Man-do-leen: Wreck of the old '97

I just treated myself to a Mandolin for Christmas tonight, so naturally I have to film an off the cuff video.

Here's Wreck of the old '97, sort of.

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Music

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• Mandolin
• Wreck
• of
• the
• old
• 97
• Bluedanbob

[cz2509]

You can never have too many instruments - or too much money.

[bluedanbob]

Hear him, he speaks true!

[Kester71]

You beat me to a mandolin, what is the tuning?

[bluedanbob]

GDAE =) It's fun as hell to play.

[Kester71]

So it is the same as the tenor banjo.

[bluedanbob]

Yes, it's the same as an Irish tuned tenor banjo, just an octave higher if I'm not mistaken.  All the same movable shapes can be used on either instrument, although on a mandolin it's much less of a reach because the scale is so much shorter.

[bluedanbob]

Thank you very much! And you're not far off about the whiskey!