Re: Reading Music Strategic Strike
Hi jerryk, I enjoyed your intro post and glad to hear your dad's mandolin is playing again.
I like flash cards myself, like you said they are great for learning things for tests and such. In my previous life I spent time learning alot of medical and pharmacological info and as if that wasn't enough I became a CPA during the time that computers and calculators were not used during the examination process. As a result, I always had my little box of flash cards with me.
So, having had enough of that.....when I decided to learn the mandolin I found a few apps that were helpful. One called 'Trainer 'has a host of different stringed instruments and has a "game" that quizzes knowledge of the fretboard and the staff. For instance, it will lay out the mandolin fretboard and then highlight a fret and you name the note or give you the note on a staff (yes, even the dreaded above the staff ones....ha) and you press the fretboard position for that note.
You can customize the settings to focus on a range of frets - which gets me into that unexplored territory above the fifth fret, what kind of accidentals or alternate tuning to use, and even a timed setting to get one thinking quicker. Guitar Toolkit and Jamn are a couple other I use from time to time.
Northfield F5M #268, AT02 #7
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