Beyond The Chop Chord

Mandolin Workshop with Don Julin

January 9 - February 17, 2024

Learn Easy-To-Play (Three Note) Major, Minor, Seventh, Diminished, and Augmented Chord Forms.

Bluegrass-style chop chords may be the right tool for playing traditional three-chord bluegrass songs but can leave quite a bit to be desired when it comes to swing, jazz, choro, rags, or even Beatles songs.

By learning this three-note mandolin chording system, you will be able to play any chord in any key without digging out your mandolin chord book. The bonus is that these three-note chords are all easy to play chord shapes with no big stretches.

Hi, I am Don Julin, author of Mandolin For Dummies and founder of Mandolins Heal The World. I am excited to tell you about my new three-note chording workshop. During this six-week workshop, you will learn various major, minor, seventh, diminished, and augmented chord forms.

ZOOM Session Schedule

Tuesday, January 9, 8 pm EST
Tuesday, January 16, 8 pm EST
Tuesday, January 23, 8 pm EST
Tuesday, January 30, 8 pm EST
Tuesday, February 6, 8 pm EST
Tuesday, February 13, 8 pm EST

Office Hours Sessions

Saturday, January 13, at noon EST
Saturday, January 20, at noon EST
Saturday, January 27, at noon EST
Saturday, February 3, at noon EST
Saturday, February 10, at noon EST
Saturday, February 17, at noon EST

Beyond The Chop Chord is an intermediate/advanced level mandolin workshop.

You should already know basic open chords and be familiar with closed or moveable chords.

In addition, some music theory is also necessary as we identify the chord inversions by which chord tone is the highest.

If playing chords in various keys on the mandolin sounds fun, this class is for you.

If playing swing favorites, Beatles songs, etc., on the mandolin sounds fun, this class is for you.

If you do not know the chords G, C, D, E, A, F, Am, Em, Dm, and Gm, this class could be over your head, and you may be unable to keep up.

All levels are welcome to attend, but the course will move at an intermediate/advanced pace.

THIS WORKSHOP INCLUDES:

Six ZOOM Workshop sessions.

Six ZOOM Q&A Office Hours sessions.

Additional pre-recorded videos, downloadable PDFs, and practice tracks

Lifetime access to all workshop material.

Upon completion of this course, you will:

Know multiple voicings for major, minor, 7th, diminished, and augmented chords.

Learn to organize chords into three groups: major, minor and dominant

Know how to read and understand extended chords (C9, Fmaj7, Am7b5, etc.)

Never need to look at a mandolin chord chart again.