Bought a mandolin today and I can’t put it down, I can’t wait to write tons of pretty songs :3

  • Skua
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    5 days ago

    Beautiful! Playing mandolin is a weird experience for me as a guitar player. Like… I know how this all works, it looks familiar, but it’s upside down and everything is very close together. It’s a lovely sound though.

    • @SashaOP
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      55 days ago

      I’m a guitarist too! The upside down thing is crazy, but I’m not having too much trouble adapting to it. I’m really loving that there are tons of viable barre shapes, working out melody is going to be nuts though lol

      • @Fiat126
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        23 days ago

        am i dumb? whats upside down about a mandolin?

        • @SashaOP
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          22 days ago

          The notes on the strings are the same as the lowest four on a guitar, but upside down/in the opposite order

          • @Fiat126
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            22 days ago

            ah that makes sense now, thank you

  • @jvw
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    55 days ago

    Tell me more about Victoria and her forrests…

    • @SashaOP
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      85 days ago

      They are being illegally logged and I’m super pissed about it, I grew up in them. The postcards are part of a campaign to help save them by writing to the state minister for the environment, I’ve been finding it hard to do because it’s such an emotional thing for me…

      • @jvw
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        45 days ago

        Ouch. I’m so sorry. Thank you for organizing to protect them! Courage.

  • Instigate
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    45 days ago

    The first thing I played when I bought mine was Losing My Religion - so much fun to jam out to some REM on these beautiful lutes. Looks like you’ve got yourself one sexy sounding songmaker right there!

    • @SashaOP
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      95 days ago

      Thankyou! I adore it, it’s probably my most beautiful instrument, though to be fair my keyboard is really giving it a run for it’s money

  • @chumbalumber
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    35 days ago

    What kind of music do you play? Big fan of a few bands with prominent mandolin, so curious :)

    • @SashaOP
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      24 days ago

      Working my way towards folk punk, and a bit of regular folk here and there