Aussie in Mandobird land

[marcusmd]

Hello there everyone in the alternate world! I have just fallen in love with and bought a new Mandobird!
Can anyone point me in the right direction for sourcing a few beginner tips and songs to play?
Many thanks

Marcus

[Cliff D]

Antipodean fraternal greetings from pommie HQ!

Well, under the "miscellaneous" head there are a number of stabs at something entitled "whiskey b4 breakfast" (sub-head of same name). I do believe "journey bear" recorded an interpretation with a mandobird, which you may find interesting. Really though, it pretty much depends on you, & what you want to achieve with the instrument (or if you are playing with/for others, what they are demanding of you). Find something you like, get the printed music (or at least a chord sheet) & see what you can do with it. I quite liked the "101 hits for buskers" series (until they started repeating the songs) with melody line & guitar chords which according to the fly sheet is printed in Australia. I doubt that there are many similar publications with mando chord boxes, though I'm sure others will advise. Just don't expect to be brilliant at it overnight!

[OzMando]

What styles do you like mate? Are you wanting to play Jazz standards? Bluegrass? You could check out the lessons and songs on this website. Herehttp://www.mandolincafe.com/lessons.html or herehttp://www.mandolincafe.com/tabarc.html

Should be something there to suit you :D

Where in Oz are you?

[marcusmd]

Hey there OZ,
Live in Sydney, spend a fair bit of time in Scone (3hrs away) and a fair bit of time in Melbourne, Shepparton, Byron/Casino and the Sth Coast for work.
You?
Not too sure what particular style I am into other than Bluegrass and a bit of everything.
Love mucking around with my Tenor G and Bird but am ####. Have just picked up a teacher for the TG but our times don't match up too well.
Think I might have a look at the 101 Buskers jobbie and see if I can get someone to help with the adaptions.
Current ultimate aim is to plug along in the background and actually be part of something I take for granted.
Go well
M