Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Started playing mandolin last year at 53. It's an uphill road, as I've never played an instrument before and can't read music at all. 8 months in to it, I can at least play tunes for myself and sing along. The learning-to-sight-read thing is going a little slower, but it's going, at least....