I agree with Lindylou and Mandozilla about the introductions section.
I agree with Lindylou and Mandozilla about the introductions section.
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I'd like to say welcome to Joe and lindylou you're in for quite an adventure!
I'd probably advance my picking a h**l of a lot faster if I didn't spend so much time on the Cafe...HaHaHa
But all seriousness aside, you WILL NOT find a better mandolin resource than this Forum and there's no such thing as a dumb mando question...this is definitely the Aladdins' Cave of the mandolin world!
I think you are correct. I have been often tempted to make the same observation, but was too timid, and thought it was just further evidence of my mando-centric prejudice.
Which it is, but that doesn't mean it isn't often true.
I was a manolin beginner way back when, and I was floundering around for a year or two before I met anyone who played mandolin. A resource like this would have been a miracle from heaven.
Another reason for avoiding a "beginners section", I would argue, is that while I always encourage beginners, I don't want folks to get so comfortable as a beginner that forward movement is inhibited.
I have always done best when there was no obvious front door, just jump in and swim out to the edges.
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