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I have to practice my other instruments, a different language, workout or spend time with my friends. The worst yet, evening shifts and long working hours make me almost unable to practice.

But...

It's okay. It's hard to explain all these things through text 😅

I managed to find myself a teacher. Although mandolin isn't his main instrument, he promised me he'd be able to teach me the basics...

I mean the upper strings being much quieter in total is what I wondered to have something to do with the strings. My upstroke being louder is obviously a technique thing.

Thanks for the tips. Perhaps recording myself while playing will help me. However I adjust my hand, the upstroke seems to make more of a pluck. Truly relaxing my grip on the pick seems to somewhat...

Thanks for the reply. How I've been playing is that I've planted the bottom of my palm at the base of the strings. I'm quite unsure about how the hand should move and I feel like the guy in the third...

I recently began practicing mandolin, and I was delighted by how fun it is. However, my picking needs some guidance.
As my first song I practiced Miss Shepherd's reel, in which I alternate the...