The complete mandolininist

[Rick Schmidlin]

I just got the book a few weeks back and am on the "Developing Coordination & Reading Skills" I have been playing three and a half years but only by tabs. Marilynns book is great for a mandolin academic study and I read the entire book. I am also playing the teachers parts in the part of mandolin basic's.For those who have started this book how far have you gone, I can nows read a great deal in the key of C. Onward.....

PS moderator please fix the typo( mandolininist) in the heading , the morning coffee did not happen yet

[Sean Greer]

I purchased the book some time ago, but I'm not ready to tackle the material just yet. I'm a tab-playing mandolinist, and a relatively new one at that, so Marilynn's book will come after I master the material in The Tab Addicted Mandolinist. So much material to digest and so little time!

[Dena Haselwander]

I just hit the Arpeggios Across The Strings page this morning. Yikes. On the violin I can rip them off at lightning speed; on the mandolin my right hand feels like a club. I had to stop, get out the serious coffee-making equipment and have some cappuccino. Even then I still considered auctioning off the mandolin in the street...


Dena

[Ken Olmstead]

I was basically through the first section when I got side tracked. Funny you should bring it up as I blew the dust off and opened it back up this morning!

[usqebach]

I've had mine for probably a couple of months now. I'm only up as far as the first tremolo exercises, and I've stumbled across "Angeline the Baker," the first tune I recognized. That one is so much fun, it's hard to drop it and go on.

You are right about all the "C" tunes. Gotta keep that first finger agile!

[Chris Fannin]

Is anyone currently working through this book? I've been working on pages 13-19 (Open Strings / Notes in First Position - Developing Coordination & Reading Skills). Is anyone familiar with the song/exercise D, A, and E Strings - Wichtl? I assume that's Georg Wichtl. Chords aren't listed but I figured them out best I could. Wondering if this a real song by him or just an exercise based on his style by Marilynn Mair.

* did a search and this was the best thread going for this book.