Thank you for this lesson, it was very informative and helpful! I was easily able to learn and transfer the notes onto the mandolin

I've been watching Mando lessons on KZread for six years. I've been playing mandolin and working on KZread lessons for about two years. In my opinion, this guy has the most thoughtful, thorough mandolin lessons on KZread. He focus seems to be to teach you fundamentals and how to put them into practice. The other guys just want to teach you fiddle tunes that probably won't impress your friends at all because they have no foundation.

Thank you so much for all your lessons. Especially this one. I've tried to understand music but today when I found your video it all made sense. I've just taken up the mandolin after 9years playing the ukulele and I love it. Again thank you.

What a generous soul you are, Mike. And thanks for your patience …

Incredibly useful Mike . I would very much like you to do a series on this . I find so much music in standard notation and although I can work it out very, very slowly, there are many huge gaps in my knowledge. Thanks again

@MandoMikeLessons

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad it was helpful for you. There will be many more 'Reading Music' lessons in the coming months. Happy picking, Mike

This was extremely helpful to me. I'm new to the mandolin (3 months). I was learning by ear but with some tone deficits in my hearing, I decided it would be great to learn the music. You helped me unlock some things I was struggling with!

Notation does give a bit more information as to how a note has value, and how a measure is to be played, but it can be figured out by listening to a tune that one finds desirable to learn. Make a conversion map as mentioned below.

Love that tune.

Thanks for another great lesson. Part 2 please! I've tried in fits and starts to learn to use standard notation over the years but never stayed with it. Hopefully this video will get me going again. Well done on content, clarity and presentation!

@MandoMikeLessons

Жыл бұрын

Ah, great, I'm so glad it was helpful for you. There will be many more 'Reading Music' lessons in the coming months. Mike

At last! I now understand . Thank you 🙏 Brilliant:))))

@MandoMikeLessons

9 ай бұрын

Great!

Well done Mike! So useful. Thank you.

@MandoMikeLessons

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you so much for this, Mike. Simple to follow, very clearly communicated and above all, fun! Can't wait for much more

@MandoMikeLessons

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Martin! There will definitely be further 'Reading Music' lessons in the coming months. Cheers! Mike

Due to this video you have a new subscriber. I’m brand new to mandolin, but want to mainstream music with my guitar buddies.

@MandoMikeLessons

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Welcome to the mandolin, there will definitely be further 'Reading Music' lessons in the coming months. Cheers! Mike

Thank you kindly for your effort 👌

@MandoMikeLessons

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@michalelwartowski3424

Жыл бұрын

@@MandoMikeLessons all pleasure is mine good Sir. You have an excellent impact on my journey to mandolin heaven ✨️.

Thanks Mike, more lessons on reading music would be very helpful. I've used the Tab system for a while now but it will be a big advantage to read music from the same sheet as other instruments are playing.

@MandoMikeLessons

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Alan. There will definitely be further 'Reading Music' lessons in the coming months. Cheers! Mike

Thanks Mike. Enjoyed it very much. Important & helpful. PLease do carry on with part 2!

@MandoMikeLessons

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jonathan. There will definitely be further 'Reading Music' lessons in the coming months. Cheers! Mike

Brave to get stuck into teaching this. It's my weak spot, and I've been told by many musicians to learn to read music. The thing is, I know what I have to do to learn how to read music but it takes such a lot of work and time, life seems too short, (and so many tunes to learn), to waste time learning music when Tab exists. Your video might just make me try.

@MandoMikeLessons

Жыл бұрын

Thanks James. It does take work .... but you could look at it this way: if there's a tune you want to learn and you can only find music, at least you would have the skills to convert it into tab, or learn it slowly, or write the note names underneath the music. So, you don't have to be an amazing sight reader of music, just have enough knowledge that you can learn a new tune. Cheers! Mike

@slackeratslack

Жыл бұрын

@@MandoMikeLessons I actually did that with a lovely Paul Anderson tune ( kzread.info/dash/bejne/aHd11bFmiLLLeqw.html ) which the guys I have wee sessions with were playing. I only had the music so I had a long afternoon writing up tab for it. I did it but my brain hurt after it! :-)

Like other folks I have tried in fits and starts to learn to read music for mandolin, and started to make a concerted (no pun intended) effort last year. Whilst I didn't take much from this one, I am looking forward to the later ones, so hopefully you will continue this series

@MandoMikeLessons

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris, there'll be many more in the coming months

Great lesson, I’m learning notation and this really helps.

@MandoMikeLessons

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott, glad it was useful, there will be many more 'Reading Music' lessons in the coming months. Happy picking, Mike

Do a second part. Thanks very much for this. I'm actually trying to learn to read music for the concertina and the ma. It is slow, but now, I wish I'd done it years ago.

@MandoMikeLessons

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Brett, I will be doing more of this series, hopefully starting in May if I can find the time Cheers Mike

Please do an series on this!

@MandoMikeLessons

Жыл бұрын

Thanks John. There will be many more 'Reading Music' lessons in the coming months. Happy picking, Mike

Fantastic thanks Mike. I’ve really wanted to get back into reading music as I haven’t done it in a long time

@MandoMikeLessons

Жыл бұрын

Great! It'll be just like riding a bike, but less painful if it goes wrong. There will be further 'Reading Music' lessons in the coming months. Cheers! Mike

Thank you I love it!

@MandoMikeLessons

4 ай бұрын

I'm glad you like it

Make yourself a conversion (map) to figure out notation to tab, and tab to notation. Mandolin tab only works for mandolin and for a specific key. A key signature has zero sharps (or flats) which makes it the key of C major. One sharp is G major, 2 sharps is D major, 3 sharps is A major. Those 4 keys is usually all one needs the convert notation to tabs. Good luck

@davidmccue3591

4 ай бұрын

Damnit, I don't fully understand what you're saying but I'm going to learn. 😊

Hmm, those easy tunes make me cheat. I can remember them and don't have to read the note. Am I right to assume that if there is a sharp on f.x. an F on the upper line, this is also valid for the line an octave below?

@MandoMikeLessons

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I get what you mean with the easy tunes .... maybe go on thesession.org and click on some random tunes, see how much of them you can work out? Yes, you are correct, and this is another difficulty with music. The F# is written on the highest line, but it also means the F in the lowest space should also be played as F#. Another example of musicians wanting the page to look as neat as possible. Cheers! Mike