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Old 09-16-2012, 12:15 PM
buddhuu buddhuu is offline
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Playing mandolin was most definitely a huge help when I started learning fiddle. The scale length being very similar meant that the scales I knew from mando pretty much fell right under my fingers straight away on the fiddle.

Personally I find that anything I learn on mandolin translates almost immediately onto fiddle. For some reason it doesn't work quite as well the other way. No idea why the process seems asymmetrical. :/
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