Re: Best Beginner Book
I have Don Julin's book as well, and it has a lot of good information in it.
A couple other newly published books that I got recently:
How to Play Mandolin in 14 Days by Tristan Scroggins
I'm not sure about the 14 days part, but he sure covers alot of ground in a skinny book.
The Logical Mandolin Method by Stephen Williams
Seems very, well, logical
Not a book, but I took an online group class with Matt Flinner recently, Old Time 101. It was great but voluminous, the best instructional material I've tried yet. I've been working my way through the recordings of it for the second time, more slowly. Following his advice (which appears to be fairly common advice), I am trying to learn by ear, so my stack of music books, including the ones above are not presently getting much attention. There are so many directions you can go in, especially as a newbie; it can really start to make your head spin. You want to learn everything at once, and it just isn't possible. So Matt Flinner's class is what I'm focusing on. My husband has had to listen to me play the same two picking and tremolo exercises and the same two songs so many times recently. But I feel like it's paying off.
"To be obsessed with the destination is to remove the focus from where you are." Philip Toshio Sudo, Zen Guitar
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