Mandolin Rhythm Styles - Barre Chord Chop

FreeNine Pound Hammer

Jumping In

The Barre chord chop is a great addition to your rhythm vocabulary for mandolin. It's a shape that is very comfortable for your fretting hand and produces a full sound for backup. There are only tw...

Turkey in the Straw

Familiar Chord Shapes Up the Neck

Having Deja Vu when you glanced at the tab? I hope so. We are using the Major Chord shape that gave us a D chord when played at the Second fret, but now the position has moved to the 7th fret we ha...

Big Spike Hammer

A Jam Classic that Won't Wear Out Your Fretting Hand

In this lesson we play the chords for a verse of Big Spike Hammer, and, by doing so, introduce the minor chord. All we have to do to play a minor barre chord is move one finger! Just place your mid...

Where to Now?

And the Beat Goes On

Try to slowly increase your speed with the tempo slider, and start using these new chop shapes. Use Tunefox's song library to practice along with the band while the lead instrument plays. Use the ...