Mandolin Players

[velvet goldmine]

Who else here plays mandolin? and if so....:thumb:

[PianoPilgrim]

my friend has one and im ALWAYS playing it:)

[velvet goldmine]

top stuff..is it an 8 string?

[ROT]

arent they all?
i got one for xmas i love it
:)

[PianoPilgrim]

top stuff..is it an 8 string?

Yah... tunes to same as a violin doesn't it? (in pairs :rolleyes: )

[ROT]

yeah
gdae anyone know a free chord chart site?
i cant find one chart style

[Aklerc]

I've got one. It's turkish and it sucks big style. It's so hard to play, I need smaller fingers. It's a funky little thing though.

[velvet goldmine]

arent they all?
i got one for xmas i love it
:)

No I've seen 5 string mandolins as well, but mine is an 8 string

[velvet goldmine]

yeah
gdae anyone know a free chord chart site?
i cant find one chart style

try this http://www.mandolincafe.com/cgi-bin/chords/ch.pl

looking at it though there are some easier fingerings for some chords than they show, but that will get you started

[ROT]

yeha i know that one but i meant chart like printable
but thanks anyway i appreciate it
:)
i might just write them down
cos i only have net at the library
and my mandolin is home and its hard to like memorise them all and go bakc and play them
but i got a few
thanks again

[Spenser]

Yeah I play mando. It owns.

[Nopo]

yeah ive been playing it about 2 years now, great fun

[velvet goldmine]

yeha i know that one but i meant chart like printable
but thanks anyway i appreciate it
:)
i might just write them down
cos i only have net at the library
and my mandolin is home and its hard to like memorise them all and go bakc and play them
but i got a few
thanks again

no problem, sorry but i dont think there is a printable one

[MaxLeighton]

I have a really good mandolin. I never just play it for fun but, I use it in recordings always. It's a really great instrument.

[blane0719]

i have a bad beginner mandolin that ive been learning to play for a while. The lowest string wont tune correctly tho. Ive been picking up a bunch of stuff from mandolincafe.com. I highly recommend the tabs for boogie with stu by led zeppelin. my instructor also gave me a pretty good lick for aint no more cane by bob dylan and the band. im looking for a mandolin that has an electric tab for an amp under 200-300 dollars or so. any thought?

[ROT]

if you got the rogue which i did
you just gotta get new strings for the high e
cos mine didnt tune up either but the new ones did fine
i like the rogue i think its nice i played more expensive ones in stores too theyre not all that different

[blane0719]

its a johnson, dont know the name of it

[superjoe]

id like to learn mandolin, should be FAIRLY similar to guitar, right? What should i look for in one?

[velvet goldmine]

your right hand is similar, your left hand is different because it is tuned in perfect 5ths, not 4ths and 3rds like a guitar

[ROT]

its tuned like a violin
it only takes a little bit to get used to

try gettin new strings if the e wont tune up it worked for me

[Kenny_Fever]

i have a bad beginner mandolin that ive been learning to play for a while. The lowest string wont tune correctly tho. Ive been picking up a bunch of stuff from mandolincafe.com. I highly recommend the tabs for boogie with stu by led zeppelin. my instructor also gave me a pretty good lick for aint no more cane by bob dylan and the band. im looking for a mandolin that has an electric tab for an amp under 200-300 dollars or so. any thought?

I saw a Oscar Schmidt (by Washburn) OB10E in one of the local music stores... about $200 Cdn I believe. It's got a pickup.


As for me, I'd really like to learn mandolin, but I need to get one first.

[dragonfliescatchflame]

Does anyone know how I can get the mandolin notes played on Bernard Fanning's album 'Tea and Sympathy', I have irish mandolin and would be great to play some more tunes beside irish folk and blues?

[Commie Jack]

I've been playing madolin for about 12 years now. I play bluegrass mandolin in a trio with my dad and my friend (looking for a forth person to play bass fiddle full time). The mandolin in my primary instrument for playing and composing on. I also play bass (electric and bass fiddle), guitar, ukulele, piano (haven't touched it for a few years), and tin whistle. Mandolin in the most fun out of all of the instruments I play. My great grandfather was a mandolin player and my dad found his grandfather's (my great grandfather) old Gibson A-3 mandolin (dated somewhere in the 1910's) in the basement one day when he was a kid. He taught himself. When I was little, I always used to listen to my dad play mandolin tunes, so I started learning on the A-3. This summer, I got myself a nice new (not vintage and worth more than my soul) Michael Kelly mando. It's a beautiful instrument and it sounds great. I'd recommend MK mandos to anyone looking for a nice mando without breaking the bank. Some day, I'd like to get myself a Gibby F-5. Phew, that was a long post.

[Nic__]

I really, really want one. After I get my amp im definitely getting one. My mum loves the sound of em so she wants me to learn how to play it.

[BigTrav415]

I've been considering getting a mandolin for a while now. I've heard all the schnozz about the problem with "commercial-brand" mandolins, and after reading some stuff, I've decided to eventually buy one from an independent builder. I live in North Carolina, which the western part is practically the Bluegrass Capital of the world, and there are a ton of builders in the mountains. I would be supporting the little man, getting a quality instrument, and having an excuse to take a trip to the mountains :)

[Broken Arrow]

I recently got one for Christmas, it's fun but kinda hard to play.

I'm no good either. :(

[Little Android Man]

my friend has a mandolin, he is really good.... i lke the sound of it

[MyxMorningxJacket]

I've been playing mandolin for awhile. My dad bought it for me as a suprise gift. I've been learning alot of Flogging Molly stuff, but I recently learned "Battle of Evermore" by Led Zepplin. It is very hard. but fun ^-^

[even if they were canadian]

My friend plays mandolin all the time. He's an amazing violin player, so he just picked it up and started playing.

[argan]

I've been playing mandolin for not quite a year yet, and I picked it up very fast, partially because i played a little bit of violin before that. It's really fun to play and hopefull I can get a good f-style one someday when i have enough money.

[Vanhalen234]

I've got a 15 string Cidvol Laider Mandolin, it was $4,500 but it plays so nice

[In_Anguish]

I recently became interested in celtic/folk/bluegrass music and bought myself a mandolin. my dad used to play mandolin so i hope i sort of inherited his skill. I got the Washburn M4.

[Iai]

I just got one for Christmas. It's a lot of fun, if pretty fiddly. Setting them up properly is a chore, though.