New series of Mandolin Lessons

[vkioulaphides]

And your playing, Ali, certainly NEVER sounds dull, regardless of register! I rest my case ;-)

In my own (bowed) training, the "neutral" position of the bow, i.e. when playing an open string, was (approximately) the node at the double-octave-and-a-fifth of the string. That, theoretically, would be a B, two octaves and a fifth above the open E-course on a mandolin. Or, simply put... around the center of the sound-hole ;-)

But the most important choices pertain not so much to any one picking-spot, but to the artistic use of multiple ones, as Ali so eloquently explains it all. OK, time to put all this into practice...

Cheers,

Victor

[fairyreel]

Very much enjoying the videos, keep them coming!

[el cro]

These have been some very busy weeks but we have a new lesson available. This one is about the importance of breathing.



Enjoy,
Élio

[el cro]

We removed the video for a while. The audio was a bit out of sync so we'll try to make it better.
It should be back again tomorrow.

[el cro]

The lesson is back online.

[wildpikr]

That is good work - a very enjoyable video.

[DougC]

To take a topic like this and make it fun with the four part video is very instructive and engaging and memorable. Bravo! I love this stuff.

[el cro]

We have a new lessson available. This one is about the tremolo.



Enjoy,
Élio

[Hiin]

As usual, a very informative lesson.
I always taught to grip the pick loose to minimize the pick noise and to 'smoothen'(?) the sound, but now I see that gripping pick tight is an option too.

Thanks for the lesson, I will be waiting for the next!

[peterleyenaar]

Outstanding lessons, although I can't do all the exercises well , I get a lot out of these lessons and have some parts incorporated
in my warmup.
Thank you for making the effort of creating these lessons, they are really valuable to me , I don't live near a teacher

Should I buy a bagpipe ?, it seems like so much more fun :-)

Best Regards

Peter

[el cro]

We have a new lesson. This one recaps the picking technique we've talked about in the first lessons with a couple exercises...



Enjoy,
Élio

[Hiin]

This week's lesson is very interesting!
I have yet to learn to play arpeggios (is that right, arpeggios?) in mandolin, so this is very helpful for me.
Thanks for posting these lessons!

[el cro]

We finally recorded the last lesson of this series. It gathers some of the concepts and ideas from previous lessons in a single exercise.



If you have any suggestions or ideas for future lessons we would like to hear about them.
Enjoy,
Élio

[Linda Binder]

Bravo! Wonderful videos!

[norbertogcruz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqF0zNeUnrY

This is the full piece that i´ve wrote that regards lesson number 4. is called "Through the Wormhole" and it's for mandola, hope you like it!

cheers!

Norberto Gonçalves Da Cruz