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I can make myself available for anyone wanting to learn the mandolin or the Irish bouzouki. I can also do Skype lessons for a small fee if anyone's interested.
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Which would you recommend to someone fairly new to music? Which is more expensive? Can you recommend a particular beginner brand for each? I would start with the mandolin if you're new. It's tuned in 5ths all the way up like a violin and there's loads of accessible tabs and practice exercises available online from a large mandolin community. Irish bouzouki is a trickier instrument that requires a bit of previous musical knowledge to deal with properly given its playing style (a melody and rhythmic combination for counterpoint), and because of the unorthodox tuning (GDAD, three 5ths and a 4th). I don't really have a preferred beginner brand, it depends on where you are and what's available. Ozark are pretty ubiquitous around here and they make mandolins and bouzoukis., My "beginner" mandolin was a Stagg I ordered off amazon drunk one night (best decision I ever made), and then I picked up an Ibanez for $300 when I was visiting my grandparents in Phoenix. Make sure you try A style and F style mandolins, they have pretty different sounds.
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Rime posted:My Merlin/M4 is proving to be super fun to noodle around on and way more intuitive than guitar, but it's also kinda making me wish I'd bought a mandolin because learning songs by ear via watching people play on YouTube is incredibly incredibly hard. Got that same issue with the bouzouki. Slowing down Andy Irvine videos is a paaaaain. But yeah should have got a mandolin, they're intuitive as well and there's a wealth of resources online.
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Jul 28, 2017 18:30
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It does look fun, what's it tuned in, dad? Although why not just buy a dulcimer?
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Jul 29, 2017 00:19
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What they said. I started just playing off of tabs and reading Chris Thile interviews for technique. I then had to change technique for playing Neapolitan or classical stuff. Basically try to play as many different types of music as possible. EDIT: I'm absolutely exhausted right now but I'll do an effortpost tomorrow about basic techniques. I've been playing for nine months and made great progress so I think I might have some insight to share. Coohoolin fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Jul 30, 2017 |
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