Mandolin

I am a big fan of mandolin music, and I have wanted one for a while now. My proficiency currently lies with the ukulele, but the ukulele was never my dream instrument. At first, I learned it as a segue to the guitar. However, I tried guitar and I got frustrated and fell back on the ukulele, which became, not my segue, but my primary instrument. However, while the guitar was no longer my goal, I began to develop a strong interest in the mandolin. I have always loved fast picking in music, which isn't too common with the guitar or the ukulele. My favorite songs to play on the uke are finger-pick heavy, but those are really hard to find. However, fast picking is very common with the mandolin. Hence my fascination with it.

I currently live in a small town, and I just found out that there is a little music store on main st. I was pretty excited because I love browsing music stores, checking out all the instruments, fiddling around with the most expensive ones. While I was browsing, I spotted a line of mandolins. I made a bee-line over to them and admired them for a while, checking the prices. For the most part, they were over two-hundred. One was barely over a hundred, but I figured it was a cheap one.

But then I saw a big 50%! tag on one that was two-hundred, reducing it to one-hundred. It had a crack in it, but it didn't affect the sound. Needless to say, I was excited. One part of me said, "That's still alot of money." But the other part said, "This is your chance. You've wanted this for a long time, and it just fell in your lap. Take it. Besides, you're going to buy one eventually anyway."

So I bought it. I can't tell you how stoked I was about it. I still can't believe that I own a mandolin. I never imagined I'd be playing it one day. Heck, I never imagined I'd play anything musical.

Anyway, my daily routine was just expanded by one instrument. Now it includes:

• Singing
• Piano
• Ukulele
• Mandolin
• Drawing

There you have it. Thanks for reading,

clevceo