Reddit reviews The Complete Mandolin Method -- Beginning Mandolin: Book & CD (Complete Method)
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Beginner levelTeaches basic techniquesProvides introductions to multiple styles of playBook and CD setStudents, teachers, and self-taught players alike will enjoy this thorough, easy-to-use method
sites to help
www.mandolincafe.com
chordlist.brian-amberg.de/en/mandolin/
www.chordie.com
www.folkofthewood.com
this is the book i started with and i think it definitely helped me get a good grasp on playing.
http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Mandolin-Book-Greg-Horne/dp/0739034715
watch your right and left hand technique from the beginning. don't wanna pick up any bad habits that will require more effort to fix down the road.
Learn your scales.
you can learn them by remembering major scales move in the order of WHOLE STEP > WHOLE STEP > HALF STEP > WHOLE STEP > WHOLE STEP > WHOLE STEP > HALF STEP.
Minor scales move in the order Whole step - half step - whole step - whole step - half step - whole step - whole step
I'm by no means a great mandolin player, but I was happy with Beginning Mandolin by Greg Horne.