Hello...Again

[Blind_Cowboy]

Just catching up on some of the posts. I wanted to thank this board for alot of information and lessons that have been linked in here. I haven't had a chance to post much here, because i've been finishing up on my first CD. Thanks to ya'll, I had the confidence and ability to put a little mando in that sounded passible...

There's some sound clips at http://www.mytexasmusic.com/doublebartee if anyone's interested. Track 2, More Than He Could Handle, has some mando work that I did.

This really is a fun instrument. Not to compare it, but i'm really digging on the Ukulele too. Didn't have any uke in this album. But, man. I'm dying to have a tune that will use this.

Oh, before I forget. For your majors, do most just use the finger positions for the G and C chord and move accordingly up the neck? I've got a DVD, with beginning chord structure on it. Seem's he's just moving those two positions around.

Thanks again folks,

Blind Cowboy...

[Blind_Cowboy]

Sorry Folks~

I thought that sample had the mandolin on it. Seems it's just the chorus of the song. If anyone's interested, i'll see if I can find a way to post a usable mando clip. Get some critique.

Thanks again,

Blind Cowboy...

[John Flynn]

For your majors, do most just use the finger positions for the G and C chord and move accordingly up the neck? I've got a DVD, with beginning chord structure on it. Seem's he's just moving those two positions around.
You can do that and I think a lot of people do, especially for bluegrass. There are are more finger positions that you can move up the neck also, but those two seem to be the easiest and give the best "chop" if that is the sound you're after. One of the things about the mando, though, is that there are also a lot of opportunities for doing some nice sounding chords with open strings. The instrument really has a lot of options to get different sounds on the same chords.