Mandolin Players

velvet goldmine · 01-08-2006, 05:09 AM

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

PianoPilgrim · 01-08-2006, 08:53 AM

my friend has one and im ALWAYS playing it

velvet goldmine · 01-08-2006, 09:51 PM

top stuff..is it an 8 string?

~~ROT~~ · 01-09-2006, 10:52 AM

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

PianoPilgrim · 01-09-2006, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by velvet goldmine

top stuff..is it an 8 string?

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

)

~~ROT~~ · 01-09-2006, 11:12 AM

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

Aklerc · 01-09-2006, 02:05 PM

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 · 01-09-2006, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ROT

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 · 01-09-2006, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ROT

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~~ · 01-10-2006, 11:39 AM

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 · 01-10-2006, 01:30 PM

Yeah I play mando. It owns.

Nopo · 01-11-2006, 03:22 AM

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

velvet goldmine · 01-11-2006, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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

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

MaxLeighton · 01-11-2006, 06:58 PM

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 · 01-11-2006, 10:23 PM

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~~ · 01-12-2006, 02:15 PM

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 · 01-12-2006, 06:17 PM

its a johnson, dont know the name of it

superjoe · 01-12-2006, 09:56 PM

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

velvet goldmine · 01-12-2006, 10:51 PM

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~~ · 01-13-2006, 11:52 AM

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

01-08-2006, 05:09 AM	#1
velvet goldmine No cheese here,sorry lads Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gold Coast, Australia Posts: 84	Mandolin Players Who else here plays mandolin? and if so....

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01-08-2006, 08:53 AM	#2
PianoPilgrim dooo-wapp Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 69	my friend has one and im ALWAYS playing it

01-08-2006, 09:51 PM	#3
velvet goldmine No cheese here,sorry lads Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gold Coast, Australia Posts: 84	top stuff..is it an 8 string?

01-09-2006, 10:52 AM	#4
~~ROT~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 573	arent they all? i got one for xmas i love it

01-09-2006, 11:12 AM	#6
~~ROT~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 573	yeah gdae anyone know a free chord chart site? i cant find one chart style

01-09-2006, 02:05 PM	#7
Aklerc Alex, previously a fish. Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Somewhere near Wales. Posts: 9,856	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.

01-10-2006, 11:39 AM	#10
~~ROT~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 573	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

01-10-2006, 01:30 PM	#11
Spenser Don't forget your helmet. Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 60	Yeah I play mando. It owns.

01-11-2006, 03:22 AM	#12
Nopo Keep it real y'hair Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ireland Posts: 306	yeah ive been playing it about 2 years now, great fun

01-11-2006, 06:58 PM	#14
MaxLeighton Nice Post Count Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 615	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.

01-11-2006, 10:23 PM	#15
blane0719 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 20	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?

01-12-2006, 02:15 PM	#16
~~ROT~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 573	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

01-12-2006, 06:17 PM	#17
blane0719 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 20	its a johnson, dont know the name of it

01-12-2006, 09:56 PM	#18
superjoe Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Avalon, Mississippi Posts: 7,999	id like to learn mandolin, should be FAIRLY similar to guitar, right? What should i look for in one?

01-12-2006, 10:51 PM	#19
velvet goldmine No cheese here,sorry lads Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gold Coast, Australia Posts: 84	your right hand is similar, your left hand is different because it is tuned in perfect 5ths, not 4ths and 3rds like a guitar

01-13-2006, 11:52 AM	#20
~~ROT~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 573	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