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I'm definitely in the notation camp - I can read notation pretty well having started to learn it from age 6 onwards! Where I find TAB useful is chord fingerings - which I didn't grow up with - not...

Wow, this looks like it would be fun! Not practical for someone in the UK though!

Some great resources on the site as well - thankyou!

Quite sad I missed TCHA LIMBERGER playing locally about a...

On my macbook, I cannot see youtube videos in the Forum. I'm using OSX 10.11.5, and Safari 9.1.1
I have "always allow" set in preferences for Flash in Safari for the café.

I can happily use...

That's great - just what I meant. All tutorial videos should be like this - because the same applies to the fingering too! I'm with Catrina too - perhaps it's the european way of doing things?

I worry about how I hold the pick - but I'm beginning to just work with the way I feel good holding it!

An observation on the videos though - they are all filmed from the front. If you're looking...

Wow, those Kingston tune books are a fantastic resource. Thanks.

And while I'm here anyone know of any resources for finding beginner friendly session in Berkshire? The LASH stuff above is...

I'm using an earlier version of this Shure LAvalier mic https://www.shure.co.uk/products/microphones/mvl which is designed to record audio direct to an iPhone. I clip it to the pickguard and then...

Good photographs will always sell products - but as Robert said above, there's a cost benefit ratio to take into account. The OP cites Hobgoblin as an example - but I wouldn't expect to have an...

Well, I got what I considered a bargain Kentucky a couple of weeks ago - a KM-150 - which was half the price of Hobgoblin at £209 - but it was sold through Amazon themselves, and arrived in very good...

Wasn't the best of weeks - an although we had a lot of snow, for here, on Thursday/Friday, it's all gone now. Mrs Jones was home all week, so the mandolin practise had to be managed - though I did...

Ray - I looked at making the next support smaller - but it also involves messing with the little box as well. I'll have a better look when I have more time. Still very impressed at the quality for...

I was wondering what had happened to these - which seemed to have stopped after the problems at the weekend.

Happy to report that everything seems to be working now - I have 50+ messages from the...

Ok, a couple of days later and it’s definitely a challenging piece. But fun, and also interesting trying to get the phrasing similar to the cello. Glad to have the fingering from the muscore notation...

The Fields of Athenry Would be a must for me on St. Pats day

I think that’s what John means. I come from the violin, and I think more about which finger for which note, rather than which fret is for which notes. So on the D string my head says 1st finger for...

My case arrived on Friday. Very pleased, it's a good, not perfect fit for my Kentucky. The one issue I have is that the neck support is a little high - but at least there is one. And the case only...

I've just had the opposite. I ordered, against my better judgement, a KM-150 from Amazon UK. I couln't resist the price, 50% lower than other shops here. When it arrived it was well packed, not only...

I've been dipping in to the classical music I used to be able to play on the violin, many years ago. The Bach concerto for two violins was a favorite - but I cannot get anywhere near that atm on the...

I'll add my support - but won't be able to come along as it's the school Easter holidays and Mrs Jones & I will be away. Good lucek - be great to see more of these events. Or perhaps I just havn't...

@onechordtrick - I looked at this again and it's for an F - though it might fit an A. I've also seen this TGI A style case at Normans...

Thanks - I'll give them a call and ask about it. As you say, the image isn't helpful - in fact Hobgoblins website is pretty poor IMHO - no case interiors - which you really want to see if you're...

Actually, going back to the OP's orignal question - it's a really great question if you're new to playing the mandolin, yet happen to be an experienced musician.

I was playing the Vivaldi Concerto...

Great - and really good it's open to all countries!

Was that the London branch??

Thanks to everybody for the info here - I'm in the process of searching for a low coast hard case. One that I have just come across is this one from Germany...