Re: What to do with New Dola
I've been playing my Girouard mandola as my main instrument for the last 5 years. It's really useful in a jam or gig where there will be a good amount of singing, for example. I also play in a couple of bands with another mandolin player, so when we are together, he'll be on mandolin and I'll be on dola, or I'll be on mandolin and he'll be on OM. The point is, the dola (and OM also) is a nice contrasting voice from the mandolin. It sits well between that and the guitar.
The most important thing I've learned about the mandola is to play it as a mandola, not a low scale mandolin. Find those chord voicings and cool slightly lower runs that make it stand apart from its GDAE counterpart. Spend the time getting to know where everything is.
Have fun!
ma dh'fheumas tu tarraing, dčan sin gu socair
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Mann 2 Point - 2011
Girouard Mandola - 2013
Pava A5 - 2019
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