Mandolin (Page 1 of 4)

ive fooled around with a few at music stores

i dont think id ever be very good at it though cus i have large hands

large hands is not an excuse. i have the same but i am loving learning the mandolin. I have just got myself an old hickory mandolin and i can`t put it down its a wonderful instrument just need some tuition if there`s anyone out there that will oblige <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif" border=0 alt="Very Happy">

My father in law has just gave my son a mandolin to mess about with.

I was playing it for hours today. I went to a site and got chords for the mandolin, and so far I am enjoying it. I am not playing single notes, just chords but still sounds good.

I am finding all the chords easy to do apart from F, so I am cheating with that chord.

I have big chinky fingers , no, not fat , just chunky and I am finding chords easy.

the site i went to was gootar.com it has chords for uke, madolin and kore instruments

Ken

it is quite good, but then after I posted that reply I remembered that CHORDIE has mandolin chords too,lol.

if you click on a song then go to the right hand side of the screeen and change from guitar to mandolin.

hey i play mandolin

hi wheely

<a href="http://www.mandolincafe.com/tabarc.html" target="_blank">http://www.mandolincafe.com/tabarc.html</a>

for a range of song for the mandolin and if you go to www.gootar.com there is a mandolin chord chart somewhere on the site.

hope this helps

Ken

Hello all,

    I'm Soupy1957 from Connecticut, a guitar player for fourty years, and a mandolin player for seven months.

    I owned and sold a KM620B (not a bad "first" mando, just wanted to help pay for the next one), and currently own a MK Dragonfly Limited Edition, and an Epi MM-50.

    You'll probably see me posting here, there and everywhere, but you won't see me pretending to know what I'm talking about if I don't. (A refreshing thought, eh?!)

    Fair is fair; shoot questions at me, and if I can, I'll answer them.  If I can't, I won't snow ya.  Meanwhile, I'll offer thoughts, and ask questions of my own.

    Best Regards,

        Soupy1957

Hey there

Luckily I'm into the Dixie Chicks and they have a heap of Mandolin parts - it's just a matter of me having the patience to read the tab!

I agree that there isn't a heck of a lot of 'new' stuiff around for the mandolin. I suggest using the chordie feature of changing the tuning (and chord shapes) and having a bash at some of the tracks that you may have added to your personal songbook. It's a great party trick to pull out some Velvet Revolver or some classic Beatles for the next singalong.

Next up is Tool on my Mandolin mission! hmm, I wonder how some Violent Femmes songs would sound...  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">

me, i play lots of traditional, metal, rock, industrial (mainly nine inch nails), and blues one mine.  i also play violin and a few other instruments, i only mention violin because it is like mandolin a lot.

I've had one for about 3 weeks now. It reminds me of Western North Carolina and growing up when I was a kid. I can not believe what Chris Thile (Nickel Creek) can do with it. I just bought the "Reasons Why" CD and their song "When in Rome" just rocks out.

<font color="darkblue"></font><i></i> ... I FIRST FELL IN LOVE W/ A GOURD-BACKED MANDOLIN, WHICH, UNFORTUNATELY, WAS KEPT AS A MANTEL-PIECE FOR BEAUTY. ULTIMATELY, I ACQUIRED AN AUSTIN FLAT-BACKED FOR $ 300. I LOVE IT, BUT ONLY RECENTLY DECIDED TO GET SERIOUS W/ IT. AS STARTERS, re: LESSONS ... "MANDOLIN PRIMER FOR BEGINNERS" by BERT CASEY, w/ CD & DVD , AVAILABLE PER GOOGLE.com.  I DOWNLOADED CHORDS FOR MY MANDOLIN, VIA GOOTAR.com. AND THERE ARE SONGS TO PLAY, FINDABLE PER THE SEARCH ENGINE @ THIS WEBSITE.  ...  I ALSO HAVE AN ELECTRIC GUITAR. I FIGURED : IF I'M EVER IN A SITUATION WHERE I DO NOT HAVE ELECTRICITY TO POWER MY ELECTR.G.'s AMPLIFIER, I'D WANT AN ALTERNATE INSTRUMENT TO PLAY, FOR MY OWN PLEASURE & TO ENTERTAIN OTHERS. SO, @ THE PRESENT TIME, I AM STUDYING TWO INSTRUMENTS @ ONCE. OH ! AND ALSO : THERE IS A LEARN-HOW-TO-PLAY BLUEGRASS MUSIC FOR A VARIETY OF STRINGS, @ << THE BLUEGRASS COLLEGE .com >>, FOR $9/MO. (I ALWAYS HAVE THOUGHT OF A MANDOLIN AS AN IDEAL BLUEGRASS PLAYING INSTRUMENT !) KEEP IN TOUCH w/ YOUR STRINGS ! sig.: "DANI".

Hello biggles55 and welcome to the chordie forum!

Penny whistle is a marvelous instrument.  My son recieved one for Christmas.  His interest soon cooled, but I have been trying it out and love the sound.  Although I have not dived in fully yet and made the decision to 'get good' at it, I think that commitment will eventually be made.

Since I also play bassoon and read music, the learning curve will not be so steep for me (I hope) when I do take the dive.  The fact that you are already 'musical' from playing the whistle probably accelerated your learning on the mandolin.

Hope your first gig is a big success!  James