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Hi,

The model I purchased was the AM200:

http://www.hobgoblin.com/local/GR3125_p_Ashbury-AM-200-Mandolin-solid-Page.htm

If you view the standard sales page, the AM200 is about halfway down...

Checking the Newbies forum, I found these links to music, abc and TAB:

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6388

http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/mandolin-tab/Bonny_At_Morn.htm
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Never had a problem with ClearTune on the iPhone - as someone previously mentioned, it is rare not to have the phone with me, and the app works very well.

You have a new bowlback?

Thanks for those suggestions - I ordered Alan Alexander's Mandolin Music for Medieval Faires which arrived just today. Some great tunes in it and very helpful to have the CD, too. I think I shall be...

Well done guys, what a great little tune, and well played. :)

Thanks for the good replies. I came across Allan Alexander via a Classified ad on Mandolin Cafe just the other day, and ordered the Medieval Faires collection. Good to see a couple of recommendations...

Having played around with the Mandolin for a couple of months now, I've discovered a real interest in folk music, particularly early medieval and renaissance stuff.

I've done a few Google searches...

Aside from the (very important) exercises already listed, does anyone here use exercises for their fingers, independent of playing on the instrument? I've tried some flexing and other finger...

I came across this app the other day, called Strumify, for iPhone and iPad. It listens as you play tunes and gives feedback, so you can chart your progress. It's a free app, I only downloaded it...

If you do a Google search for 'Oval Hole Violin' you get pages of Mandolin images!

Wow. Being fairly new to all this, I'm just starting to pick up on players, styles, groups, genres, etc, that 'til now I have been ignorant about. It's very exciting, and there is some great talent...

I want to play Mandolin like that!

Amazing, I really enjoyed that. Jazz is not usually my thing, but that was very good.

Well, thankfully I don't seem to be suffering from MAS. In fact, the very idea that I would betray my current Mandolin companion by flirting with another device, even more leave her for another, is...

Oh my days! Sounds serious! I hope it is not contractable via the forum? There should be a health warning! :)

Very quick thread, I didn't want to derail another thread by going off-topic. Please, will someone tell me what is MAS?

Thanks :)

Thanks for the recommendations, I shall try them out.

Mandophyte, I had not yet come across this, so thanks for pointing it out, Looks very interesting.

Hi, yeah I should have added, photocopying is ok for a few, but the books have pages slightly larger than A4 and the music doesn't always fit on :)

I was wondering if anyone has any links to tools online (preferably free!) that can help me make copies of music and tab files. I have five or six books with some tunes in each that I can currently...

My inspiration was Vivaldi, but it took me a while to realise.

I heard his Concerto for Two Mandolins on Classic FM years ago, and it always stuck with me. Was pretty much the first time I had...

That's a great suggestion, thanks, I will check it out. Although I'm conscious of my many limitations in playing at the moment, listening to and playing with others will be a great help.

Just a quick update:

Today I found myself heading in to London unexpectedly, so I made time to pop in to the Hobgoblin store in Rathbone St to take a look around. I wasn't necessarily looking to...

Yes, I'm coming to that conclusion, too.

At least I have those two Mandolins already purchased to continue practising with whilst I search around. Whilst they may not produce that 'sweet' sound,...

Some good advice, thanks. I will take my time with this, and shall visit some of the recommended stores and have a listen to the instruments. I'm sure I shall find what I am looking for.

Having checked out the two websites, as nice as the instruments are at Tamco, they are *way* above my budget! I'll be saving for years for one of those! :) But I wasn't even aware they were around,...