Mandolinists?

gcom007 · Unread post by **gcom007** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:24 am

anyone? I've got one and dabble in it a bit...Nickel Creek and Chris Thile made me do it...

6_strings_for_life · Unread post by **6_strings_for_life** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:19 am

I have a mando, i play it all the time. When I play with a loop station, i will do like a watchtower riff on guitar (Am, G, F, G) then put that on a loop and then do the same chords on the mando and put them on the loop. It sounds real great, and its very fun to just play around with it, those things can make some neat sounds!!

gcom007 · Unread post by **gcom007** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:38 am

6_strings_for_life wrote:I have a mando, i play it all the time. When I play with a loop station, i will do like a watchtower riff on guitar (Am, G, F, G) then put that on a loop and then do the same chords on the mando and put them on the loop. It sounds real great, and its very fun to just play around with it, those things can make some neat sounds!!

they can, but I'm not very good at it...what's nice about guitar is if I can think of something to do, I can do it, whereas on mandolin I have to figure it all out little by little...I know enough theory to make it a little easier, but the scale is just bizarre for me...but it's a fun little thing...

NoNotThat · Unread post by **NoNotThat** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:49 am

I was going to get a mandolin for my last birthday...

gcom007 · Unread post by **gcom007** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:07 am

you sing so much better than I do...

6_strings_for_life · Unread post by **6_strings_for_life** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:50 am

I want to learn some scales for the mando, do you know where there are any on the net??

MattJ · Unread post by **MattJ** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:47 pm

General Stuff, might be some scales:

http://www.mandolincafe.net

Jazz: (Site's a little hard on the eyes)

http://www.jazzmando.com/

Chris Thile Forum

http://p077.ezboard.com/bgreenandgray

Also any violin music you can find will work with the mandolin, them being equivalents and all. And if you were thinking about getting any of the Nickel Creek music books (I've got both, they're worth it) keep in mind the mandolin parts aren't written tablature but with some kind of editor like power-tab and a little patience you can work them out. Or learn standard notation.

Check out the videos on http://www.woodsongs.com/showlist.asp

Some cool mandolin players.

Lord Of The Flies · Unread post by **Lord Of The Flies** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:44 pm

It's hard going from violin to mandolin. I tried it...

yknSTONE · Unread post by **yknSTONE** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 12:29 pm

Well Violins are fretless and Mandolins arent. Seems logical.

But, would anyone in here reccomend a good Mandolin to check out?... (I was looking at the Breedlove Quartz series, any other ideas?)

MattJ · Unread post by **MattJ** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 6:34 pm

yknSTONE wrote:Well Violins are fretless and Mandolins arent. Seems logical.

But, would anyone in here reccomend a good Mandolin to check out?... (I was looking at the Breedlove Quartz series, any other ideas?)

I've just got one of those Fender A styles with the pickups. Be good for a starter and they're inexpensive.

I'd like to upgrade when I feel my skill level justifies it but I have a hard time finding stores that carry too many different mandolins.

yknSTONE · Unread post by **yknSTONE** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:10 pm

Yeah thats my problem...no stores really carry alot of different kinds brands.

How much did you pay for the Fender A styles?

Im still weary about places online to buy any type of musical instrument. (I have got to play it and over look it a few times to make a choice.)

MattJ · Unread post by **MattJ** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 12:52 am

Was about 200. Definately worth it as a starter.

Sounds pretty good through an amp, but its not all that loud unplugged which is my only real complaint. I don't have much basis for comparison though. As much as the 1500 dollar Weber looks appealing, I can't justify spending more on a mandolin than i spent on the guitar I can't really justify having.

(I'm pretty leary of ordering instruments online too.)

DMBGuru · Unread post by **DMBGuru** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 12:43 am

That's a picture of my mandolin. It's acoustic-electric and I am in love with it.

I have a video of how to play Boyd's mandolin part for American Baby on my website, http://www.dmbfan.com , if you want to check it out. I already recorded how to play Two Step on mandolin, but I haven't uploaded it yet.

I think the best way to learn mandolin is learn guitar first, then buy the mandolin and a chord/scale dictionary with it. I learned to play the instrument in a single day, and I found it quite easy at that.

cj4258 · Unread post by **cj4258** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:29 am

yknSTONE wrote:Yeah thats my problem...no stores really carry alot of different kinds brands.

How much did you pay for the Fender A styles?

Im still weary about places online to buy any type of musical instrument. (I have got to play it and over look it a few times to make a choice.)

I'm gonna have to make you buy the cheapie that I bought. It's on sale.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=g ... id/519193/

That way, you may have ordered the damn thing, but you haven't blown your nut all over it. :lol:

juineaux · Unread post by **juineaux** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:25 am

yea I used to play mando for a little while(nickel creek made me do it too), but then I relized my hands were way to big and I typically play fingerstyle on my guitar, so flatpicking on the mando was something completely different. I'm gonna pick up a banjo soon, I think it will be more up my alley-

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