2 Finger Mandolin Chord Poster and Chart, Includes Fret Board

We are busy pulling together a collection of Two Finger Mandolin Chord videos to add to AcousticMusicTV.com You can see one in a previous post, more coming. Would love any comments you might have. We also are releasing a new 2 Finger Mandolin chord chart to go along with it. The chart includes the Major, Minor and 7th Mandolin Chords for chords A-G also includes a Mandolin Fret Board. This chart is also available at Zazzle.com as a poster. Please feel free to download this graphic for your personal use. You can check out the new videos over on AcousticMusicTV.com

Two Finger Mandolin Chords Chart, Includes Mandolin Fret Board

To see or buy this Mandolin chord chart at Zazzle.com, click here.

To see the How to play the Two Finger "A" Chord Mandolin Video, click here

Question on Chord Fingering Boxes, A or B?

Hi all, ok we are working on the layout of the chord pages and a question came up on the design of the Chord Fingering Boxes. I originally thought that I would highlight the root notes of a chord in red. The root note of the A chord is A, the other notes are C# and E. The illustration above shows the chord fingering box for the Mandolin A chord. Some like the root notes highlighted in red and others didn't. I would love you to select your favorite, A or B. The numbers indicate which finger.

Please select your choice in the poll over on the top right corner, A or B, thank you

Photo A and Both Are Winners for the View Poll

Thank you everyone who voted on the photo poll to help us figure out which view we should show for our upcoming chord book project. I took a picture of an A mandolin chord from the top and from the front. Posted them here on this blog and on Facebook and the top view won by a big margin. Coming in second was the option of showing both views the top and from the front.
Total of 53 votes
35 people for photo A from the top, 66%
6 people for photo B from the front, 11%
17 people for both photos, 32%

These images will be shown along with chord fingering illustrations in a new expanded chord book I am working on. We also had some great comments on the poll and especially on can we adapt this project for left handed players. I will keep you posted on the project progress.

Free Major pdf Guitar Chord Diagram Chart

Above is our new updated Acoustic Music TV Guitar Chord Chart. A nice simple to read pdf that you from our latest book, Essential Chords for Guitar, Mandolin, Ukulele and Banjo. Chord chart illustrates the 7 major guitar chords. Showing the basic Major, Minor and the 7th fingerings for each chord. Perfect for 3 hole punching and adding to your jam notebook. Take it with you everywhere. We have added in some color to make it easier to read while you are jamming on a dark porch with your friends. This is a great resource for learning guitar chords, beginners or advance. The guitar chord diagrams show just where your fingers should go. Just sign up on the right to get the free printable guitar chord sampler chart.

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Chords and Keys work for All Music

Hi all. Thanks to everyone who has been downloading our free guitar and mandolin chord charts and our basic key charts. We have been getting a great response from them. We have more coming, just crazy busy with all kinds of projects. Including editing and getting ready for a couple of new Acoustic Music TV shows.

We were asked a good question recently from a new mandolin player. "Do our basic key charts also apply for mandolin." The answer is yes, the basic keys apply to all instruments. The chord shapes will be different for each instrument, guitar, mandolin, piano, etc. but the keys and their components are the same.

So lets say you are playing in the key of E, and E is the 1 chord, then the 4 and 5 chords will be A and B across all instruments, including all their variations.

Thanks for the question, keep them coming, I love to hear everyone's responses.

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Guitar and Mandolin Chord Charts

I was at guitar camp a number of years ago, out on the porch, it was dark and hard to see the song that I had printed off the internet in my jam notebook. I had only started playing guitar and taking the lead on a song in a circle was a big deal. And then I couldn't read the page. It just fell apart. But it gave me the beginning of an idea, to reprint these song pages in nice big type so I can read them in the dark. And that lead me to a second idea, how about some charts for all those guitar or mandolin chords that could also be read in the dark or just easily at a glance.

In the beginning of learning to play the guitar I searched and searched for nice clear information on how to play. I printed out all kinds of pages from the web, most only had half or two thirds of the info I was looking for. Or it was three chords I needed and 35 I didn't. So over the last number of years I have been working on putting together some nice clear charts with the information I have been looking for and making it nice and big so I can read it at a glance.

Notebook Music Charts for Guitar and Mandolin Chord Charts is Completed,
Ready for Using
I am pleased to announce I have finally completed my basic guitar and mandolin charts for the major, minor and 7th chords. Along with a guitar chart of all seven major keys with the I, VI and V chord fingerings illustrated. Plus some blank music pages for guitar and mandolin with nice spaces between the lines, I hate those really squished music pages. Each of these will fit nicely into your guitar jam books, ready whenever you need them. As I complete more I will keep releasing them.

So look over on the right column and sign up and download a sample, mandolin, banjo, ukulele and guitar major key charts. Check out all our charts at notebookmusiccharts.com

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