While there are multiple positions in fret for playing a note, it is up to the player to select the fret.
For beginners, it is best to start with the easy frets (within 7th frets). If you plot the...
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While there are multiple positions in fret for playing a note, it is up to the player to select the fret.
For beginners, it is best to start with the easy frets (within 7th frets). If you plot the...
As a free user, is it possible to export from Noteflight and import in to MuseScore?
Those who have less talent need to practice more so that ability grows ;)
Last night I practiced closed finger positions. While it is difficult but doable.
With closed fingers, I can play in any scale because fingerings are same since mandolin is tuned in 5th!
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Yes, that is the most elegant approach :)
Since I mostly play in G/D/A, which have open strings, it is not easy to transpose instantly.
In that way, I think playing by closed fingering position...
OK, got it. So to play in Ab, I need to transpose it to G first and then put the capo to play it in Ab/G# :)
Here is the notation for Whiskey Before Breakfast in D
http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/american-mandolin-tab/whiskey_before_breakfast.htm
If I put the capo in fret 1 and play the tune using...
Never played Octave Mandolin myself. But looking at YouTube videos, sound looks similar to guitar's (especially those OMs which look like mini guitar)
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 [try to] play mandolin for melodies only. I tried to play chords with mandolin, usually to accompany vocalists but it didn't sound very well - I meant not as good as when someone strumming with a...
My "ear" is not well trained. I mostly play by "sight".
That's news to me! The vocalists I know believe it is the instrumentalists who needs to match them!
I can match vocalists by...
Yes, I searched for topics with a heading "capo" and earliest came from 2013 (which I did read). So I thought of posting a new one!
Let me explain the question. I have a tune (e.g. Katy Perri's...
Many tunes I can play (moderately) well as solo in mandolin.
But when I try to play with vocalist, I find that I can't match the scale!
It is easy to play on D, A, G on mandolin but if vocalist...
Beg to differ. I have been to few mandolin shops in UK, Italy, Germany and they are full of flat back mandolins!
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...
It has to be a multi-stage process. If the printed notation is in PDF or image format, MuseScore website can (often successfully) convert it to a digital MuseScore file. From there generating...
I am struggling to attach it to the f hole :)! Will try again.
When attached to middle of headstock, I discovered that G & D strings are boomy but doesn't feel like A & E string sound is...
Has there been any statistics collected on numbers?
Of course it is impossible to count the numbers but it would be interesting to see some numbers may be broken down by country, region etc.
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MuseScore can do it too if you have the notation in MuseScore format.
What is the nearest banjo roll equivalent in mandolin?
I can't play banjo and I want to replicate the roll sound in mandolin as much as possible.
Is there any written description of how to...
I bought a Cherub clip on pickup.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00VNSOB6M
I have noticed that it only amplifies the sound if I place it on the headstock where the (mandolin)...
I want to sound it mandolinny in a way so that audience can still recognize the tune. Regarding what style of genre to convert to, that's where I am even more confused. How do I know which genre...
If a tune (sheet music) is availble for say Piano, guitar or violin, how do I adopt it for playing in mandolin?
Are there any basic rules?
For example, if I find a piano sheet music I
1....
My own thumb rule is whenever I need to sustain a note for few beats :)
When I search YouTube for popular movie/hit songs like Titanic, Frozen Let it Go, Rockabye (just to name few) I get so many hits for guitar, piano, violin etc. but very few for mandolin.
Is it...