Master the Fretboard in 7 Steps /// Mandolin Lesson
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2024
- Here are 7 steps to learning every note on the fretboard and to get you playing up as far as the 20th fret. Join on Patreon for pdf copies of all the fretboard diagrams and transcriptions and a bunch more exclusive mando content: / davidbenedictmandolin
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This video just made you my new favorite mando channel... this explanation of learning the fretboard is the easiest one to follow I've ever seen... I almost didn't even watch it because I've never believed I could memorize the fretboard, nor did I understand how anyone could do this without years of laborious practice, but after applying it while watching, it actually works! For the first time in 12 years of hacking away at this little instrument, I finally understand the layout of the fretboard, & it didn't take long either! I'm absolutely astounded that I can locate every note on the fretboard after just one 15 min video! Made me realize just how much I don't know, which is substantial, but also cleared up what I do know & gave me a better understanding of it...🖖🏿😎👍🏿
Thank You DAVID BENEDICT for taking lot of pains and making sincere efforts to explain Notes on a Mandolin as vividly as possible.
Happy to! Hope this helps!
This is great. I’m 63 and thinking about learning the mandolin. This was a terrific introduction to the kinds of things that go into learning the instrument. I subscribed on the spot.
I started at 60 and I am loving it
Thank you. This lesson unlocked what has been blocking this fiddler of 25 years from getting into the beginning mandolin mindset. What a big help!
Wooo! That’s awesome!
Appreciate it! Learned some new fret relationships.
Many thanks for your excellent lessons! I am following you on Patreon. As a guitar instructor I tell my students that the notes on the 10th fret are a whole step below the notes at the 12th fret. Because the notes at the 12th fret are an octave above the open strings they should be easy to name and then we just go down one whole step. Notes on the 15th fret are the same as at the third fret but one octave higher. ❤️🎶🎸
I wish my mandolin intonation was as good as yours. Because I am a guitarist primary learning my octaves was a big help.
I learned my G D A E by remembering GOD DIVINE ATTRIBUTES are ETERNAL.
Hey Paul! A good setup from a trusted mandolin luthier goes a long way for neck intonation--totally worth the price tag!
I will be revisiting this video often, thanks so much
thank you that was helpful :)
solid foundation. Love the 2x2 and 1x5 jumps
Awesome! Glad you dig!
This video is very helpful in helping me to understand this beautiful instrument that has come into my life. ❤
You are an Awesome Teacher! Thanks
Thank you.
Absolutely fantastic video! Thank you
Thanks. It's helpful. Subscribed.
I've also strated playing the circles of 4ths up and down each string individually. It ingrains in my mind where the notes are on the string.
Awesome! Hope this video helps!
Thanks so much! I play tenorbj Celtic music, but the Tenor banjo is tuned the same way 😊🎶
Wow. What a nice presentation. Thanks David.
Very welcome
By far, the best video I've seen on Mando geography. Thanks a lot.
Wow, thanks!
Excellent explanation and practice. What I need to do.
Glad it was helpful, Connie! Happy picking!
Nicely well done lesson. Very thorough and well explained. Thanks a lot. Take care, Dave. Bob
Glad it was helpful!
Cheers David, having come to the mandolin a little late in life remembering anything is a bit of a struggle. This is very helpful 👍
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Im self taught on acustic and your advise is great. Thank ya for my newest breakthrough.. Im going to master the sounds of the universe and you helped me begin.lol
You can do it!
Nice. Had your class at Steve Kaufman's Kamp a few years ago. I like your approach, and so I am subscribing. Step 6 is huge. Happy new year!
Ah appreciate it Scott! Great to hear from you again! Hope things are well!
Thanks! Jethro Chords are the best!
Ah thanks so much, Dennis! Appreciate the support!
Big thanks David! I feel like this is the first time I’ve really understood the fret board and notes, and thoroughly at that. Cheers!
Speaking as a guitar player new to mandolin, it is in many ways counter-intuitive. The strings are fifths apart instead of fourths. I started thinking about mando as upside down, the last four strings of the guitar E-A-D-G, and reversing my chords. Bad idea, it takes way too long. I'm better off learning the mandolin as it presents itself or just retune like a guitar, an even worse idea. On guitar I mainly play chords. I know the E string notes but need a second to figure out the other strings above the fifth guitar fret. I see the need to learn all the notes on the mando fretboard but I've already got one string so only three to learn. I think I'll concentrate on the fret-dot notes and fill in the rest as I go. I LOVE the Jethro Chords; it makes perfect sense. Thanks!!
So glad this was helpful!
Very helpful to see this presented visually and with a drill that actually sounds kinda perky! Now all I gotta do is practice....
Me too 😆
Thx
Did you play the 7th fret when talking about the 10th? From the video and sound that's what it sounds like, and my mandolin agrees.
This video is fantastic! I've decided to learn a musical instrument for some mental stimulation and a creative outlet. Just wanted to dive into the mechanics of the instruments in my shortlist and your teaching is going to have a mandolin in my hands very shortly.
Welcome to the greatest instrument in the world!
@@DavidBenedictMandolin it turned up a few days ago and have learnt a few nursery rhymes on it. you sure do make this look easy. time to practice practice practice. keep up the great content!
@@T4G95 my friend Matthew,. David's new tune called Grey Owl is a nice tune to learn picking technique, pick direction, hammer on, pull off and is just a well composed piece by a Canadian metis fiddler by the name of John Arcand. It's a honey of a tune, worth learning. Cheers. Bob
Muito bom. Parabéns. Obrigado.
Great helpful video. I am starting to learn notation and looking at the note rather than the tab. My issue is getting the fingers on the correct fret, l struggle with getting my finger tip planted on the correct fret at times. Any suggestions or exercises? I have been playing for about a year and a half. Thanks for all your videos, i really enjoy them.
Hey Scott! Thanks so much for checking out my video here--glad it was helpful. I'd just say try playing through the exercises in this video really slowly so your fingers can build up that muscle memory. It will all come in time--just keep playing and enjoying!
Excellent. And, my compliments for playing a fully fretted instrument.
Great video man, very helpful even if you’ve been playing awhile. What exactly do you get to access when you subscribe to your Patreon?
Thanks! Tons of stuff on Patreon. Exclusive pdf tab, notation, diagrams, and bonus follow up lesson videos and transcriptions--even personal video exchange lessons depending on what tier you sign up for. Would love to have you on the site!
If I get involved with the Patreon level will I be able to copy the full tab you are playing for each song I am interested in bc it's easier to work on a song copied and placed on a sheet metal stand and my stool than it is to work on it at my laptop? I just saw your web page tonight and it looks pretty interesting but I'm just a very amateur guy and it's going to take quite awhile to pick through one of your fast complex songs. Thanks, look forward to hearing from you.
Hey Brad! Yeah! That’s how it works. All tiers on my Patreon page get pdf downloads from all my lessons that you can have for keeps!
@@DavidBenedictMandolin Good my friend bc I need to go a lot slower than you do. I'm retired and I want to learn at a slower pace. Cheers
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any tips on how to commit this to memory?
Daily practice... that's the only thing that makes us remember any of this...
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Fantastic, just what I wanted. I know notation from studying music, (Clarinet), as a kid for 9 years. I’ve been studying the Mando for the past couple of years and I’m tired of learning music on the Mando by playing fiddle tunes by tablature and chord shapes and forms. Totally different from what I experienced previously. I want to learn music and not shapes. I’m very interested in learning the fret board and anything that can help me memorize the note positions. What Patreon membership level is this lesson being offered?
Hey William! All the handout for this lesson is available to all tiers on my Patreon page. Thanks for checking it out!
David, can I sign up for a one year subscription
Hey Loren! Patreon only does month to month subscriptions unfortunately, but can adjust your pledge at any time. Cheers!
All greek to me!
Ok. So the body is at one end of the neck and the headstock is at the other. Wouldn’t going towards the body, away from the head be DOWN the neck? Who decided which end is UP?
He addresses this in the video. Going "up" the neck refers to going towards higher pitched notes, or "up" in pitch. Same with high strings vs low strings. It refers to the pitch, not the physical location.
Oh man, this is very complex. 😳
You got this!
My brain hurts. This will take a little bit of effort.
It's hard if one has a small hands.
I like how you explain how to play mandolin,I'm begiinner
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Awesome video! Keep up the great work. If you have a second go have a browse of my account and follow if you like it 💖💛
At 6:15 the diagram doesn’t match what you’re saying about the fretboard.
Hey Jupiter! Caught red handed. Just more incentive to check out my Patreon site to download the correct hand outs!
Your explanations are meaningless to those learning. I think you should have explained it's not C, D, E, it's C, Csharp, D, Dsharp, then E. Use that layout of a piano. It makes no sense, just chattering. To understand the notes is to logically figure out where the notes are not just if it's here then it's same over here. I really think you needed to explain notes and how to find them. Also, the way you play, it's darn near like banjo, that's not the sound of the mandolin, I think you missed it. You know where the keys are but...mini banjo sounds.