Ok, I know this has been brought up in other forums before, but being brand new to any fretted instrument, I am really struggling to stretch my first three fingers across the frets as I am practicing even just simple scales. My instructor gets on me if I lift any of my first two fingers as I am doing scales, but it is soo challenging for me to spread all three of my fingers across the frets without lifting any of the previous ones and especially without muting the adjacent string. Getting frustrated. Any encouragement and advice would be appreciated. I refuse to give up.
Just saw this thread. Been a couple of months... are you making any progress?
Well, actually yes. I have started learning the banjo as well and that seems to be helping my ability to play the mandolin too. Go figure....
