![]() Somehow or another it finally dawned on me that the mandolin was tuned exactly the same as fiddle. What Kind of music did you set out to play?. My dad played mandolin (waltzes and cowboy songs), also oldtime banjo and harmonica and some other instruments.īut he did the proper mandolin-y tremolo thing, I never could identify with that too much, so for a long time I ignored the mandolin in favor of other instruments. What kind of music drew you to the Mandolin?. Have the DVD, just need to put in the time.also, hope to get proficient enough to jam with pretty much anyone without ruining it for them ) Someday, I want to be able to play Ode to a Butterfly. That said, I head up the youth praise band at our church, so mostly play Christian rock/praise music. I even like some rap, but it's gotta be good, innovative stuff (yes, it's out there). My musical interests range from those stated above to jazz to classical to rock to really heavy rock. Picked up bass out of necessity a few years ago. Got it (sort of) playable, and have been hooked since. Saved for a while and eventually got an eBay disaster. Eventually bought the banjo, and began to dig into new grass and old skool BG.then really discovered the uldn't afford one. While saving, my wife borrowed a guitar from my father in law for me, and I started there. Heard Ode to a Butterfly by NC in the background of a country radio show's morning intro.had to have a uldn't afford one. Fast forward to my late 20s, when with two kids I really needed to find a hobby I could do at home. I still love to play bluegrass, but now I'm also playing Gypsy Jazz, swing, some rock tunes, some celtic and Americana.Ĭhildrens' and youth choir growing.tenor sax in junior high, added an alto along the way, played some through college (but not in band after the high school band director wanted me to do a uniform change at halftime of riously?). So I guess bluegrass drew me to the mandolin. Well I really enjoyed it so I bought my own cheapo mandolin and started going to weekly jams with a bluegrass club. So I got some new strings, repaired the bridge, tuned her up and started picking out the old fiddle tunes from my youth. I had never played one before, but I knew it was normally tuned like a violin. ![]() Got to see Hot Rize several times when Tim's hair was really red.Ībout 9 years ago my neighbor asked me to help him with an old cheapo mandolin he had. I also started learning fiddle tunes from a neighbor of mine at the same time. At about 13 I took up guitar and played mostly what we now call Americana (Eagles, Neil Young, John Prine, etc.). Along the way I picked up electric bass and played in jazz band, again thru my high school years. I started with violin at the age of 10, playing classical music in orchestra all thru high school.
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