Thank you so much for sharing this instructional video! The mandolin strumming patterns you demonstrated were very helpful and easy to understand. I learned a lot from this video. Thank you! 🤩
Very nice lesson Emma i always enjoy you videos. Out of interest, as a bluegrass musician a chop to me is playing a full chord in a closed position but not allowing it to ring.
So I play ukulele, and I learned something similar to a chop called a chuck. It's simply using the strumming hand to mute the strings instantly after they are strummed and they produce a sound not unseemlier to the sound of the chop. Could this technique be used or should I learn this chop where I mute the strings with the fretting hand?
That is a great question! In the mandolin, we pretty much always use our left hand to mute the strings. If you are in a closed position (meaning you have a finger on every string so no strings are open), you can strike the chord and then release the pressure with your left hand immediately after striking the chord to produce a bluegrass chop.
Thank you so much for sharing this instructional video! The mandolin strumming patterns you demonstrated were very helpful and easy to understand. I learned a lot from this video. Thank you! 🤩
I’m so glad!
Thanks for a very helpful lesson.
You’re welcome!
Very nice lesson Emma i always enjoy you videos. Out of interest, as a bluegrass musician a chop to me is playing a full chord in a closed position but not allowing it to ring.
Yes! That is definitely also a chop!
So I play ukulele, and I learned something similar to a chop called a chuck. It's simply using the strumming hand to mute the strings instantly after they are strummed and they produce a sound not unseemlier to the sound of the chop. Could this technique be used or should I learn this chop where I mute the strings with the fretting hand?
That is a great question! In the mandolin, we pretty much always use our left hand to mute the strings. If you are in a closed position (meaning you have a finger on every string so no strings are open), you can strike the chord and then release the pressure with your left hand immediately after striking the chord to produce a bluegrass chop.
@@emmabordersmusic Cool! Thanks for answering! I have been wanting to learn mandolin for a while, and this is awesome.