playing the mandoline?

i play guitar and i really love when the mandoline and acoustic guitar are playing together. well i just love the mandoline haha but i wanted to get one and learn to play. is it like playing the guitar or is it totally different? I should look for lessons around me to learn, but im just curious so i know if i will kind of know what im doing haha. peace~

 

i play both. Its not the same because it has a diferent tuning but once you become accustomed to the basic pattern in terms of scales and chords, youll find a similarity between the two. Id highly reccomend it. It only took mee around a week to learn most of the chords and a few scales.

 

Um... a mandolin is tuned EADG...

 

no, gdae, its like an u[side down guitar

 

you both have it right, you're just saying it mix-matched. the correct way to say it is EADG. you could say gdae, but that's backwards.

 

yeah, forest 420, you should get a mandolin. any chance to learn a new instrument is one to be taken. i had a mandolin for a while and it was cool, sold it back for a banjo though. mandolin isn't extremely difficult to learn, especially if you already play another string instrument. i play guitar primarily, then got a bass, then mandolin, then banjo, so it wasn't too bad for me. the hardest part is getting used to the new scales and chords due to the tuning, but it's not too bad and it's a fun learning experience. go for it.

 

wow i also play mandolin and guitar

 

really? all my books and shit say gdae. Im not doubting you, im just surprised.

 

mandolin is a very easy progression if you can already play guitar as much of the style is the same

its tuned different to a guitar because the mandolin is a member of the violin familly and therefore has the violin tuning of E-A-D-G bottom to top

 

thanks, i cant wait to learn! i used to play violin in 4th grade... but i dont really remember it cuz i didnt pay much attention haha. thanks again peace~

 

woo im very confused on the tuning right now so is the lowest string E or G ? cuz i was told by the guy i bought it from that its GDAE like a guitar but upside down

 

There's a mando in my sig picture.

 

I've tried to play mandolins before...they're too damn small IMO

 

i love the mandoline, especially in cat stevens music.
angel

 

could anybody help w/ my tuning problem?

 

yea how do u tune a mandoline? like a guitar, they have guitar tuners... but is there such thing as a mandoline tuner? because i know that i will not know if its out of tune or how to tune it without a tuner haha. peace~