My mom played in a mandolin orchestra while in elementary school, in the old country. She took the mandolin with her wherever we moved, but never played it again.
Entering puberty I wanted to be...
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My mom played in a mandolin orchestra while in elementary school, in the old country. She took the mandolin with her wherever we moved, but never played it again.
Entering puberty I wanted to be...
Get both and sell the one you like less. But don't advertise that here...
I used to neglect my Ibanez 524 (playing other, better (?) mandolins) but then I was inspired by:
Mike Compton: Jenny Lynn
so I tuned it to AEAE and now I play it regularly - there are many...
I had the opportunity last spring to see and hear the other working one (Montreal Symphony playing Brahms). :)
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Fun little piece, simplified and arranged for mandolin:
Dance of the Hours
One nice visualisation is here. :)
At age 12 I took my mother’s old abandoned student mandolin, put 6 strings on it, tuned it as a guitar and started picking out melodies. Parents got the hint and soon I got my first (classical)...