Hey Mando friends and music lovers.
So you got your mandolin and you know some chords and your ready to hit the jam session. What now?
Its never a bad thing to jam and play along with others. Its actually good for you and the folks you are playing with. IMHO!
If you don’t know the tune, that is ok too. Just simply strike the strings with your noting hand, muting the strings. You will hear a snare drum like sound.
You have now stepped into the role of the drummer and if you work at it, over and over you will be welcomed with open picks.
You can test this by just turning on the radio and playing along with any song that is playing. Listen carefully to the rhythm section and play along.
These are great times to test your power in your picking hand.
Things you may want to avoid.
1. Don’t solo or over play while someone else is soloing, unless you are twinning the soloist.
2. Do not over play when someone is singing. This is huge!
It can be a rough scene. Just meeting new people can be stressful enough so ease into it and have fun with it.
Pick on!!
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Hi, Anthony... here Rafa, from Spain... may be you don´t remember me... you owe me one of your picks... (just a joke....)... Nice to conntact you again... And congratulations for your blog.... We'll be in contact...
ReplyDeleteBy the way... mandolin is treating me right... I play every day... As I had told you, I play flute (traverso)... but mandolin is, you know (yes you know), something special... mandoholic, as you say...
Your videos from musicmoose were the first ones I have ever "practise"...
Thank you very much for the way you teach...
Hey there Rafa...great to see you on here..
ReplyDeleteHoping to get over to Spain one of these days!!
Yes..stay in touch and keep playing that mandolin!
You say you come to Spain?... where and when...?...
ReplyDeleteOn holidays or for a concert?...