Interestingly, her mandolin teacher has very specific views on picks. He has her using a traditional elongated tear drop mando-style pick.
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Interestingly, her mandolin teacher has very specific views on picks. He has her using a traditional elongated tear drop mando-style pick.
Thanks Journeybear!
Great ideas all! I checked out Redbubble and found some things there. I'll also pickup a stand. Jury still out on the toneguard.
I sent a message to get some Cafe shirt, mug, stickers, but no...
Great info and pointers all, thanks!
Great suggestions all, thank you!
Does a tone guard really make a difference? She will likely be playing with a mandolin orchestra next year, and I just saw these when browsing an online shop. ...
Any ideas folks? I will be getting her a new strap. She is using a rawhide string now. Feel free to add links if you know of a good source of mandolin related swag (shirts, hoodies, etc). And any...
I bought my daughter a Jerry Hill from Fiddlers Green. $2,400, handmade by a gentleman who actually plays in a band with Tom Ellis himself! Varnish finish, A style, and delightful in tone. I had...
A friend recommended I try these, but I'm not aware of any for mandolin. Thought I'd put up a post in case someone here has seen these. If you happen to have seen these and could point me toward...
Hi Bill! I should have thought to look for you. The Bayans were amazing!
We're learning from the same person, but separate lessons. I think I need to focus on one string and learn it's notes and then to the next (for the scale we're working on). We slowed it down a bit...
Thanks all for the inspiring words. This will be my second lesson tonight. But it will feel like the first since I haven't advanced. I'm going to try those flash cards, because part of my problem...
I'm struggling with the process thus far. There's a dot, then EGBDF/FACE thinking to figure out what letter, then trying to remember where C is. Then, I can see another dot two-up. Then, recall...
Gil Divine is a wonderful guy, and his cables are superb. I've got several of them in my electric guitar kit. One day, my kids will have to figure out what to do with them, because they'll still be...
I think because I made that first post two weeks ago. :whistling:
I like they way you're thinking though. How old were you when you started to try to read notation? I'm a little north of fiddy...
Multiple attempts to play notes while looking at dots. So far so bad. My eyes suck now. I'm not sure what my excuse was when I started guitar 39 years ago. :))
That said, I did learn "Rise"...
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Totally humbled at how many give of their time and thoughts. I really like this forum. What a great community!
Cool, thanks!
So many great posts in this thread. Thank you for this, as you are 100% correct, there is one goal here, and it's not to get a retirement gig in a Bluegrass band (though given my job lately, that's...
Wow! Got caught up at work the last few days and haven't had ample time to really digest the thread until now. Great input from all!!! I do plan to give it a shot. In fact, I hope I can muster a...
Every Good Boy Does Fine, FACE, Staff, Time Signature, etc etc...
I've been muCking around with guitar for decades (poorly) and never learned to read music. I used tab for a while, then basically...
Thanks all, for sharing your thoughts and preferences. Plenty to work with here. Now the hard part. Deciding! :)
I thought I'd share this and hopefully it helps somebody one day. We were trying to do a lesson over Zoom. Zoom was not detecting the instrument audio, it would mute it out as noise, and only...
I have looked online at several different strap options for my daughter and I. I have an F style, and my daughter has an A. As the strap wraps right around the surface finish of the instrument, it...