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Artistworks would be a great online class for you. They have 3 mandolin teachers, Sierra Hull, Mike Marshall (very experienced in all types of playing), and his wife Caterina Lichtenberg has her...

Peghead Nation, I tried them, nice people and good, focused teaching often by ear in the form of training vids. Great selection of genres and instruments too.


Does your Folk Orchestra have a...

I can recommend Magnus Zetterlund's "Mandolin Secrets Academy" which has an eclectic range of music, including classical, jazz, bluegrass and Scandinavian folk, and Misc including some Irish.

The...

Marla Fibish teaches Irish, mainly by ear. Don't know if her times would work for you. http://www.marlafibish.com/contactteaching.asp

If you're interested in going back to classical, Caterina...

Matt sometimes gives courses with 2 different time slots to accommodate folks on other continents. His lessons cover a variety of musical genres.

So I've taken a few of Matt Flinner's zoom classes, and they've been at 9PM eastern (which is a tough hour for me, not being a night owl). So 10AM for you? Doesn't sound too bad to me, depending on...

Peghead Nation, Mandolins Heal the World, and ArtistWorks all offer pre-recorded lesson series.

I've enjoyed lessons from both mandolessons (free) and David Benedict (some free and patreon tiers ranging from 3-25 USD.) Both are on YouTube

They are more geared toward bluegrass though so I'm...

Have you been to the Kazakh Museum of Folk Instruments in Almaty?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_Museum_of_Folk_Musical_Instruments

I visited there about 20 years ago and was guided around...

I can recommend The Mandolin Companion for getting back into daily technique building.
You can get it in PDF format https://www.astute-music.com/store/p18/The-Mandolin-Companion-Download.html#/
I...

The best approach to starting ear training is to pick out melodies for simple songs that you know. Pick out songs that you can hum or sing. Make sure that you hum or sing them accurately and...

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/r45ueno57v22zoe/Proshchay%20Russian%20SET.pdf?dl=0


Have fun! :)

It sounds like you're advancing, great!

A side note on that G vs. G# thing. It's fairly common with fiddle tunes, especially old ones, to find different versions with either G nat or G# notes. The...

Contra dance music at speed can sometimes make it quite difficult for a mandolin to play all the notes the fiddle is playing. When you do it awhile, you start to know intuitively when to skip a few...

I had a rummage through a site called Bite Your Own Elbow a few years back, when there was talk of a local contradance setting up.
They're at http://www.biteyourownelbow.com
Somewhere in there I...

In addition to what Charlie said above, I strongly recommend using a portable recorder like the Zoom H2n or your smartphone to record the tunes the Contradance band is playing. Ask first at the Open...

I don't believe there is specifically. What many people do is get an mp3 of a tune they want to learn, and then use the amazing slow-downer or a similar speed reducing program to practice the tune at...

NFI - This Gernandt mandocello sounds so nice. And the quilted back and sides really make it eye catching.

I took the good advice and got MobileSheets Pro - but when I was in the big city I went to a Best Buy and found the largest pad I could.

Samsung Galaxy view -
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very interesting!

that's quite lovely, enjoy it!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRFzpt0rp_E

Turn it around so the back faces out.

I just picked up a Hamilton Grabbit for $12. Totally thrilled with it, and will likely grab another one soon for the study. I checked and saw that online they run less than $15. Totally adjustable...

Since this thread has been revived I thought I'd add my thoughts. I've been to Kaufman a few times and it's a very fun, well run camp. The Maryville College campus is easy to get to, accomodations...