Learn to play the mandolin, one small step at a time.
Free lessons, printable chord charts, and easy songs, all chosen with beginners in mind. You'll be playing real music within your first week.
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New book · Interactive Series
20 Bluegrass Tunes for Mandolin
Learn bluegrass mandolin the way it has always been learned: one tune at a time.
Twenty graded tunes, plus two bonus tunes, in tab and standard notation. Every copy includes the interactive edition: tab that moves with the play-along audio, slow-down, loops and backing tracks.
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Lessons
From holding the pick to your first fiddle tune. Short, ordered, no fluff.
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Chord charts
The chords you actually need for every common key, in one printable chart.
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Songs
Beginner-friendly tunes with the chords used, and moving tab when you're ready to play along.
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Gear
What's worth buying (and what isn't) when you're starting out.
Free: the Mandolin Chord Book
30 chord shapes for the 6 keys fiddle tunes actually use. Printable, and every chord is tappable so you can hear it played. Get the free PDF →
Ready to play along?
When you can fret a few chords, the fastest way to improve is playing real tunes with a tab that moves in time with the music. That's what our companion site Play Like a Natural does: 120+ fiddle tunes with synced, moving tablature.