mandolin playing, by David

My older sister Megan plays the mandolin. When she was starting out, she found three different things that helped her very much. First was, she took lessons from a man named Jerry Rosa. He has a band and company called Rosa Stringworks. Next, she watched videos of other mandolin players to learn from their style. Two of her favorites were Chris Thile and Sierra Hull. Third and most helpful one is playing jams with groups of people. (Jerry Rosa's band and friends play several times a month). She found that playing with other people made her more comfortable and used to playing it. She also got to learn things from the other musicians. Those are the three things that Megan thought were the most helpful. Maybe you can use them if you want to learn to play it too. :)