Minor Chords and Minor Keys, Part 1

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Sharon Gilchrist’s Creative Mandolin Backup course is designed for intermediate-level mandolinists who want to develop their rhythm and backup beyond the basic mandolin chord forms and chop or boom-chick rhythm. With easy-to-grasp applied theory concepts and instruction in using chord inversions.

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Minor Chords and Minor Keys

Minor Chords and Minor Keys, Part 1

Minor Chords and Minor Keys, Part 2

Minor Chords and Minor Keys, Part 1

Sharon ventures into minor chord and minor key territory. She introduces the vi minor chord and shows you how to use the chord inversion neighborhoods to backup chord progressions that include vi minor chords. In this video, Sharon shows you how to backup “Cherokee Shuffle” in the key of A using inversion neighborhoods.

Angeline the Baker Backup Ideas--Corrected (from Session 4) (Available to subscribers)

Basic Minor Chord Inversion Series (Available to subscribers)

Six Minor Inversions and Their Closest I Chord Inversions (Available to subscribers)

Minor Chord Inversion Neighborhoods (Available to subscribers)

Major Scales and Relative Minor Keys (Available to subscribers)

Chord Progressions for Tunes Using Minor Chords (Available to subscribers)

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