I'm just starting out and going through a book that is good so far called "Mandolin Primer" by Bert Casey.
In this book he starts out right into the 4 finger G chord which I must say is not easy at all.
But a lot of other books I see show two finger chords. I've ordered Erbsen's book for example and he teaches the two finger chords.
My question is which do you suggest to start with and why? Could one only play two finger chords and actually play music with others or would that not be considered acceptable?
I've read that the mandolin 'chop' is some how associated with the harder chords. Is that accurate? Can you not do the mandolin chop just fine with the two finger chords?
Thanks
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