learn to play the mandolin

this time with a CD. I’m a sound oriented person, it was too hard to do without hearing how things were supposed to sound. Maybe if I won the lotto, I would pay for lessons… that would be lovely.

This book seems to move more slowly from knowing nothing to knowing a bit, instead of the old one, which moved right up to “now here’s a song!”

Considering how much I love music, I wish this were not so hard.

I sat and did some practicing the other night. Only about a half hour, because after that it was too late, and I didn’t want to further annoy my neighbors. It’s too bad, since I can read music, I need to tab everything in mandolin. It does make sense though, even as well as I played the flute I couldn’t play as I read, I had to read-learn-play in that order. The mandolin is apparently the same. I wonder if it’s in my wiring…

I don’t remember if there was a “learn to play better” link of this one. I do, actually both own and play a mandolin (her name is Sarah) and the problem is, I’m quite bad. Not bad bad, but I need to hear something to play it, and I’m learning from a book. I should actually make my goal to buy a “learn to play the mandolin cd/dvd/cassette” or some such. When I learn to play I’ll buy one that’s a bit better quality, since all the high notes come out all hum-y and the low tones plucky.

Funny enough, every time I think to practice, my neighbors are home and I don’t want to torment them.