This was great... thank you! I got out a sheet of binder paper and a pencil and diagrammed all these shapes for future use. If I may... another "A" shape I often use is first finger on the 7th fret of the D strings and second finger on the 9th fret of the G strings. It doesn't have the root note on the bottom, but it does have a nice open airy sound.

@emmabordersmusic

Ай бұрын

Oh!! That is great! I will have to experiment with that shape as well!

@c.a.t.732

Ай бұрын

@@emmabordersmusic Dropping the note on the G strings two frets allows one to go from an A to a D chord. Being a simple-minded fellow, I like simple things like that on the octave mando! Thanks again for your great lesson.

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I have a tenor guitar that is tuned to mandolin tuning and your lessons are so helpful .

@creekculturelures6843

2 ай бұрын

I really hope you are going to keep doing the tutorials because you are now my teacher! Thanks 😊

@emmabordersmusic

2 ай бұрын

I’m so glad you find them helpful!

Great that you take us through so many wonderful cords. I find it difficult to figure out where you’re putting your fingers with just seeing the side view. It would be great if you could provide a fingering chart for these different cords. I am new to the octave mandolin and I love it sound.

oh wow what a brilliantly helpful video! Thank you! I'm brand new to octave mando and I was really lost but now i feel like i have some direction to get learning!

@emmabordersmusic

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! I’m so glad you found this helpful! Octave mando is a super fun instrument!

Very helpful. Definitely in my saved list of octave mandolin reference videos. Would you be able to post a similar video demonstrating some good picking patterns that work for octave mandolin accompaniments to worship or hymns?

@emmabordersmusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yes!

@travisb1757

2 ай бұрын

I am using mine for the same reason....

Marvelious im in my first frustrated year Going to love this

This is so wonderful Emma! What a great lesson ❤ thanks a lot!

@emmabordersmusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great video !! I think I will watch this many times until I soak in the chord shapes you demonstrated.

@emmabordersmusic

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

This is great!! More octave lessons needed. Thank you soo much!

@emmabordersmusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you very much Emma, that was great 😊

@emmabordersmusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

😎Grand lesson there Emma many thanks👍 There's couple of Great books out there The Octave Mandolin Chord Bible: GDAE Standard Tuning 2,160 Chords by Richards THE BIG BOOK OF OCTAVE MANDOLIN CHORDS: AN IN-DEPTH By Harvey Reid GUIDE TO OCTAVE MANDOLIN & BOUZOUKI BOOK by John McGann A Baroque Sampler for Octave Mandolin by John Goodin You got me started on playing chords again 🙂 👍

@emmabordersmusic

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Those are great resources!

@saoirsepaddy

2 ай бұрын

@@emmabordersmusic I forgot couple of video's lessons out there people might want to check out The Mandolin and Bouzouki of Tim O'Brien Learn to Play the Irish Bouzouki Taught by Zan McLeod One can use really cool chords "The octave mandolin, cittern, mandocello, and bouzouki are basically the same. The tunings are the main variation. I use GDAD on the video. The mandolin also sounds nice with that tuning, especially when you play open chords. I also use the "standard" straight fifths tuning GDAE, but the GDAD sounds more Irish." -- Zan McLeod

I don't know why but it takes me to the unplugged of alice in chains/nirvana/days of the new...

Hi Emma, great wee video, just wondering is it GDAE that the octave mando is tuned to?

@emmabordersmusic

Ай бұрын

That is correct!

Hi Emma, how is the tuning of your bouzouki?

@emmabordersmusic

2 ай бұрын

My octave mandolin is tuned GDAE!

@travisb1757

2 ай бұрын

@@emmabordersmusic do you ever use GDAD?