Song For A Young Queen

[jayphu]

hey man, great job. Nice and clean. What kind of mandolin are you playing there?

[katherinenay]

this is a fantastic arrangement.  sounds a bit different than our friend Mr. Thile, but why would it be the same? you're not him! But I love this nonetheless. I've been playing for...a long time and can barely dream of sounding that great.

[mandolinsarethebest]

@katherinenay thanks! yeah i did do i different arrangement haha. i had only been working on this song for about a week and just threw in what i knew.

[katherinenay]

@mandolinsarethebest only for a week?! wow. Well I was thoroughly impressed : ) Seems how that was a while ago I can't imagine what you sound like now...

[sufieuphi89]

you should be alternating those pick strokes. not constantly down stroking. thats why it sounds so weird and off tempo. also practice with a metronome.

[abcme]

I want to learn the mandolin just for this song. How long have you been playing?

[mandolinsarethebest]

ive been playing for about 10 years. and i dont want to discourage you at all or anything, but this is a VERY hard and advanced song but by all means get a mando and go at it!! if you have any questions just ask. good luck!!

[abcme]

Whoa, sounds like it'll be tough. I've been playing the acoustic guitar for about 4 years now so i'm not completely new to fretted instruments. But, I've never actually played a mandolin before, so I don't know how it feels like to play it. Do you have any insight for a guitar player trying to learn the mandolin?

[mandolinsarethebest]

umm well playing the guitar will probally help you with pick holding etc. but i am also a guitar player and its a completly differant world to the mandolin haha. i would just recomend that you buy one and start practicing.

[responsiblejennifer]

excellent!!! you gifted by God

[strauch2010]

this is awesome!

[patrickgunning]

You've got the notes, but the pickstroke theory needs work.

In all those parts where you play multiple downstrokes in a row, Chris plays down up down up crosspicking. Check out his DVD, he explains the concept well there. For the 16th notes, you want down up down up. The only time you should pick double down is when a note of longer duration occurs, substituting holding that note over for the upstroke that would normally occur there. Fixing your pick strokes will help your tone as well.

[mandolinsarethebest]

thanks for the advice, but this was a LONG time ago. ive got it down now but i have no camera to remake it at the moment.

[patrickgunning]

I hear ya about old videos. I've been meaning to put some new ones up myself.

[inkjazz]

@patrickgunning I disagree with the sentiment that picking all downstrokes like that is "wrong". I come from guitar training where sweep picking is a style that differs from straight alternate picking. Both have their place and I've learned to use both when the situation calls for it. I know mandolin is a different beast (it really helped my picking in general when I started learning mando though!) as you would pick it differently than guitar, but those downstrokes are efficient theory-wise.

[MordenTechno]

very good

[RedElfFilms]

Hey man, sounding good! On the first part of the song, you'll have an easier time starting on an upstroke. The emphasis is on the fourth note in, so that's supposed to be a downstroke. When I first learned the song, I was doing the wrong pick direction too. You don't have to change it, but it might make it easier to play a little

[mandolinsarethebest]

thanks, ill work on it

[MikeMaestro757]

Awesome job dude!!!

[mandolinsarethebest]

thanks

[mandolinsarethebest]

no i kinda just figured it out on my own and by watching redelfflims version of it. (hes on my subs)

[monologtube]

did you have some source to look at for fingering, or is that just your own fingering? (like which fingers on which strings when...)