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I have noticed that I can play louder when using a thinner pick. Anything over 1 mm I found difficult to play. For me, 0.73 mm works best in terms of intonation and ease of playing

I tried to quantify this "easy to play" by parameters

I think it all depends on:

1. The action (high action is tiring to play)
2. Intonation (some cheap mandolin causes buzzing, which drives...

I tested Dunlop Ultex picks of following thicknesses:
0.60, 0.73, 0.88, 1.0, 1.14

Personally I found 0.73 mm works out best for me in terms of sound quality and ease of picking.

It proves the...

Indie, how do you arrive at the conclusion that it is "D"?

The Indian solfege is "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa". This uses movable Do system, so Sa is not always C! Sa can be D, E, F etc based on...

difference between playing style - not the construction of mandolin :)

My personal opinion is that to understand music theory, it is best to read a piano book. I struggled to understand the theory from mandolin perspective alone but when I read piano books, it all...

Here is my attempt to answer

1. If you have a notation of the song it will be shown there. Also, there are some websites where you can put a YouTube link of song and it can display the chord...