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

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[–] Skua@kbin.earth 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

am i dumb? whats upside down about a mandolin?

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Fiat126@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 hours ago

ah that makes sense now, thank you

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The lego palkia lol

[–] Instigate@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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!

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago

Sure does, I basically don't bother with the other modes because the meow is so damn good

[–] JoeKis@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Can we rather talk about the Lego Palkia figure O_o

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've got a Dialga too, but I haven't finished putting it together

[–] JoeKis@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Iş that a actual Lego set?

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's a nanoblocks kit, the pieces are painfully small

[–] JoeKis@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago
[–] jvw@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Tell me more about Victoria and her forrests...

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

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

[–] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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