Title: Still Asking for Directions
Product review: I bought this based on the 'generally' positive reviews above, but have been basically disappointed. The premise of the book is to show 'essentials' of mandolin patterns from various styles, but the text and (particularly) the graphics are so obtuse as to almost be useless. Why reinvent the wheel? Just use basic musical notation and skip trying to come up with new graphics that are more confusing than helpful. As to the 'essentials', the book jumps from style to style, pattern to pattern without building much in the way of a clear logic or development.All in all pretty disappointing. Find another way to get to Mandotown.
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