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Great Thanks!!!!

Does anyone know of a good mandolin teacher in the Santa Cruz area?

Thanks!

:mandosmiley:

Still here! Thoroughly enjoying this discussion, and learning a lot just by reading. These are things I've never considered. I'm still relatively new to music theory, so this was incredibly helpful,...

Here's another clip from a live show if it helps:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKFoK6pDeUg

I obviously chose a terrible title for this thread.

Black Clouds by the String Cheese Incident

Hello!

I am learning to play a song that has the following progression:

verse:
A - A - G - E
A - D - G - E

chorus:
G - D - A

Hello everyone! I've been starting to get my rhythm down (or at least a lot more since I began playing). I've been trying to get more of a funky sound out of my mando, but the patterns I always fall...

Yeah, it must be under 180 unfortunately. I'm going to be traveling with it so I wouldn't want something too much nicer anyway. But yeah, the choice is now between the Rover RM-50 or Savannah SA-120....

Very helpful. Thanks!!

Hello,

I was wondering what the proper hand position was for bar chords such as 2245. I find that I must slide my thumb behind the neck in order to make this chord. Is that recommended? It is far...

Does anyone have any good ideas to help me start integrating individual notes along with chords? I can start to pick notes out and play some chords, but I can only do one or the other. Any tips? Or...

I really can't go over $180 unfortunately.

I've been trying to decide between the Rover RM-50 vs. Savannah SA-120 (Johnson). Or even a KM-140s if I can find an online dealer that has them in stock...

I just had an epiphone mm-30 that I returned due to some open string buzz. Is the epiphone of greater quality? Is it comparable to the Kentucky KM-140s? Should I just get another epiphone?

Hello everyone,

I'm getting a new mandolin (under $200 price range). I have been looking seriously at the Savannah SA-120:

http://themandolinhut.com/savannah_mandolin_sa120_sunburst.htm

Has...

Thanks Jon, I'll check it out!

Greetings! I'm new to this board and just started learning the mandolin. I've been practicing regularly for 2 months now.

I was wondering if there were any good resources out there that would...