What to pick?

[sirmando]

Hi everyone

I would like to know what I can start to pick that is easy to listen to and play. I have been playing for about 9 months. I have started with bluegrass and love it but I do not want to be limited to just that. My goal is to be a very rounded player. If you people can help I would be grateful. If you also have web sites or some thing like that to were I can do some research that would be even better.

[doanepoole]

Roland White's Bluegrass Mandolin book is good. Some simple tunes that sound great to get you started in the most frequently used mandolin keys.

[grandmainger]

Loads to pick from ! You'll need to install Tabledit or TefView to get full benefits (links to that on mandozine)

http://www.mandozine.com/music/tabledit_search.php
Right here one the MandolinCafé (http://www.mandolincafe.com/tabarc.html) !
and plenty of stuff on http://www.alltabs.com/search.php too!!

All these have sub-sections by genre, so you can investigate other types of music.

Have fun!

Germain

[John Zimm]

I like to play things from the Icking Music Archive. (http://icking-music-archive.org) There are some fine pieces for violin that play nicely on the mandolin. Happy picking! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

-John.

[sirmando]

I'm sorry but I was wondering what new type of music I can play(old time, classical, blues, jazz, celtic, ect..). I sould have said it before but I will check out the other sites too thank you for the help. I need it http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[patsites]

I think you already answered the question. You listed jazz, old-time, blues, etc.

Play things that interst you and what your ears like. That will always help you in the beginning.

Personally, I would recommend some David Grisman songs, usually fun melodies and learning the chords is great fun. His Dawg music is kind of a mesh of bluegrass and jazz. It will definately help you move in the direction of jazz if you choose to later on. After learning several Grisman tunes, you'll find that you can pick up new fiddle tunes or bluegrass tunes a lot easier.

[solerydr]

I think you should learn some Ozzy Osbourne covers. I know a guy who covers Mr. Crowley on the concertina in a spoken word set. It always gets'em going.

[John Flynn]

I would recommend old-time, especially if there are old-time jams in your area or you are up to starting one. I think it is the ultimate music to jam on and meet people around. I had played guitar for 30 years and mando for 10 when I discovered old-time and I really got the bug. It changed my musical life forever. It is good for beginners, because it is easy to learn the basic tunes at moderate speeds. It always keeps you challenged as you progress, though. There are a lot of tunes out there to learn, the tempos are really fast at the advanced level and there are a variety of embellishments you can do with any tune.

[fatt-dad]

You may also want to try looking at the posts where everybody learns a new tune each month. I'm not active, but you may gain something from that group. What tunes have you learned?

f-d