Learn to Jam in G on Mandolin! You CAN do it!

I WILL get you jamming on mandolin...right NOW! All I ask you to do is learn a G major scale, then leave the rest up to me!
Full lesson, tabs and mp3's found here: banjobenclark.com/lessons/jam...

[@yopasjim]

Brother Ben! Listen to this... my sister gave me a mandolin she could not play anymore. I saw your video and got the mandolin out. I tuned it up and went through the video with you! Mind-blowing! I was playing the G scale - upper and lower as well as playing along with you in LESS than 15 minutes! I am amazed! Thank you!

[@BanjoBen]

Dude, this is what it's about! Thank you!

[@markelam2767]

I started playing the mandolin about 30 years ago and have never had a lesson that wasn't free on the internet. This one was a life changer for me. The most helpful video I have ever watched. Thank You!!!!

[@BanjoBen]

Thanks so much!

[@HeavyMetalBluegrass]

Banjo Ben. i am a Gold Pick member but I just discovered this video on the KZbin. I've been playing mandolin for several years. I can play several fiddle tunes but always too afraid to improvise. I found this video extremely useful.

[@freddielerma4642]

Grateful for this generous lesson. Thank you, Sirs.

[@wwflyfisher]

Absolutely the best beginner video I have seen. Really worked for me! Thanks so much.

[@iamdjsluggo]

Man! Been doing this a few times a day for the last two weeks. Keeps and bounds! Thanks!!! ✌🏾

[@adamschultz3799]

I always feel like I can get plucking tunes and strumming songs down and sounding okay, even on other instruments, but this video has really made me realize what I have to start working on to get into jamming with others, thanks a ton!

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Fifty years ago I was an orchestra violinist 🎻 and had a long-gone mandolin at home. Now in retirement, in another country, this is a perfect first lesson 😀👍+1 and subscribed.

[@DJHA133]

This is a great lesson. So easy to follow

[@normrossignol808]

What a great lesson! Will follow this through.

[@campbellrocksagain]

I really enjoyed joining in with that. Only been playing mandolin for about an hour now

[@SmokeyBlueDude]

superb lesson, thank you very much. now I'm excited to pick away at this mandolin of mine!

[@anthonyshifflette1570]

Sounds awesome!!!

[@djba]

Thanks for a very helpful video!

[@junerapp9750]

Wow! This video made things click into place like never before. Thank you!

[@BanjoBen]

Wonderful, thanks! I have the full lesson on the site, and have recently done one in the key of A. Enjoy!

[@culpeperbill]

That was a great lesson. Will definitely by following you. Thanks for posting and sharing your knowledge. Cheers.

[@lynnglidewell7367]

I have learned D A and G scales in two octaves each from you in one night! Amazing. Also improvising in them. I'd always been hopeless in music theory on every instrument I ever touched before your Mandolin videos. My eyes use to glaze over five minutes into it whenever someone started talking that stuff before.

[@BanjoBen]

Wow, what great feedback and it's so encouraging for me to hear this from you! Please keep pickin' and keep me posted on your progress!

[@lynnglidewell7367]

@@BanjoBen Today I'll learn C and E from you.

[@GaragebandandBeyond]

That Mando sounds and looks great in your capable hands!

[@leimaniax]

Excellent video, thank you Ben

[@robynchilson9849]

Great lesson! Thank you!

[@garrettdevine1175]

You make so much sense. Thanks for putting this out

[@BanjoBen]

For sure, and don't miss the others in other keys: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZjOn4ujobqqm8U kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5fYn4FteZeth7csi=AVo56IM8bi26eqfW

[@robynanglin3296]

Awesome lesson

[@mr.shredder5430]

love this fiddle tune sounds like a pirate vibe

[@chriswoody9054]

You made it finally make sense. Thanku

[@user-eg3zb2ez4k]

great lesson...thank you so much...learned a lot

[@patmifsud3552]

amazing lesson thankyou so much!!!

[@arch52mccallum]

I have got a mandolin yet waitin on delivery but already i get this , poss due to guitar playing , but this is very informative cheers

[@shovelhead4558]

Great sound great fun

[@ZamboniZone]

Wow, I finally get it! This part has been eluding me for ages. I feel like I finally get it

[@garyallen7675]

Would love this done to the other keys as well as different speeds, Wow a real confidence builder!

[@BanjoBen]

I do have it in A, expanding into other keys soon. You can control the speeds with the video settings.

[@matthewciavardone7545]

Finally a useful lesson!

[@grekiely6245]

Excellent work,. :)

[@joefarley5687]

Thanks!

[@marcomoreno102]

Nice!

[@Patrick-zg7hg]

Excellent Presentation... muscle memory Would of been nice to see your Buddy play guitar along with you zoom up and merge ... Break me out of the shell ...

[@Boilah]

What a great piece of video learning experience! I have no knowledge in music theory , it's all fun and games but what is that 1-4-5 refering to?

[@eileendoran-smith9080]

tnx!

[@robynstanley8598]

Awesome

[@rogergagnon885]

Your intro drives me bonkers BUT your an excellent instructor. Good job.

[@reckonimokie123]

Great lesson. Is there one for double stops?

[@BanjoBen]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqSlgWOniKitgcUsi=6aof8CT63K5TiYEv

[@kerryc.7438]

He takes the mystery out of playing bluegrass

[@BanjoBen]

Thank you!

[@Crlpope]

I have big hands and fingers is there a way to play?

[@rickpick9058]

Yep. Just do it. Hands come in all shapes and sizes and they can all play mandolin.

[@luckysevenairammo1217]

​@@rickpick9058 Lol..I have short fingers shaped like breakfast sausages, been playing for years, and I am physically unable to play a B Major chord on a mandolin. It just ain't gonna happen, stuck with a B minor for life lol.

[@reckonimokie123]

Lessons for 7ths & minors???

[@BanjoBen]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/anS0dKN4oK99eassi=rD0E6_9dAWWpPFKT

[@kane6529]

How Dino get people to take me seriously holding a toy instrument 😅 I thought Mando would get me chicks but they just laugh at me

[@craigmavis8285]

I thought by buying this lesson I was going to get Tabs for the jamming lead....I was mistaken!!...wasted $10

[@BanjoBen]

You mean the tabs for what I played at the start of the video? The whole point is that if you learn what I teach, you can do your own jamming/improv. The point is to get you off the tab because you're confident in what you're playing on the mandolin. I've already refunded your $10 purchase and would encourage you to watch the whole lesson...I think you'll really enjoy it!