The ONE Mandolin Scale You Need To Know - Bluegrass Mandolin Lesson feat. Hayes Griffin

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Intro 0:00
The ONE Scale 2:28
Starting Improv 9:52
Vocal Tune Improv 23:56
Box Three 36:45
Outro 40:11
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[@JimmyDeLocke]

So how many chords are there in a Tetra course?

[@TypingHazard]

Let's see... A string has 1 string A course has 2 strings Tetra means 4 A chord has like 3 notes idk 1x2x3x4 It's gotta be close to like 512

[@JimmyDeLocke]

@@TypingHazard 😅🤣😆

[@wesadams1774]

Can you guys do a double stop video lesson? Pls

[@copdoc]

lmao@@TypingHazard

[@brianeversole3849]

This is the best thing in the internet for mando players! I’ve watched it four times!

[@leimaniax]

Absolutely. This is such lovely stuff. Thank you Marcel and Hayes, for putting this together. Wonderful. (I’m using all the scales on fiddle too. Bonus points for you lads!!!!) Thank you.

[@Schaub3]

YES! i’m on my third watch. Re- inspired!

[@terrycaster4976]

Thank you both! As a beginner my understanding has increased enormously after watching this. I almost sound like I know what I’m doing now.

[@jake-wildflowerunion8600]

This lesson just changed my mandoline life! It is great that you took the time to re-explain some of the more complicated stuff that you guys did, super helpful. Thanks so much for everythying!

[@bobhekker4060]

I meant to mention this a few weeks ago: Thank you for mentioning Strum Machine. What a great practice app!!

[@paintedrockplayers]

This legit tied together and expanded upon most of the information ive learned in my first year playing. This should probably be like the 2nd video every new player watches, after learning open G C and D.

[@brocktpate]

Absolutely loved this video, y’all! Would love to see more mandolin content in the future.

[@Southernguitar74]

Playing guitar for 30+ years has helped me learn a few mandolin songs over the years, but I have never been really serious about it. Now that I have gotten really serious about mandolin this lesson was such a great help. Thanks a bunch

[@TypingHazard]

I'm gonna watch this a few times, there's lots of good stuff here. Especially the 3rd-5th double-stop checks; I need to do that for sure, I never go for those. This feels very "here's how guitarists can start thinking about mandolin" which I 'ppreciate

[@conniefletcher6884]

Me tooooo-gonna watch many times!

[@stevesirois3418]

Exactly how I feel watching this! So much practical stuff in here from the sliding up/down when going from the box pattern on a set of two (four) strings to the other two and the "power chord" double stops. Seeing the pentatonic pattern on screen helped me visualize it, so that was helpful as well. Also, the quick bluegrass recipe that Marcel summarized at 16:44 has helped me in guiding my improv. I've always felt like a guitarist trying to translate my music theory to mandolin. While it helped me in some ways, it just became a crutch that slowed me down. I feel like this video is breaking me free from that back and forth translating. Thank you, Marcel & Hayes!

[@bgeraldc]

Best mandolin lesson ever!! Thanks for this

[@caroltaylor4282]

You’ve opened my world!!! Thank you! Bless you! Thank you! 🙂🎶🎶🎶✨✨✨

[@markmelville6670]

This is great.The format works very well.

[@healyholtmando]

When I learned this years ago, it was referred as the FFCP (four finger closed position). Cool, how you adapted that concept to pentatonics. It also can be adapted to minor scales as well. Great lesson!

[@badscrew4023]

This lesson is... incredible!!!🤯

[@michaelfuerth4441]

Incredibly helpful, thank you.

[@musicfromhome]

Guys. That was fantastic. Keep up the good work.

[@antoniobongiovanni346]

Hey Marcel, Learning mandolin from guitar currently as well. Great video, lots of great stuff here that helped me a lot!

[@dustinann]

Beginner here. Best mandolin lesson I’ve found! Thank you both for sharing your knowledge and insight!

[@pablo6305]

Watched this video and it opened a closed door on my playing thank you.

[@JLeppert]

Thank you for this. I'm trying to learn cello tuning on my bass guitar, and this helped me out immeasurably.

[@UpasakaTX]

Top notch! like shining a light in the dark.

[@enzocypriani5055]

Thank you for the best mandolin lesson on youtube!

[@wolfgangbrock551]

Good video, i have a mandolin since a few months and the info in this vid was quite something to process. Thanks for all the input. Awesome posters in Hayes room, by the way!

[@tommythunder6578]

Danke!

[@fsusubdad]

"can play some leads but don't really know what's happening under your fingers".....nailed me! This is really helpful, thanks!

[@adrianjones6924]

The most informative and enjoyable video ever thank you!!

[@Mickamo]

This was a fantastic video thank you!

[@TamMal1]

So Good!!! Thank you guys

[@pablo6305]

I love my mandolin and now I can actually play it instead of just putting it in my pocket. Seriously great thanks to you. This was best information I have found.

[@unsurprisingly]

now that's Great, thanks gentlemen awesome ❤❤

[@ElGrandeBanana]

I learned to much during this video! Thanks so much

[@tomluppino325]

Very interesting, I need to study this much more. It is so beneficial.

[@Rusty123R]

Very helpful, thank you

[@banjosue100]

I am the banjo player in a bluegrass/ variety/ folk rock band that has me also covering fiddle on some songs- I think in 8th notes! They want mando on some songs so I am here, great content love this lesson!

[@johnsee7269]

Very good improv. lesson!

[@danstune]

This was very clear and helpful.

[@gwennbair3976]

Super helpful lesson, gentlemen.

[@d.l.huntministries8131]

I enjoy watching you guys, The mandolin is a great small stringed intrument.

[@karloe6384]

Pretty sure the D major pentatonic graphic that pops up at about 29:49 is incorrect (A string positions shown as the G should be). Great content from great teachers! Thanks Marcel & Hayes!

[@highlonesome-coloradobluegrass]

Great stuff!

[@Schaub3]

how did i not see this 1 year ago? The Best!

[@elismith7599]

love the mando content! super helpful, especially watching you learn along with us!

[@markriggins372]

This is a great lesson you two should do more of these for mandolin. Thanks guys!

[@dturnerjr64]

I was going to say the same thing. This really turned on the light bulb for me. Would love to see more, like this.

[@adrianjones6924]

Fantastic

[@skoffco]

That is the beauty of a mandolin. It is symmetrical, and very easy to wrap your head around. Now the guitar is a different story lol.

[@johncostelloe743]

Thank you so much I will give it atry

[@Alex-od7nl]

Mandolin is the wild child of the bluegrass set.

[@gasworker3042]

This priceless!!!

[@AndreaTarquiniMusic]

very good teachers!

[@matthewatkinson7558]

Wow Mind blown

[@michaelkid112]

This video should be in every normal school curriculum. The world would be a better place.

[@ToneWrench]

Very useful guys. It’s a bit fast for me so I’m trying to take it in like a stream of consciousness and maybe it’ll stick .

[@JohnMiller-oc7dc]

Congratulations, Gentlemen. Good information, well presented. The music notation is an octave too high, however; may be confusing to some.

[@robynchilson9849]

If you are playing a C, D, or E, F sliding the C Chord up the neck, your middle finger is the root note. If you are playing a G, A, B, C, D by sliding the G chord up the neck, the root note is on your ring finger. And the major scale (and pentatonic scales) are the same pattern as the pattern he showed us on the C scale!

[@robynchilson9849]

Hopefully you can cover that in a future episode!

[@MikeontheMandolin]

Let’s talk about those sick posters in the background! Can I haz?

[@rodneyharouff5739]

you guys are funny. & helpful.

[@robynchilson9849]

How about using that same box, and looking at other available double stops?

[@weasel3355]

violin players can relate btw i like ur strap

[@eliotbrenner3156]

Well, Shazam. And “pedantic,” that’s a high falutin’ word. Nice guidance on double stops.

[@CapnBubbaa]

Could Mission to Moscow, be played as a Bluegrass Instrumental???

[@clydeclevenger8775]

I do a workshop for Geezers that I call. How to play mandolin in any key without using your brain. I use this box for the workshop. I've done it for years and I see geezers that I have taught taking breaks all the time when they had never taken breaks before. Very satisfying.

[@jasonenyart1773]

Ever thought about posting your workshop on here Clyde?

[@Mandoholic]

I'm working on it. I've tried several times and I'm not happy with the results. After Santa Season I will get back on it.@@jasonenyart1773

[@alphabetsoup7995]

Hey! What's in the Tiny Moore box?

[@tuhker]

I like the boxes analogy. not unlike FFCP

[@61mab]

I don't have a mandolin, what can you advise me to do with all of those scales? All I have is this Kalimba? But I'm hoping ...

[@JimmyDeLocke]

Marshall at 4:33 Whoa (dude) I've never done it before

[@TypingHazard]

Also slightly sad there was no [0 1 5 7] tetrachord played over the G7 but whatever

[@mellotronin54]

For a newbie but a musician on other instruments it moves on a bit quick.

[@josephking6309]

What do you mean when you call it a double stop and why?

[@jerribarnes3450]

I believe a double stop is just two notes played together open and/or closed.

[@ricklarsen852]

That 2nd finger slide stretch at 19:43 on fret 6 to 7-- are you kidding me?? I have pretty long fingers but that's almost impossible! No clue how you do that!

[@sandman1754]

16:00

[@djamrtin]

Marcel, I love all that you do both for Mandolin and Guitar. But, I've noticed that most if not all your mandolin tab/music scores have the actual musical notes written an octave higher than the actual notes being tabbed out. Is there a reason for that? It's Very difficult to actually read the musical notes when scored out that way. Just wondering.

[@LessonsWithMarcel]

Yeah, this is a mistake in my transcription software. Unfortunately, I've failed to notice it before a couple videos were posted!

[@0AndyBunn0]

People always say pedantic like it's a bad thing.

[@Crlpope]

I am over 80 years old and just bought my mandolin I have big hands and fingers is there anyt hope for me to play?

[@weeshellita1]

Good for you! Of course you'll play! Good luck with it and enjoy yourself

[@PeterEvans_music]

I’ve heard of playing octave mandolin if you can’t get your fingers to fit the small frets. Though all the mandolin players I know have big fingers

[@Scary-Detective]

18:46 Banks of the Ohio I always thought this was Larry Rice, not Ricky Skaggs.

[@josephking6309]

Why do you call them double stops

[@josephking6309]

Explain plese

[@josephking6309]

Thanks

[@LessonsWithMarcel]

It comes from the fiddle which has a radiused bridge. They're unable to play all four strings at the same time because of this. The most they can manage is two strings. If they are "fretting" a note on each string, they are "stopping" both strings. Thus double stop. The mandolin and fiddle share a tuning so the language transferred despite the mandolin not having the same limitation. Guitarists and banjo players will also use the term, they likely learned it from mandolinists and fiddlers. Hope that helps!

[@61mab]

Crap! Not you :-) Just took strings off my tear drop, oval hole, form, low cost mando and reworked the bone nut (again) to raise it up a mm, put new strings and file some slots, found my super glue is dried out. Now I can't play along with my sore index finger from trying it out last night. (this mando has been in It's Wilson tennis racket bag for years til I thought after a lot of luthier work on other stringed instruments I was up to nut work. Thanks for the tips.

[@tomcoryell]

Are notes outside “Box One” called accidentals? Just kidding…….or maybe I’m not.

[@pablo6305]

Why does the student have my dream mandolin and teacher has the mandolin i have. Im confused. Or this student is well off?? Can you say silver spoon feed..