Mandolin Archives

Jim Richter Mandolin Blues Lick of the Day #26 – 8.18.2023

Today’s Mandolin Blues Lick of the Day focuses on an interesting double stop shuffle pattern derived from the playing of Jimmie Vaughan,

Today’s mandolin blues lick lesson continues to focus on the Key of E. This lick really is focused around the Major E

Here we are again for the mandolin blues lick of the day. We’re looking at a double stop lick that has some

Freddie King, Freddie King, Freddie King. The Texas Cannonball. As a guitarist, all I would want to be is Freddie King. Frankly,

I’m stuck on bass lines. I don’t think that many mandolinists think about playing “bass lines” behind others. Don’t think you can

Time for another Jim Richter mandolin blues instruction lick of the day. Today is the “lumpty” bass pattern, often heard in Chicago

Hi all! This a cool major pentatonic lick heard in blues and other other blues forms (country, rock, jazz). Simple little lick

Today’s mandolin blues instruction: turnarounds. Lots of cool ways to do them in blues. What you’ll find is that you gravitate toward

If you only were to own one acoustic duet album, you could do no better than Blake and Rice. The two Tony

To me, Free was one of the most important rock bands of the 1970’s. They helped move the blues-based rock of the