Customer Reviews

Mandolin DVD

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The first third of this is a useful intro to the instrument, covering the basics of how to hold the pick and so on. But when it comes to the songs its just a run through at speed, not broken down in a way that helps you learn. If you're an intermediate to advanced and want to see how somebody else plays these song it might be useful, but beginners will just be frustrated by the speed. It takes most people a while to get to that level, and if you're already there you probably don't need the first half of this video that tells you how to hold the instrument, so its really not a good value for the money. Try either the Casey or Cochran videos instead.

Satzine is correct in his review ON THE VHS example, up to a very limited point, which actually makes Satzine completely incorrect.

If he had bothered to really review this entire program he would have realized that the booklet, which, I understand, is included with the purchase of the VHS tape and is, also, in the DVD subdirectory \Extras\TAB is all ANY beginner needs to learn the beginning steps to playing mandolin.

Like most of Huckabees tapes and DVD's it is quite good at teaching a willing student...even one that feels limited in their abilities. If one has ANY adequate desire to really learn they can begin with the mandlin here. Start with fifteen minutes of practice TWICE per day and pretty soon you won't even notice how long you practice. Within one year you should be playing with a few friends. Just DO IT! Trust me on this.