemble, with fiddler, James Bryan, and today tours/records with wife, Erynn Marshall. Carl is known for his fine musicianship, charismatic teaching, sense of humor, and powerful songwriting. He has recorded on a couple dozen recordings including his original songs CD ""Traveling Star"" and Norman Blake’s “Original Underground Music of the Mysterious South.
