Re: Mandolin Cafe chord book?
I use an app called guitar toolkit. It has an option to change to mandolin tuning and it will show just about any chord in positions up the neck or I can use the search mode where I put notes on the string and it tells me what chord it is...it’s pretty helpful and I reference it say when I’m on a C chord up the neck and think...now where IS that pesky G chord hiding out around here...
As far as a “map” the mandolin is laid out in a logical way so if you know where a 1 or 4 or 5 or 6, etc...chord is it’s easy to find the others, heck John Moore has his “L” pattern and he taught Thiele so I’d say it’s a good thing to know.
And, I’ve seen plenty of pros and jammers alike use those 2 finger chords to get a big chop with (seems it’s more a right hand thing) so just remember...it’s music and if you get to thinking too strictly about how it’s “supposed” to be done you’re limiting yourself. Have fun!
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