Thanks all. It’s killing me that I can’t get my hands on any of these options locally. I’m not really a fan of buying expensive instruments that I haven’t had a chance to actually play. That said, I...
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Thanks all. It’s killing me that I can’t get my hands on any of these options locally. I’m not really a fan of buying expensive instruments that I haven’t had a chance to actually play. That said, I...
I need (I think) a guitar-bodied octave mandolin. I blame my need to sing along and play luscious chords, my guitar-playing fingers that can't seem to get used to a mandolin, and especially Sarah...
(Apologies if this is already in here somewhere, I couldn't find a way to search the whole thread...)
From Chris Thile:
Mandolin players spend half their time tuning...and the other half...
Apologies to the previous poster who said it, but THIS is the video that started it all. (At least for me. I never thought of a ukulele as a "real" musical instrument until I saw this. I blame Tiny...
That was a great workshop, thanks a ton! It's a lot of info, but nice and clear and useful. It will take quite some time to digest for this beginner, but it will be excellent practice for me. Thanks...
Another vote for musescore. If you go looking, be sure to go to musescore.org, NOT .com. The former is very good free open source music notation software, the latter want's your money.
I adore this thread, thank you all! Material for years…
I want to add my thanks for this series: so useful! I’m a guitar and ukulele player, brand new to the mandolin, and I have every post in this series bookmarked, and look at one or more of them every...
Here's another note of appreciation from another newbie (we are legion) for this link, very useful!
I'm new here, and just wanted to show off my very first mandolin, a Morris A5, #490.
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This is my first mandolin, but I wanted an instrument I could grow into. After reading the...