Re: Ordering my first mandolin- KM156
Hello and welcome to the forum. What kind of music do you want to play? Are you going to take lessons? Do you plan on learning on your own? By the way, either of those methods will work. It’s just that one is more expensive and the other takes a bit longer, but they both work. I heartily recommend that you visit the Social Group Song of the Week on this forum. You will find an ocean of material and a whole bunch of videos, some of which are either inspirational or intimidating depending on how you view them. Others are comforting in that they depict players just like you and me that slowly and painfully pick put a simple melody and then get an expression on their face that says, “There you go! I got through it one time without any major errors!” Which brings up a point. Don’t get discouraged. Playing the mandolin is easy, very easy. It just takes a long time to figure out how easy it is. Remember that no matter how many times you make mistakes or how slowly you need to play, you sound EXACTLY like (insert the name of your mandolin hero here) when he/she was at your stage of development. Every one of us sounded like that when we first started, and some of us still do, so have faith. It gets better. Good luck and remember to enjoy what younger doing. Don’t make work out of it. This is supposed to be enjoyed, not endured.
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