Re: Music reading and notation for composition
Interesting question! How do you have your compositions "captured" right now? Have you memorized them, written them in your own way, recorded them or something else?
I think the ideal, but hard to find, approach would be to find a classical mandolin teacher. A second idea is to take some piano lessons. Piano teachers are more plentiful! You would learn treble and bass clef and that would be valuable under any circumstance. Even if you don't have a piano, you could buy an electronic keyboard for not too much.
There are free mandolin instruction books that teach notation available on IMSLP; e.g., Munier. I also like Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory by Michael Miller.
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