Hello! I've decided to post this in this forum, since it's the one that appears to have the most traffic!
For those of you who are not aware, Mandolin Cafe has a sub-set of forums, which can be found by clicking on the Learn/Listen tab near the top of page, under the main Mandolin Cafe logo. There you will see 'Social Groups'. If you click on it, it will take you to the various social groups there are. Scott added this function several years ago, and there are quite a number of Social Groups there.
The two biggest ones that I can tell, are the "Song A Week Social Group" (the one I maintain), and "Newbies", which are both in the Miscellaneous category.
If you are a newcomer to mandolin, by all means, join the Newbies group, as I am sure you will find many helpful members and posts.
No matter WHAT your level of playing, or your genre interest, I encourage you to check out the Song a Week Social Group.
It's been going strong for something like 8 years! While we do have a poll, and a new tune voted on every week (the Official Tune of the Week), we also have hundreds of tunes that have been submitted. It's not a contest, and it's not a race. You don't have to learn a tune a week. It's just that we have a new official tune every week.
I have three Table of Contents posts, that are usually near the top of the first page of discussions. These Table of Contents contain clickable links that will take you to the discussion for each tune. Most tunes have videos, both those submitted by our members, and videos of the tunes, to give you an idea of the ways that they are played. Many also have links to tablature or standard notation.
Anyone can read the group, but I encourage you to join the group, that way you can post and interact.
You can start wherever you want. You can take as long as you want to learn a tune. You are not obligated to video yourself playing the tune, but, it's a great learning experience if you do! We are a friendly bunch, ranging from professional to rank amateur!
If you read the blurb at the top of the page, it will give you an idea of how we operate. There is also a long post called "New to Our Social Group? ~ Read Me First!!" which goes into detail how this group works, and how best to utilize it.
Even if you aren't inclined to post a video, I urge you to make comments, just to give me a heads up, that you are out there, enjoying our group, and learning from it!
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