I also prefer GDAE and that can be tricky to get on 17" scale. I have medium size hands but I have found over the years that a 21" scale is a great compromise but, not alll folk find it difficult to play 23" scales.
There have been several past discussions here on this or similar subjects eg, just the question of how to approach the mandola vs. View number 1 vs the mandolin is: It's a completely different tuning CGDA , so it will will alter all your fingerings of your familiar tunes, etc. View number 2 which I strongly encourage is: No it won't.
Why would it? If you are reasonably comfortable on mandolin in common keys like A, D, G, C and related minors , the mandola will probably come pretty easily. The key is to become accustomed to doing without the E course, and expanding your common scale and chord fingerings down to include the lower C course, that you would already be using if the mandolin had 5 courses instead of 4. The easiest bridge to mandola fluency I can suggest is to make a habit of incorporating the low est possible melody register into every tune in your repertoire.
What it helps familiarize are the scale positions in each key that we tend to use less because they fall outside of the usual melody range. Melodies in F, C, G, and D fall easily onto the mandola, as you would expect. Dm works great, Am is OK. A maj and E maj become more of a stretch, but incorporating a capo at just one position 2nd fret provides alternative finger positions and chord shapes for these keys.
All the Am and Amod tunes work great with a capo at the 2nd. There is no reason to copy BG mando technique to mandola, any more than to OM. This just tends to smother the mandola resonance.
I never use 4-finger chordings, and rarely even 3. As far as instrument choices, you are definitely talking about heavy cream-of-the-crop options.
Might be good to find one to borrow for a few sessions before deciding! The following members say thank you to acousticphd for this post: Bob Visentin.
I'm right there with you Now to gather up some cash. I'm gonna sell my Flatiron Festival F built in 93 , but that will just get my funding started Tim O'Brian bought an OM.
A nice one. The octave is an awesome instrument if you want to do accompany yourself while singing. As is often pointed out, an OM can be a 'dola by capoing on the 5th fret. You can't really make a mandola into an OM without new strings. The following members say thank you to Mandobart for this post: zedmando. Apr, am Now I have new GAS.
I played a couple of things I came up with on a mandolin and it just felt so natural du to being used to playign guitar--so whole it is still smaller than my guitars, it felt cool. So just one more thing for my mental GAS list. Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now? A friend just told me about it yesterday. I have a Stuart OM which I love love love, but only for backing. I feel like the large scale double course instruments give you all the difficulties of dragging a pick through two strings combined with the tougher stretches of a longer neck.
I think the banjo is a far easier instrument for tunes. And Davy Stuart is a super nice guy and if the exchange rate is in your favor, it can be the best deal in all of fretted instrumentdom. I play OM, Mandolin and banjo for tunes. Mandolin is easily transported, banjo is good for noisy sessions and acoustic gigs but I much prefer the depth and richness of the OM. As for relative difficulty banjo v OM, I think it comes down to what you practice play with most often.
I find I get more fluent triplets for example, on the OM which is my main instrument. No one can really advise and I expect your answer will come down to personal preference, not logic.
Guitar I will use for playing tunes if its not too large a session or chords. For backing, guitar harmonies can be more rich and complex to my mind than OM. The mandolin is a Fylde and it does have good volume for a session. Continue Reading. March 27, March 15, Since , Folkmusician has been serving up the best values in acoustic instruments. From our shop to customers the world over, quality and service is our promise to you.
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