Hi All,
I'm currently spending a week away from my beloved mandolin on holiday in lovely Tenerife. I was going to bring my old mandolin to play but decided I'd just do lots of listening instead.
I brought my copy of "Mike Marshall's favourite Brazilian Choros" and the "Duets"/Choro Famoso album. I've been picking out the tunes that catch my ear and learning them so I can "internalise them better" following the music is great for this as it seems to provide me with a way of visualising the melody as well as having the Aural aspect.
Other than this I've also been trying to visualise the fretboard saying things like "8 fret A string" then answering with the note, from here I try and visualise "Down a minor 3rd" then "up a Fifth" etc just making it up as I go along.
Anyway, This probably seems like some people's idea of a nightmare whilst on "holiday" but it's just how I like to work
Anyone else have some interesting non physical methods of improving their mandolin playing?
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