Hello,
I am new to mandolin. I've been a guitar player for many years and after two unsuccessful stints hoping to learn tenor guitar (I find the fifths tuning too hard on a 23" scale), I decided to give mandolin a try.
I started mandolin less than a month ago and I have yet to consult any tutorials and other instructional stuff, whether on video, in books or on the web, but I will. I just decided to spend some time getting acquainted with the instrument first, trying to figure out chords from scale tones and arpeggios.
I recorded three mandolins and I seek your comments on sound and tone with the perspective that the genre I want to learn and play is swing music (not gypsy swing though) and some jazz tunes. Please be kind on the playing and technique, I just started and I was nervous and making tons of mistakes...
Recording
- All three mandolins recorded with the internal microphone of the Apogee One straight into the app Music Memos on the iPad
- Same day, same location, same position instrument/microphone
- Same pick
- I assume same strings, probably J74.
- No effect, no eq
- No editing
Tracks
Each mandolin was recorded three times.
- Melody
- 3 note chords (bottom strings)
- 3 note chords (top strings)
Thank you.
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