Hi. I've been following Mandolin Cafe for a while from Australia and decided that it's time to join up! I started learning the Mandolin about three months ago and absolutely love it.A lovely friend is teaching me. I have a restored German mandolin and am learning Medieval music which is all chords and just downward strumming. I'm trying to teach myself some modern songs as well (not my teacher's thing). I have never learned an instrument before and am looking for a book that shows how to read strum patterns as I don't know how to interpret tabs or music notation as far as strumming goes, or can someone out there advise on how to interpret. I've looked at endless videos, but most are too fast to see what they're doing, or don't show their right hand at all (I wont worry about the real fancy stuff). I'll never be fast, as I have an amount of arthritis in two left first finger joints, so just having fun and joining in with friends and maybe playing a bit for family will keep me happy, especially now that the world has gone mad.
Much appreciated Bron
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