{"id":6164,"date":"2009-02-02T15:51:11","date_gmt":"2009-02-02T21:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2009\/02\/02\/mandolin_learning_update\/"},"modified":"2009-02-02T15:51:11","modified_gmt":"2009-02-02T21:51:11","slug":"mandolin_learning_update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2009\/02\/02\/mandolin_learning_update\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandolin Learning Update"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Washburn<\/div>\n

Here’s an update<\/strong> on my mandolin learning progress.<\/p>\n

As a few of you will remember<\/a><\/strong> I began mandolin last June after I bought a Washburn M1SDL Mandolin.<\/p>\n

Well, I definitely have made some progress<\/strong>, both in playing chords as well picking, but I’m not going fast mainly because I have little time to practice.<\/p>\n

What does help me<\/strong>, however, is that my daughter is learning fiddle, and it turns out the fingering is identical between the two instruments, as they are keyed the same … four strings, EADG.<\/p>\n

This means if she figures out a song<\/strong>, then I can learn it, and vice-versa. <\/p>\n

My first “public” playing<\/strong> was on January 25th at a friends’ Robert Burn’s Night celebration, and it went well. Although we only played one song, we turned it into a fun “dueling mandolin and fiddle”.<\/p>\n

My kids band, Wren Song<\/a><\/strong> will possibly be performing at the St. Louis Tartan Day in April, and so if I plan on helping on any songs I better get up to speed!<\/p>\n

Anyway, the Washburn Mandolin is excellent.<\/strong> It has nice tone, holds its tuning well, and is fairly loud for a mandolin. <\/p>\n

I was at first concerned<\/strong> about the narrowness of the neck, but have since learned it is an advantage, as I can hold down two strings (okay, really four), at once with a single finger, something that would be harder if I had bought one with a wider neck.<\/p>\n

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