Mandolin Chords: Find ANY Major Chord on Your Mandolin!

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[@granbyplungar2929]

That is by far the clearest exposition I have come across regarding basic mandolin chords and their relationships. Many thanks!

[@RobertEMason]

My first mandolin arrived today. I am fairly versed in guitar and bass which helps me "see" chords by inverting them to a degree. Your lessons are wonderful and are very clear and concise. I'll keep working and watching!

[@BanjoBen]

Awesome, congrats! You're gonna love the mandolin!

[@ronaldhowell4146]

Nice dude, this is like Dorothy clicking heels 3 times, your lessons brings folks home with understanding, knowledge, and hope

[@BanjoBen]

Thankful for you, bro!

[@user-dn3cg6pu3l]

Great video!

[@burgerboi9926]

Bless you good sir. This video is helping me tremendously! Say I say I’ll be playing the mandolin for my pappy by the end of summer

[@cgandy2]

This is a great lesson, thank you!

[@jeffreyogden7996]

Great lesson. Thx.

[@JJ_TheGreat]

Thank you! This is great information!

[@cindyyeager8627]

I'm so happy to have found this particular video. It should help me tremendously and motivate me to learn.

[@BanjoBen]

Great, good to hear!

[@sabrinaartlife3766]

Great!

[@mrdogmoon]

Really nice Ben this is a great lesson.

[@BanjoBen]

Thanks! I appreciate it!

[@geew-fr9th]

Thanks Ben. I particularly liked your guitar lesson on wayfaring stranger.

[@oneman49instruments]

greaatt, best wishes from Barcelona!

[@warrenlovell9529]

I play a guitar ,banjo dobro and Mandolin.😊

[@reckonimokie123]

I watch your videos every morning while drinking coffee. That’s my practice time.

[@arc2029]

After I watched this, it was like when Neo saw the matrix. Thank you! I also ordered a dr arm armrest from benjo’s general store, and it made my instrument so comfortable. Thank you again!

[@markreuter3274]

Awsome video. Alot of information for a short video. Thank you!

[@BanjoBen]

Thanks!

[@markreuter3274]

@@BanjoBen Do you also play the tenor banjo? Rite now my main focus has been the 5 string banjo. But ive also been learning some mandolin. And I have a tenor 19 fret banjo coming. From what ive read the chords on the mandolin are the same as the tenor.

[@BanjoBen]

@@markreuter3274 I don't play it officially, but you're correct on the tuning!

[@markreuter3274]

@@BanjoBen thank you for the response. Im trying to learn 3 different styles. My 5 string is for bluegrass. My bowl back mandolin im learning italian tremolo. Well trying to. And the tenor im going to use for irish jigs haha.

[@strangsnsuch4765]

This was the first thing I learned on mandolin. 117k subs!!!!!!

[@BanjoBen]

Ha, yep!

[@griffhanks9605]

I am new to Mandolin and some Guitar things. If a song has a D chord capo @ 2ed fret ( Guitar) what is the chord for Mandolin. ( how do I transpose this)

[@benjaminkgooden9329]

I recently lost my left index finger. I'm finding getting used to playing the guitar a little difficult. I thought about a mandolin. What's your thoughts?

[@bkdexter79]

My pinky will not stretch that far without muting the other strings.

[@coopedup2]

Same here.

[@andrewgill4772]

I have the same problem. I think is because I have a thicker neck as my mandolin doesn’t have a truss rod

[@scottschmittmusic]

Do you have one for minor

[@Alex16993]

This is pretty good, thanks! But everybody shows these two positions on the mandolin. I've never seen a video where other chop chord positions are shown. For example an E or A chord. There has to be one for that, right?

[@BanjoBen]

do you mean an E or A shape that's different than this? In this lesson I teach how to play every major chord, including E and A, using this shape or a variation.

[@Alex16993]

@@BanjoBen Thanks for your answer! Right, I only know these two shapes for chop chords. Are there more than this, for example for an E? I know the standard open chords but I have a feeling that's not what bluegrass mandolin players use for their chops. But maybe I'm wrong...

[@BanjoBen]

@@Alex16993 This is the main chop chord but there are barre chords and partial chords that are used, that big lesson is to come, or check this one out too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqHCc2h9gbCZZrM

[@Alex16993]

@@BanjoBen Thanks, Ben!