Yep, if you need me i'll be at at the back of the class chewing on the sticking paste, coloured crayon wedged up the nose, and fist stuck in the soundhole as i try to extract a missing plectrum.
Well, i suppose its better to figure things out late than never at all :) On Oct 19, 4:51 am, mistertaterbug <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark, > Welcome to the crowd. > TBug > > On Oct 18, 7:14 pm, Mark Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > There are certain moments you have when learning something, those > > moments when you realise 'holy hannah, but, of course!'. Usually it > > involves you twigging something so staggeringly obvious that it > > boggles the mind just how you missed it for so long. > > > I had one of those moments this evening... > > > Downstrokes, i mean, but of course! > > > When i first set out learning mandolin i set down to alternate picking > > down up down up down yadda yadda up, it was what i had reccomeded and > > i stuck to that for near everything. > > > Never questioned it. > > > Never dreamed of questioning, even when i could hear something was > > different on recordings i was listening to and when folks were talking > > about it in interviews. > > > Not until a friend showed me the down up down down up down jig > > pattern, that started something clanking in the old grey matter, but > > it was only tonight, near a year later, that i was dabbling at the > > mandolin and i thought 'hmm, y'know i could probably play that tune > > all downstrokes'. > > > Now, all of a sudden a lot of things make a lot more sense, but, boy, > > do i feel slo-ow on the uptake- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
