Hi, I took up the mandolin in 1988 after the wife complained about the banjo. She does now complain about the mando but not as often. Maybe she's just growing weary. MandolinCafe is good (will keep you up well into the small hours) as it has tons of tabs of all styles of music. Mp3 downloads too.
Try to learn some closed (bluegrass) chords. Very handy as you can move them around like barre chords on the guitar.
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