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I've always thought that dead musicians hear us practicing and we channel them. Actually we've talked about this on the Internet Cello Society chat board and some of those folks have found that when...

I'm still practicing from my book, but since when reading music seems to make me tense up, I like to spend some "loose" time just playing. I also find that I'm memorizing the tunes from my book, so I...

I do read music. I can tell if a note doesn't fit and is wrong, like if I play an F natural when it should be an F sharp. I also try to use different key signatures so I'm not always starting out and...

I'm going through my beginning mandolin books, but I find that if I just play and improvise little tunes, I play much better than when I read the music. I'm much more relaxed. I find I can even walk...

I think for the price they're OK. I know someone with a guitar shop and he's never had any complaints. However when I was buying my mandolin (I've just started) I bought a little Hondo round holl he...

Last night I was noticing when I finally relax my right hand technique greatly improves. My fingers relax my hand raises up off the bridge and my ring and pinky rest on the pickguard and I can play...

I haven't pushed the bridge out of place, yet, but I do get it really sweaty. It may warp. I've turned the strings a funny color too. Thank goodness strings for the mandolin are cheap compared to my...

I'll start playing slower. Edgar Meyer, in his book (which name I can't remember right now) suggests playing painfully slow and getting everything right. If you practive fast you also practice...

I've been playing mandolin for about 3 weeks now, and I haven't found a teacher yet, but I'm reading my books and going to as many concerts as I can where there might be a mandolin.

I'm resting my...

I can get the Johnson mandolin at cost. It retails for about $199. A friend of mine has a guitar shop, and he hasn't had any problems with the lower-end Johnsons. There is also a Johnson mandolin...

I recently bought a Hondo round hole, laminate mandolin, just to start. I got it for a good price. Now I'm planning on upgrading a little bit. Johnson makes a solid spruce with solid maple back and...

I've been a cellist for 15 years and I'm delving into the mandolin. I have a cheap little Hondo, which isn't much but the price was right. So now I'm learning to play. How do you hit the strings...