Title: Great Mandolinist, but Not a Great Teacher
Review: I'm an intermediate mandolin player and this DVD is pretty hard to use as a learning tool. It's clearly hard for someone of Sam Bush's talent to effectively break down what comes to him so naturally.This DVD is mostly a rambling discussion/Q&A; between Sam and an offscreen director that needs better organization and a better over-arching plan to be considered really instructional. It's basically Sam Bush talking about whatever comes into his head and a lot of time is wasted with just talking and not teaching. He's not a natural teacher and he jumps around all over the place not finishing many of his thoughts or topics. He doesn't provide any systematic way for the average player to really approach rhythm mandolin.
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