Re: Old New Guy -Any second day tips?
Mandolin for Dummies is very good. Packed with information & technique, almost too much to absorb. I use mine more as a reference book than a method.
I also like The American Mandolin Method. It's a strange one, though. The "lessons" go something like "Many songs are boult around runs of quarter notes. Here are several of them." And then there are several songs to learn that are made up of runs of quarter notes. Next will be "Here are some songs with runs of eighth notes" and then a couple more songs made up of runs of eighth notes. Then "Here's a bunch of songs with double stops" and then a couple more songs featuring those.
It's neat that he introduces technique in a logical way, and you build up your repertoire. Just different from any other method I've used.
You said you studied piano & trumpet back in the say. How's your standard notation reading? There are several methods built up from more classical music that teach mandolin, but you have to be able to read standard notation. One of them is the Bickford Method, which is old enough to be public domain and available all over the internet as a free pdf.
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