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i am sam2 wrote:when i said "different octaves" about his mandolin, i meant that the mandolin and the violin are in different octaves. is that correct or not?

Nope. Same octave.

Lot easier to play in tune on a mandolin too

Two other books to check out:

"Jazz Guitar Technique" by Andrew Green.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/097005761X/qid=1137856231/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/102-9322785-9813769?n=507846&s=books&v=glance


"The Advancing Guitarist"

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0881885894/qid=1137856268 ...

if you just want something you can noodle around on, i'd definitely go with a ukelele

Well said. I've got a soprano uke and a mandolin and personally I play the mandolin a lot more. But it is a very different beast than a guitar, so if you're not looking to pretty much learn a completely new ...

I also bought Reading Studies for Guitar, which just focuses on sight reading. another recommendation, so far at least.


Good call. That one has been really helpful.

Try this one too:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0898986966/qid=1133401963/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-7787646-5968621?n=507846&s ...

You could drop your high E string to a D and play it almost straight up. Standard banjo is DGBD, so the high dropped D would give you EADGBD.

The only thing to remember is if its a 5 string banjo the 5th string is an octave above the middle string, so you'll have to be creative when its droned on ...

I Got Rhythm
Round Midnight
Have You Met Miss Jones

i know some already, but i'd like to learn all i can

http://www.berkleepress.com/catalog/product?product_id=11153&category_id=19

This book helped me a lot. There's a lot of material in there, you'll get out what you put in.

I have a few of those Berklee books by Leavitt, they've all been ...

Had a thread on this a while back:
http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=24578

There's a standard tuning version in there. (That tuning scares me too)

jellyfish wrote:
Dude, you an idiot. They are very talented.

I have no opinion on the band, never listened to them, but I would say that "talented" doesn't necessarily "good music" make.

i find it quite disappointing that you didn't mention alternate picking ANYWHERE in this post. most disappointing indeed...

this exercise will help your left hand, but it wont do a damn thing for your right if you dont use alternate picking while doing so

The finger exercise post I linked to ...

ekoositk wrote:also use a stiff pick, for improvising/solo'ing i use a dunlop 1.5
for all strumming, the orange tortex

Good call, forgot about that. 1.09's for me...

It will start to sink in after a while if you take some time to think about what you're playing sometimes.

Something simple that's helped me get more familiar with the fretboard is just to draw a fretboard and write the notes on it a few times. (Good when you're doodling in class or meetings or ...

Check out the finger exercise thread:

http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=24626

Both the quoted exercises and the exercise linked in that thread will help. Key is to start slow so you can develop pick control and coordination between your left and right hand.

Try dedicating 15 or 20 ...

Here's another one that's helped me get a lot more pick control lately. The name of the lesson is a little cheesy, but whatever.

http://www.olga.net/dynamic/browse.php? ... r/guitar22

wkpggrvn2001 wrote:

fatjack wrote:Jazz- Wes Montgomery
Fusion- John Scofield
Blues- Keb Mo

any albums you guys would recommend someone starting out with

Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
Keb Mo - Keb Mo (Self titled)