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Instruments > Mandolin > Mandolin Lessons with Mike Marshall

Mandolin Lesson Online
with Mike Marshall

Mike Marshall has built a truly comprehensive video library with hundreds of mandolin lessons covering many musical styles. Mike's students enjoy unlimited access to his mandolin lessons online, as well as tablature and mp3 play along tracks. Learn how to play the mandolin from a legendary acoustic musician.

 Bluegrass to Brazilian choro  Chordal exercises

 Lots of mandolin tabs  Bluegrass icon interviews

About Online Mandolin Course with Mike Marshall


Discover the enchanting world of mandolin with the legendary Mike Marshall. ArtistWorks proudly presents an extraordinary opportunity to learn from one of the most revered mandolin virtuosos and educators of our time. Whether you're a beginner captivated by the melodic charm of the mandolin or an experienced player seeking to refine your technique, this comprehensive online course is designed to elevate your mandolin playing to new heights.

Welcome to a world-class online platform where you can explore the art of mandolin from the comfort of your own home. With Mike Marshall as your mentor, you'll gain exclusive access to a meticulously crafted curriculum of video lessons, providing you with the techniques, musicality, and stylistic nuances necessary to become a proficient and expressive mandolin player.

As a Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist and highly respected figure in the world of mandolin, Mike Marshall brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to this online course. Now, you have the exclusive opportunity to learn directly from him as he shares his unique insights, innovative approaches, and profound understanding of the mandolin.

From mastering mandolin techniques, such as tremolo, double stops, and cross-picking, to exploring various musical styles including bluegrass, jazz, and classical, Mike Marshall will guide you through each step of your musical journey. With his clear and engaging instruction, you'll develop a solid foundation and gain the skills necessary to express yourself authentically on the mandolin.

One of the standout features of this online mandolin course is the interactive learning experience facilitated by the ArtistWorks platform. As a student, you'll have the unique opportunity to submit practice videos to Mike Marshall, who will provide personalized video feedback and guidance. This invaluable one-on-one instruction ensures that you receive individual attention, allowing you to refine your technique, improve your tone, and develop your own unique musical voice.

In addition to the personalized feedback, you'll become part of a vibrant online community of fellow mandolin enthusiasts. Connect, collaborate, and engage with like-minded musicians from around the world. Share your progress, exchange ideas, and receive support from both your peers and Mike Marshall himself. This collaborative environment fosters a sense of camaraderie and provides an ongoing source of inspiration and encouragement throughout your musical journey.

With the convenience of learning on your own schedule and the flexibility to access the course materials anytime, anywhere, this online mandolin course caters to players of all levels. Whether you're a dedicated mandolin aficionado or an adventurous musician seeking to explore new musical horizons, Mike Marshall's expertise and guidance will unlock your potential and enable you to express yourself authentically through the mandolin.

Don't miss out on this extraordinary opportunity to learn from one of the preeminent mandolin players of our time. Enroll in the online mandolin course with Mike Marshall today, and embark on a transformative musical journey that will enhance your playing and ignite your passion for the mandolin. Get ready to pluck, strum, and soar your way to mastery and become the mandolin player you've always aspired to be!


About Video Exchange® Learning



What ultimately sets these mandolin lessons apart from other offerings is the ability to submit a video for review using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange Learning® platform. Mike reviews each submission and records a video response, offering specific guidance to take your playing to the next level. All students can access the Video Exchange library and watch each other’s interactions with Mike. This library is constantly expanding and may contain the key to unlock your playing.


About Mike Marshall


For more than 35 years, Mike Marshall has set a new standard for American acoustic music, with a breadth of talent that spans Bluegrass, Classical, Jazz, and Brazilian styles on mandolin, guitar, violin, and mandocello. At age 19, he left his native Florida and joined the David Grisman Quintet in the Bay Area to perform with Stéphane Grappelli, Tony Rice, Darol Anger, and Mark O’Connor. Since then, Mike's historic career has spanned hundreds of recordings and taken him on tours around the globe. A three-time Grammy nominee, Mike has also received numerous credits as a composer, producer, and educator. Mike and his wife Caterina Lichtenberg both teach mandolin lessons at ArtistWorks.


Mandolin Lessons


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Beginner Mandolin

Introduction to Beginner Mandolin
Down and Up Picking Basics
About the Mandolin
Sitting Position
Submit a Placement Video
“Blue Moon of Kentucky” - Basic Rhythm - Key of A
Sitting Vs. Standing
“Blue Moon of Kentucky” - Melody - Key of A
Tuning
“Blue Moon of Kentucky” - Basic Rhythm - Key of F
The Right Hand
“Blue Moon of Kentucky” - Melody - Key of F
The Left Hand
Open Chords
“Old Joe Clark”
“Liberty”
“Boil Them Cabbage Down”
Bluegrass (Non-Lesson Topics & Tunes) - Submit a Video
“Woody's Rag”
Build Your Own Exercise
Fun With Theory
Celtic Music - Submit a Video
“Way Downtown”
“I Am a Pilgrim”
“Soldiers Joy”
Finding Minor Chords
Original Tunes - Submit a Video
Minor Chord Progression Exercise
Other World Music - Submit a Video
Finding Moveable Chords
Pop/Rock/Blues/Country - Submit a Video
The 7th or Dominant Chords
7th Chords as Dominants
Playing 1-4-5 in Minor
Other Student Submitted Tunes: Improvisation
Bluegrass Chop Chords
Miscellaneous Topics / Questions & Answers
“This Little Light of Mine”
“Nine Pound Hammer”
“Devil's Dream” in A - Fiddle Tune
“Cripple Creek” in G - Banjo Tune
“Hand Me Down My Walking Cane” - Basic Rhythm - Key of G
“Hand Me Down My Walking Cane” - Melody - Key of G
“Hand Me Down My Walking Cane” - Basic Rhythm - Key of D
“Hand Me Down My Walking Cane” - Melody - Key of D
“Wabash Cannonball” - Basic Rhythm - Key of G
“Wabash Cannonball” - Melody - Key of G
“Wabash Cannonball” - Basic Rhythm - Key of C
“Wabash Cannonball” - Melody - Key of C
“I Saw the Light” - Basic Rhythm - Key of E
“I Saw the Light” - Melody - Key of E
“I Saw the Light” - Basic Rhythm - Key of A
“I Saw the Light” - Melody - Key of A
“Wayfaring Stranger” - Basic Rhythm - Key of Dm
“Wayfaring Stranger” - Melody - Key of Dm
“Wayfaring Stranger” - Basic Rhythm - Key of Gm
“Wayfaring Stranger” - Melody - Key of Gm
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
“Cluck Old Hen”
“Kitchen Girl”
Simple 2 Chord Tunes: "Shady Grove" - Key of C -NEW!
Simple 2 Chord Tunes: "Hot Corn, Cold Corn" - Key of G -NEW!
Simple 2 Chord Tunes: "Bringing in the Georgia Mail" - Key of A -NEW!
Simple 2 Chord Tunes: "Jimmy Brown the Newsboy" - Key of D -NEW!
Simple 2 Chord Tunes: "Katy Daley" - Key of C -NEW!
Simple 2 Chord Tunes: "I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky" - Key of Bb -NEW!

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Intermediate Mandolin

Introduction to Intermediate Mandolin
“Rawhide”
Fun With Theory
Moveable Chords
Submit a Placement Video
“Cuckoo's Nest”
“Red Haired Boy”
“Salt Creek”
Positions
“Fisher's Hornpipe”
How to Practice
“Golden Slippers” - Using Target Notes
“Liberty” - Using Target Notes
Speed and Relaxation
“Sittin' On Top of the World” - Soloing Using Old Joe Clark Tags
Bluegrass (Non-Lesson Topics & Tunes) - Submit a Video
“Little Maggie” - Soloing Using Old Joe Clark Tags
“Little Maggie” - Soloing Using Salt Creek Licks
Celtic Music - Submit a Video
“June Apple”
Ear Training
The Mandolin's Place in the Band
Saying Goodbye to Stage Fright -NEW!
Original Tunes - Submit a Video
Turnaround Licks 1-5-1
Other World Music - Submit a Video
“Bill Cheatum”
Pop/Rock/Blues/Country - Submit a Video
Stretching Exercises and Finger Busters
Tremolos
Harmonizing the Melody
Other Student Submitted Tunes: Improvisation
Doable Double Stops
Miscellaneous Topics / Questions & Answers
Scale Patterns
Playing Fills Behind a Vocalist
Kickoffs
Three Main Inversions
Three Main Dominant Chords
Blues Scale
Sitting on Top of the World
1-6-2-5 Progression
“Red Wing”
“Gentle On My Mind”
“Worried Man Blues”
“Boil Them Cabbage Down” - Cross-Picking
“Amazing Grace”
“Tennessee Waltz”
“Salty Dog” - Improvisation
“East Tennessee Blues”
“Hand Me Down My Walking Cane” - Licks & Fills - Key of D
“Hand Me Down My Walking Cane” - Soloing - Key of D
“I Saw the Light” - Licks & Fills - Key of A
“I Saw the Light” - Soloing - Key of A
“Rabbit in a Log”
“Whiskey Before Breakfast” - Playing Backup
“Sugarfoot Rag”
“Foster's Reel” by Sam Bush
Ending Tags - Key of A -NEW!
Ending Tags - Key of E -NEW!
Ending Tags - Key of G -NEW!
Transposing Ending Tags -NEW!
Playing in B and Bb - "Long Journey Home" -NEW!
Improvising in B and Bb - "Long Journey Home" -NEW!

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Advanced Mandolin

Introduction to Advanced Mandolin
What Makes an Advanced Player
“EMD”
“Egypt”
Grooving
“Jacob Do Bandolim”
Submit a Placement Video
Practicing for Speed
Advanced Arpeggios
“Nao Me Toques”
Playing Out of Closed Position
“Cochichando”
Making the Chord Changes - Old Home Place
“Lonesome Moonlight Waltz”
Making Simple Tunes Difficult
Scales With Four Fingers
Reharmonizing Traditional Melodies
Final Finger Buster
“Angeline the Baker”
“Big Sandy River”
Bluegrass (Non-Lesson Topics & Tunes) - Submit a Video
“Big Sciota”
“Chief Sitting in the Rain”
Celtic Music - Submit a Video
“Flatbush Waltz”
“Jerusalem Ridge”
“Little Maggie”
Original Tunes - Submit a Video
“Manzanita” by Tony Rice
Other World Music - Submit a Video
Pop/Rock/Blues/Country - Submit a Video
“Rebecca”
“Ride the Wild Turkey”
“Wheel Hoss”
“Old Dangerfield”
Other Student Submitted Tunes: Improvisation
“Amazing Grace”
Miscellaneous Topics / Questions & Answers
“Turkey in the Straw”
Jazzing Up Your Bluegrass Rhythm

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Gear & Setup

Adjusting Your Action
Changing Your Strings
Mike Tuning Up
Submit a Placement Video

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Licks & Tricks

Triplets
Licks & Tricks - Introduction
Bluegrass Ending in G
Descending Pedal Lick
A minor Over an A Major Chord
E String Pull-off Lick
2-5-1 Chords
Circle of 5ths
8th Note 1-4-5 Scale Pattern
The First 2 Frets
Closed Position Blues
Sliding Into Third
Sliding High with Double Stops
“Blackberry Blossom” Licks
“East Tennessee Blues” Licks
“Good Ol' Mountain Dew” - Key of Bb
“Dark Hollow” G Major Pentatonics
Pedal Point Licks
Harmonizing Melodies

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Brazilian Choro

Introduction to Other Genres
“Tico-Tico”
Brazilian Rhythms
Brazilian Song Form
“Odeon”
“Nao Me Toques”
“Cochichando”
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” - Choro Version
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - Introductions
Mike Marshall with Tony Trischka: Brazilian Choro - Part 1
Mike Marshall with Tony Trischka: Brazilian Choro - Part 2
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - Mike's Choro Background
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - Brian Rice's Background
Brazilian Choro - Submit a Video
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - Brian Moran's Background
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - The Pandeiro & Choro 16th Notes
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - The Choro Swing
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - Choro Syncopation
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - Melodic Rhythms
Brazilian Choro w/ Brian Moran& Brian Rice- Guitar Basslines & Approach Patterns
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - Ear Interpretation
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - “Bola Preta” Play Along
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - “Doce de Coco” Play Along
Brazilian Choro with Brian Moran & Brian Rice - “Noches Cariocas” Play Along

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Classical

Calace Prelude
J.S. Bach “Cello Suite #3”
J.S. Bach “Chaconne” from Partita in D Minor
J.S. Bach “Concerto in Dm for Violin and Oboe”
J.S. Bach Fugue in Gm from Sonata #1
J.S. Bach - Invention #11
J.S. Bach “Sonata #2 in Am Allegro”
J.S. Bach “Sonata #3 in Am Allegro”
Mike, Caterina & Friends Play Brahms
Chris Acquavella - Bells of Night
Classical - Submit a Video

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Dawg Tunes

“Dawg's Bull”
“I Ain't Broke (But I'm Badly Bent)” Solo by David Grisman
“EMD”
“Opus 38”
Mike Talks with David Grisman
“Ricochet”
“Cedar Hill” - Melody
“Cedar Hill” - Solo Ideas
“Janice” - Chords
“Janice” - Melody
“Janice” - Improvisation
“Janice” - Fast Soloing
Dawg Tunes - Submit a Video

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Holiday Tunes

“Oifen Pripitchik” (By the Fireplace)
“Jingle Bells”
“Joy To The World”
“Auld Lang Syne”
“The Christmas Song”
Submit a Placement Video
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
“Silent Night”
“Oh Holy Night”
“Santa Claus is Coming to Town”
“We Three Kings”
“What Child is This”
“Greensleeves”
“Christmas Time's A Comin'”
“O Tannenbaum”
“We Wish You a Merry Christmas”
“It Came Upon the Midnight Clear”
“It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” - Bluegrass Version
Holiday Tunes - Submit a Video
“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”
“Sleigh Ride” by Sam Bush
“Winter Wonderland”
“Let It Snow”
“Angels We Have Heard on High”
“Away in a Manger”
"Silver Bells"
"White Christmas"

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Mandocello, Mandola & Octave Mandolin

Introduction to Mandocello
Mandocello: “Gator Strut”
Mandocello Bass Lines*
Mandocello: J.S. Bach - "Prelude" from Cello Suite No.1 in G Major
Mandocello: J.S. Bach - "Courante" from Cello Suite No.1 in G Major
Mandocello/Octave Mandolin/Mandola - Submit a Video

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New Acoustic Music

“Scotch and Swing”
“Egypt”
“Jacob Do Bandolim”
Sam Bush Rhythmic Mastery
“Big Man From Syracuse”
Mike Marshall and Darol Anger: Big Man from Syracuse
Mike Marshall and Caterina Lichtenberg: Big Man From Syracuse
“Swing 51”
“Harvest Time”
“Old Gray Coat”
“Ginseng Sullivan”
New Acoustic Music - Submit a Video

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Swing, Jazz & Pop

Mike Marshall with Don Stiernberg “In a Sentimental Mood”
“I Found a New Baby”
Mike Marshall with Don Stiernberg “Green Dolphin Street”
Mike Marshall and Andy Hall: Lady Be Good (GMRO - offlined content)
“Minor Swing”
MIke Marshall with Don Stiernberg “Take the A Train”
“Sweet Georgia Brown”
“All of Me”
“Limehouse Blues”
"Georgia On My Mind" - Key of C
"Georgia On My Mind" - Key of F
"Georgia On My Mind" - Key of G
Mike Marshall and Don Stiernberg: Autumn Leaves
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” - Swing Version
“Bei Mir Bist Du Schon”
"Let It Be"
Swing, Jazz & Pop - Submit a Video

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Transcribed Solos

“I Ain't Broke (But I'm Badly Bent)” Solo by David Grisman
“Bringing in the Georgia Mail” Solo by Sam Bush
“Dancing with the Angels” Sam Bush Solo
“Don't Pick Me Up” Solo by Sierra Hull

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30 Day Challenge

30 Day Challenge - 2017 (Archive)
30 Day Challenge - 2018 (Archive)

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Bill Monroe Tunes

“Rawhide”
“Mississippi Waltz”
“Blue Moon of Kentucky” - Basic Rhythm - Key of A
“Blue Moon of Kentucky” - Melody - Key of A
“Blue Moon of Kentucky” - Basic Rhythm - Key of F
“Blue Moon of Kentucky” - Melody - Key of F
“Lonesome Moonlight Waltz”
“Wheel Hoss”
"Southern Flavor"
“Old Dangerfield” -NEW!
“Watson's Blues” - Melody -NEW!
“Watson's Blues” - Improvisation -NEW!

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