Tenor mandola chord bible

[Jim Abrams]

I was browsing the sample pages of the Tenor Mandola Chord Bible, 1728 Chords by Tobe A. Richards, on Amazon UK and it looks like the book is very well put together. #Does anyone know if this book is available in the USA? #Thanks.

Jim

[Steve Baker]

I was browsing the sample pages of the Tenor Mandola Chord Bible, 1728 Chords by Tobe A. Richards, on Amazon UK and it looks like the book is very well put together. #Does anyone know if this book is available in the USA?>>

I bought my copy off of eBay. Try a search for mandola in the stringed instruments section. I think that www.frettedfriends.com might be a good source as well. (It's the same, actually.)
Good luck.

Steve

[groveland]

I am convinced the best way to get way more than 1728 chords is to

(1) learn one basic major chord form on your instrument's tuning (CGDA/GDAE/CGDAE)
(2) learn the simple way to modify that chord form to get all the extensions and alterations (see below)
(3) learn the simple way to find any inversion of any shape (see below)

Figure probably 57 useful chord types, give or take a few...

ma
6
69
(add 9)
ma7
ma7(add 13)
ma9
ma13
ma7(b5)
ma7(#5)
ma7(#11)
ma9(#11)
ma13(#11)
7
9
13
7(b5)
9(b5)
7(#5)
9(#5)
7(b9)
7(#9)
7(b5b9)
7(#5#9)
7(#5b9)
7(#11)
9(#11)
7(b9#11)
7(#9#11)
13(b5)
13(b9)
13(#11)
mi
mi6
mi69
mi(add 9)
mi7
mi7(add 11)
mi7(add 13)
mi9
mi11
mi13
mi(ma7)
mi9(ma7)
mi7(b5)
mi9(b5)
mi11(b5)
dim
o7
o7(add ma7)
aug
sus
7sus
9sus
13sus
7sus(b9)
13sus(b9)

...multiplied by 4 inversions each: 57 chord types * 4 inversions each = 228 chords shapes on any given root. There are 12 possible roots, so practically speaking, you have 2,736 chords right there.

and then
(4) modify, mix, and match those voicings as desired to create effectively endless variations on those 2,736 voicings.

There is a link below that can jump start your journey. #This has been a public service announcement.
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[allenhopkins]

A quote from Friends:

Lisa Kudrow: "How many chords do you know?"

Chrissie Hynde: "All of them."