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Ah yes, clear evidence of Homo Plectrus!

Face it: it's hers. What will you be getting for yourself?

My 9 year old keeps asking me when I'm only going to play my octave mandolin so he can have my Eastman. It's a good problem to have.

I'd say, imho, that any mandolin player should have Julin's books as part of their arsenal. Julin's books and Marilyn Mair's are the best mandolin books have been written in years.

Mandolin for...

Hello!

I just ordered my firsat mandolin - A Kentucky KM-250 from Elderly Instruments.

I also ordered some books from Amazon - First 50 Songs You Should Play On Mandolin by Hal Leonard, and...

I'm sure you know to keep her playing and not throwing it down in pain (sounds like me...) you need a really good setup.

I came to mandolin as a classically trained violinist/bluegrass fiddler and self taught guitarist. When I picked up a mandolin I swear those old fiddle tunes and classical pieces literally just fell...

Upgrade to a 750. She'll be ready for that soon enough! LOL. (I tried to interest my sons in mandolin to no avail, but I never expected my youngest to run out and buy a banjo -- the shame of it all!...

The Suzuki method (classes that you both go to) is probably a great option now, it encourages cooperation between players of different instruments, experience, aptitude and age..

The girl's a natural—look at that left hand! I assume you've ordered another?

Just tune it like a banjo and she won't have anything to do with it! :grin:

(Actually, a better solution is to get one for her too!)

Good for her.

You can always get another and start playing twin mandolin with your daughter. (The first time I did twin/harmony mandolin was truly special.)

Well, you have your (first) excuse to buy another mandolin...

Congratulations! That is a great problem to have.

People have heard me play a tune on the mandolin and they’ve said, ‘oh, beautiful, how do you remember all those notes? I wish I was as talented as you are!’
But it’s the people who are close to you...

Nothing to do with playing, but I suggest getting a hard case. Mandolin is a small easily kicked about our knocked over instrument with high string tension. Every time I put mine in the car trunk in...

I came to mandolin from guitar.
Some people tell guitarists to think of the mandolin as the bottom four strings of a guitar turned upside down.
Dont do this... It is a bad way to think about it. ...

Play, play, play. Listen, emulate, look up songs on YouTube and slow them down to .5 speed to get all the notes. Learn easy/beginner versions of fiddle tunes. Do it all!

This Sierra Hull video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tCoGGcsi0I&t=142s
Is a great place to start. Then for sure basics lessons.
I've had a good experience with Banjo Ben who has a wealth of...

Yes, at the beginning learning how to gather info from the internet is a valuable skill for your advance in playing the mandolin.
thesession.org
mandolintab.net
You’ll definitely need a few ‘in...

Also check out the free online lessons Baron Collins-Hill provides over at https://www.mandolessons.com

read back in the immense archives, here , is my advice ..

Get a lesson to get good mechanics, either online or existing videos. Chris Thule, Mike Marshall, Don Julin and Pete Martin have good YouTube videos to get started.

Have fun.