Mandolin?

The_YongGrand · 28th Jun 2008, 07:14 PM

Hey, (and Mac daddy!) anyone plays mandolin here? Well, I'm actually fascinated by Vivaldi's Mandolin concertos (and others) so I'd love to try on it as well.

I saw a mandolin being sold cheaply in my local auction site. But I seriously don't know about these strings, and the tuning, and the others. Any guides? (well, searched the internet, didn't help as well, or I must search harder!)

Mac Daddy · 28th Jun 2008, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by The_YongGrand

Hey, (and Mac daddy!) anyone plays mandolin here? Well, I'm actually fascinated by Vivaldi's Mandolin concertos (and others) so I'd love to try on it as well.

I saw a mandolin being sold cheaply in my local auction site. But I seriously don't know about these strings, and the tuning, and the others. Any guides? (well, searched the internet, didn't help as well, or I must search harder!)

I haven't played with them much will look around myself for ya Bro. I know the strings and tunings are different like a banjo or violin.

Will post back later

The_YongGrand · 28th Jun 2008, 08:48 PM

The tunings are a bit weird which is EADG, and there's double strings per string. Hell, I'm dead sure that I can't use my fingers to pluck the strings, gotta need the pick! (or plectrum)

I loved to play baroque music on it only. I'll try to play music of other genres too, but all that fascinates me now are Vivaldi's concertos.

Mac Daddy · 28th Jun 2008, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by The_YongGrand

The tunings are a bit weird which is EADG, and there's double strings per string. Hell, I'm dead sure that I can't use my fingers to pluck the strings, gotta need the pick! (or plectrum)

I loved to play baroque music on it only. I'll try to play music of other genres too, but all that fascinates me now are Vivaldi's concertos.

On tunings thats what I thought but couldn't remember its been years since I played one lol. Most 4 stringed instruments use EADG including 4 string bass guitar. I am in between errands lol will still see what additional info I can find and post it up for ya. I have done some finger picking on a 12 string acoustic which should be similar I think

The_YongGrand · 28th Jun 2008, 09:47 PM

Are they finger picked, or using pick, or plectrum for these 12 string thingy?

PsYkHoTiK · 28th Jun 2008, 11:32 PM

Can I play metal on it?

jking...

Mac Daddy · 29th Jun 2008, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by The_YongGrand

Are they finger picked, or using pick, or plectrum for these 12 string thingy?

I seldom use a pick playing acoustic I played the 12 string finger picking. I did so for "Rain" if I recall correctly

Mac Daddy · 29th Jun 2008, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by PsYkHoTiK

Can I play metal on it?

jking...

Hey Bro we can put an SD on anything

The_YongGrand · 29th Jun 2008, 11:36 AM

I'll check the auction site within a few days. I need to enquire about the tuning. Hell, I afraid I got a decorative one!

Also, I'm pretty not sure whether my guitar tuner will work on a mandolin, I hope they are all the same hertz and the same note as of the guitar!

Mac Daddy · 30th Jun 2008, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by The_YongGrand

I'll check the auction site within a few days. I need to enquire about the tuning. Hell, I afraid I got a decorative one!

Also, I'm pretty not sure whether my guitar tuner will work on a mandolin, I hope they are all the same hertz and the same note as of the guitar!

Actually your guitar tuner should be fine I use harmonics to tune my guitar. It will pick up every octave above or below standard guitar tunings. I still haven't had time to search for stuff been really busy

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The_YongGrand Super Active Join Date: 12 Feb 2005 Location: Somewhere in 甲洞... Posts: 2,280 Reputation: 852 Rep Power: 14	I'll check the auction site within a few days. I need to enquire about the tuning. Hell, I afraid I got a decorative one! Also, I'm pretty not sure whether my guitar tuner will work on a mandolin, I hope they are all the same hertz and the same note as of the guitar! __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E7200, 2GB DDR2-667 RAM, Gigabyte 945GCMX-S2, Sapphire ATi Radeon HD4850 512MB DDR3 2nd pc under construction! Wolfdale baby!