BrendanB: I use GDAD on my octave mandolin. It's a great droney sound, similar to DADGAD on guitar, but I find it better suited to the keys of G and D and relative minors. Never tried it on tenor guitar, but, since they are both in the same range, there's no reason why it wouldn't work fine. Good suggestion. Grishka: If you listen to bluegrass mandolin players, you'll hear a lot of strummed mandolin. Followers of Bill Monroe often strum closed chords on the two and four, muting the strings immediately after strumming...the famous "bluegrass chop".
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