My right shoulder was replaced on February 28. Today, I picked up my mandolin (Phoebe) for the first time since surgery. It's the first time I have played any of my instruments since my surgery date.
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My right shoulder was replaced on February 28. Today, I picked up my mandolin (Phoebe) for the first time since surgery. It's the first time I have played any of my instruments since my surgery date.
It's so nice to be back. I have a nice shiny new right shoulder and I'm finally reintroducing myself to my instruments. Phoebe was first, tonight. I felt some muscles I haven't used for a while!
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I've had surgery on both thumbs (once each, at the joint where they join the wrist), and several shoulder surgeries on both sides. Doctors are miracle workers. Just be sure, if you ever have a hand...
Picking. Thanks for your kind words.
I've missed all of you people! At the end of the month, I'm getting a new shoulder. Once I've recovered from that project I hope to resume spending time with my instruments--and my instrument-forum...
Thank you, Tim! I'm looking forward to this workshop.
I call mine Charlotte and I enjoy playing her. And I suspect if I ever decided I would consider getting rid of her, that she would be easy to sell.
Great job, Keith! Once one sees the system to it, or the logic behind it, I think it really clicks. My first instrument was violin and once I started goofing around with fretted strings it occurred...
I must be some kind of whiz, then--I haven't had my guitar for a year yet and I'm already trying to play mandolin chord shapes on it! ;)
It sounds as if your mandola engages you enough that you will enjoy spending time with her, Sue. I suspect your fluency will improve quickly. Enjoy!
I have never watched that Teletubbies introduction (I'm not known as the TV grandmother). That sun is creepy. And my grandchildren call me Lala. So I think it's probably a good thing that I hadn't...
Hey! Do you have my home "bugged"? Because this comment is quite reminiscent of a frequent exchange between my husband and me.
I'm committing an unearned hijacking here: For those of you with Netflix, a film is on that, according to RadioTimes.com, "... tells the true story of a 1909 expedition taken by Danish explorer Ejnar...
Thank you for posting that you had received the class materials! I found mine in my spam folder after I read your post.
Well, I would need one of those caps, except my sister gave me a stormtrooper LED headlamp for my birthday. :cool:
Don Julin has two self-paced video courses for octave mandolin available on his site, Mandolins Heal the World. It's via subscription, monthly or annual. He offers a 7-day trial period before you...
Just yesterday I was playing (I never call it practicing because that sounds like work) and I realized this ability is a big ol' hole in my skillset. I'm enrolled and anticipating! Thank you!
I have found a series of songbooks that I really enjoy, so I wanted to share in case anybody here might also like 'em.
It's a Hal Leonard series called "Strum Together." The volume I have in hand...
It looks like your preferred strings are still sold on eBay.
She's beautiful, Sue. Just gorgeous.
I've been needing a good cry over this week's horrors. That comment did the trick. Thanks, Louise. (I mean that sincerely. It's like my sorrow and everything was stuck in my throat.)
You've gotten lots of great advice here from people much better qualified to offer it than I. I would add just one thing, especially as you're planning to shop as a beginner, or relative beginner, to...
Doug, I wish you all the best in a complete recovery as quickly as that can be accomplished.
Reading all the other comments is convicting me that I need to put on my big-girl jeans and call my...
Why do you suppose I keep that list of names handy here in my Mandolin Cafe signature?