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Old 08-17-2012, 11:42 PM
Georgiapicker Georgiapicker is offline
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Default Violin and Mandolin?

I know both of these instruments are way different as far as fretting, type of music they're used for, and how the strings are vibrated, but does violin help in learning mandolin? I know violin is more of a "feel" instrument, as in you feel where to put your fingers from muscle memory. Does this help any with knowing where to put your fingers on a mandolin? I was just wondering if anyone had thoughts on this since these two instruments are both tuned to GDAE and are approx. the same size.
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