Go At Your Own Pace
Joey’s patient teaching method, gleaned from years of experience as a teacher, helps you to understand not just where to put your fingers, but how the music is working!
Never Miss a Chord
Each lesson is presented with multiple camera angles, including close-up views of both playing hands, as well as chord diagrams, sheet music, and other resources.
Slowed down demonstrations and clear, accessible instructions are augmented with suggestions for best practices, rhythmic exercises and strumming patterns.
Learn the Songs
Get a grasp of essential chords for mandolin along with a foundational understanding of how the chords work together within musical keys, and put it all together to play some of Joey’s most loved songs and his favorite Klezmer standards. Chord charts, sheet music, and tablature included!
Here’s What the Course Looks Like...
Access Everything for $18/Month
Jump into music, prayer, and artistry today! Explore all of the master classes in Jewish song and prayer with Joey Weisenberg, including 18 comprehensive courses (1000+ videos) in the Jewish spiritual soundscape, from communal song (nigun) and prayer-leading (nusach), to musical wisdom (Torah), composition, and playing of instruments, as well as virtual events for members and an extensive archive of live performance videos.
“Joey’s love for the mandolin radiates in these videos. It’s a delight to study his approach to the instrument and learn to play so many wonderful songs.”
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Frequently Asked Questions
If you want to begin learning mandolin, we have quick start section in this course folks.
Try the opening chapter of the Art of the Nigun series, where Joey sings and teaches 18 beautiful melodies, explaining the tunes’ origins and uses. This series is a great chance to revisit some of Joey’s most beloved nigunim and to discover older melodies from Hasidic tradition, to get a foundational understanding of how this music works, and to begin to use melody as a spiritual practice on your own and in communal contexts.
Yes! Subscribers to Joey’s master class library get access to an extensive live performance archive with videos from album recording sessions and complete concerts with the Hadar Ensemble. Many of these videos are only available on this site.
In the opening chapter of the Art of the Nigun series, Joey sings 18 beautiful melodies, explaining the tunes’ origins and uses. This series is a great chance to revisit some of Joey’s most beloved nigunim and to discover older melodies from Hasidic tradition.
The Torah of Music is another great video series to explore for music fans. This course is designed for anyone who would like to learn about the musical-spiritual dreamscape of the Jewish tradition through stories and teachings. These videos are for inspiration rather than skill building.
A subscription of $18 per month includes access to all courses (1,000+ videos) in the master class library, as well as periodic Zoom gatherings, recordings of all past webinars, an archive of live performance videos, and a community message board.
No long-term commitment is required. You can cancel your subscription at any time.
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