3 Mandolin Chord Shapes You NEED to Know - (the jethro shapes)

Great content man thanks

The most important lesson is this one.

New subscriber thank you for all the help in this video is great. Never played the mandolin before so I appreciate the video again.

Perfect. Very thorough. Excellent presentation!

One of the best of your lessons. Tons of info in a very well presented way. I feel like it’s a years worth of learning

Please release a mandolin lesson for the song Pirates of the Caribbeans

As a guitarist trying to fake my way through the mandolin part in the pit for the musical "Fiddler on the Roof": Thank you, David! This has given me so much confidence and capability navigating some quick chord changes. Great lesson. You seem like a cool dude to boot. 👍 Thanks for sharing your gift.

You talk too much

I’ve had a philosophy in business for years… “anything worth doing is worth hiring someone to do it”. Aligning yourself with an expert that shares their skills freely is paramount if you expect success. David is one of these experts. Hire him.

Very helpful

Thanks!

I’m a guitar player . . Still a great lesson

I have been playing all these chords for years now not knowing , i am a self.taught bassist learning mandolin and i am going to learn a bunch from your videos. You explain them very well thanks david, also thats my dad and brother and nephews name 👍👍

A great lesson for a guitar player trying to get going. Thank you Playing 3 note chords based on the root location works well . I call those 3 chords Shapes you gave us L, Slash, and M or (L153, Slash 351, M315) when calling out degrees. your shapes also work on D, A, and E.

Yay Jethro!!!

I looked for the printout of the chords - couldn't find it - unless I subscribed to the lessons. Sad - I guess thats how he makes his mandolin cash. Other than that dead end.... David teaches very clearly. Thanks for that.

Well you were bound to get a negative at some point. I actually regressed after watching this ! I'll stick with the mandolin chord book thanks

I nad figured some of this on my own but didn't know what I'd found ,if that makes any sense to you ?
Thanks a lot . Probably the most helpful video to date !!

Where is the pdf for this I am a member and cannot find. New new to mandolin

Thank you. Liked and subbed

Thank you!

A free tip. Thanks for the lesson but if you intend to teach or instruct, you need to learn to moderate your phrasing. Use pauses and rests, vary your delivery. This sounds like an unlistenable wall of words. I had to switch you off before I went crazy, yet I really wanted to learn.

Thanks!

Gosh so much to learn on the mando. Where do I start with actual practice? Do I do these chords or arpeggios for warm up? Then move onto strumming rhythms (ideally Irish for the sessions I play in) then move onto picking and learning tunes? How do I practice picking without hitting other strings? Maybe I should get a teacher? I brought a mando because I wanted to learn something different but not too much lol, to the violin but also expand and play other styles of music like blue grass. Then I can play with my son and the old fellas in the group when they get going.

Same as the chord shapes used in tenor banjo since the 1920's when playing melody chord style.

Jimmy Page plays a good mandolin.

Nowhere can I find chart to the Jethro chords on patreon

If i drink coffee wil i be better mandolin player ? ( i prefer green tea)

Best eye opener in a lota years so much foundation for moving forward wow!

Such a great lesson! Thank you 🙏🏼

Thanks so much!!! What a great lesson and explanation, I’ve been trying to play the mandolin since Feb and can master the open chords on the bottom frets but was baffled by all the closed shape chords. This was such an eye opening explanation! Thanks again!

Are there chords exist if we do cross tuning DADA

Thanks David...Brilliant lesson. I was having problems playing the Mando in Rock and Blues gigs and the chop chords have solved my problem.... Nice one 👌

I happen to stumble on Homer and Jethro at an Auto Show in Atlanta when I was a freshman in college.

David thank you so much! Hope this old dog can relearn some good habits!

And just like that I learned chords. Thank you

Thanks!

This has opened up a new world of possibilities on the mandolin for me. Thank you sir.

Great lesson. Came across your channel a few weeks ago and love your teaching style, interviews with other artists and Mandolin Mondays. Thank you. Colm

I took lessons from Jethro Burns in the early 80's. The seeds he planted back then are still under cultivation...Later, much Later, I taught myself to transpose piano sheet music to the Mandolin. Learn to read standard notation. It ain't rocket surgery.....

Mando just got a whole lot easier. And better

Also the bit about muting the E string. Ta

Thank you. This is exactly what I needed to know today. .

I am Patron!!!! Where do I find the PDF for these chord shapes?

Oh wow.. I really needed to watch this lesson sooner (and need to put more time into learning my fretboard). Thanks very much!

🔥 Just finished! Top 🏆 lesson

Hi David, i am from Brazil and i really enjoy your classes and channel

Man, my fingers are sore

Really useful. Thank you