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"Introduction to Mandolin for Beginners" by Bert Casey Brought to you by "CVLS" Good day and of course, as the top logo says , as usual, "Welcome", welcome to an auction which I shall try to be as brief and painless I can make it for all of us~!~! We are selling these excellent "Bert Casey" DVD's in their original cases for me and my friends who were looking to add a little extra sounds to our bands, and I already started the Mandolin back in the 1970's when I was playing Rhythm Guitar, 12 Stringed Acoustic/Elec.using an "Open-mouth-pickup from Dean _Markley" and converted to Bass for many many years, but some songs required something a little bit "more or less" as the gig demanded or the genre, I figured that since I had a mandolin to practice on, and over the weekend I had applied what I had learned all of those years to the man'lin, ( as we who learned to play the Man'lin we get to calling them jus' that..the Man'lin and drop the "do" in the middle, so I drop it from time to time here so we can git used to being "FULL-FLEDGED-Manlin Players." I bought a diverse grouping of Mandolins with the intention to have these beautiful and charming instruments to learn mostly melodies from the ol European / Portuguese / Latin styles of music, and , of course I wanted to "M~E~L~D" their sound and their styles into our already existing song lists, so we worked on songs like "Brown-Eyed-Girl (Van Morrison)"" Nadine" (Chuck Berry [Brown Eyed Handsome Man] ) Julio (Paul Simon) and we worked more and more on as many songs we felt needed "SUMPTHIN'" some melody, as we went along, we increased our knowledge of music, and I invested in to "Bert Casey's Introduction to the Mandolin for Beginners" to teach me my methodologies..., then I used that to learn them as the Man'lin is basically the strings of a guitar, one octave higher and then doubled up with another string one more octave up from there, but the bottom two strings (or the bottom two pair , (" E & A" were just the higher strings at equal octaves....{Difficult to put into words, but the reading is correct~!~!~!} So, it was my job (like I needed another~!~!) to bring the man'lin into the songs that we voted were needed in to the our own brands of music which included: Blues, Rock, R & B, Country, Southern Rock and all sorts of music I have learned throughout the past 50 years playing in my bands with a load of friends and we had a ball making our audience "get their motors runnin" and move their feet, and dance, dance, dance~!~!Well, we did it and we had a ball, but I learned one thing: It seemed to me that I had to learn another language of music when I got to playing the rhythms and leads in my music, and along with my new mandolins in creating my new styles of "Mando-Music" I bought this DVD along with other Books and other Man'lin books that I now sell for "The Watch and Learn Co." along with a few things to help me get along, and I bought these examples of DVD's and CD's along with some books and I learned one thing: as I picked up these " Introduction to Mandolin for Beginners by Bert Casey"I found that using the DVD that I am presenting here, was a fantastic help in learning and teaching my arms and hands to do what they were not exactly so used to doing, and with the use of " The Introduction to the Mandolin for Beginners with Bert Casey" was an enormous help as I had NO-ONE to show me step # 1 to get me started...E~V~E~R~! I quickly got to the point of realizing what "Mr. Bert Casey" was talkin' about and I have to admit I thought that it would be too basic for me, and it would have taken me a hundred times as long to learn the "Man'lin" which I thought it would...but I had to take some of what I wrongly thought back, as they even taught songs, and showed you a host of things that you "picked up by ear"...BUT... WRONGLY~!~! For instance: How to hold your plectrum; How to hold the neck in a proper fashion; Proper Thumb and finger positions. How to place the different styles of "mando's" properly; UpstrokesSlidesHAMMERONS; Balancing the "MANDO";Left hand-thumb pressure and position Using the plectrum (pick) to do down strokes, and up strokes, and even: Moving your hands up and down the fret board;Even troubleshooting buzzing, and improper sounds. How tight should you hold your "MANDO's" neck for proper tonality and ease of movement; POSTURE..probably the MOST important lesson of all may not be there..But you figure out how tired you may appear and feel as you do NOT really sit as you should, as many will look overtired or just too stiff~!~!Using your left hand;Using your right handpulloffs and a total of 62 separate lessons which include the following:separate lessons."Yankee Doodle"Oh SuzannaMore in two speeds: Slow Version & a fast version of:"Worried Man Blues";"Wildwood Flower";"Cripple Creek"; (Not "Up on Cripple Creek");"Cripple Creek #2";"John Hardy";"Red-Haired Boy";"Soldier's Joy";"8th Of January";"Billy in The Lowground";"Blackberry Blossom";"Bill Cheatum";"Sally Goodin"; There are also dozens of scales, Strumming, Chords:"G-C-D-C-Scale;G-Scale; plus the newer style of learning to play just about anything with :"Tabulature"."Pull-Offs";(Please excuse an occansioal repitition, but they are few, as I recalled some and had an Insert disk Book to read). You see, I thought that I had learned as much as I could, very rapidly, but, "Bert" takes his time and teaches to you much of the information you need to know, which you "ASSUMED" you knew without even going into more than one of these fine and very easy to follow "Bert Casey" lessons. Ok , now that I have tried to remember the things that I learned from the"Bert Casey DVD ..."Introduction to MANDOLIN for Beginners"it's about time that we lay down the rules and policies for this particular Auction. "PAYMENTS": I always prefer to be paid immediately, especially if you have: a PayPal account~! By U.S. POSTAL MONEY ORDERS First and Foremost, that is what I need and what I prefer, plus I will deduct 5% for "Money Order / BUY-IT-NOW"customers.($14.95 full price) I will also accept : Certified Bank checks, which you must notify me of the #'s of said Money Orders, or Cashier's Checks as soon as you get them off to me; I WILL accept your Personal check and from now on there will be no excessive waiting, as most banks know within five [5]work-days or so for them to clear, if it doesn't clear, you will be notified and either a "PAYPAL" payment or Money Order will be your only recourse to being blocked from future sales / auctions in the future. (I think that is only a good business, don't you say?)~! RETURNS: I will always try to make you, the customer, happy and this is why I am practically giving these away... if you find that the DVD is NOT running correctly at the fault of the DVD: "Introduction of the Mandolin for Beginners".E-mail me your desires for a Merchandise Credit . THIS AUCTION IS OPEN TO EVERYONE IN THE U.S.A., CANADA, & MEXICO, which will be basically : NORTH AMERICA , CANADA & MEXICO ~!Border countries must carry their border taxes, levies, duties and extra charges that you love so much, but I am paying the First Class freight on this auction, I think that is top shelf "S & H" Don't you???. I will charge only $1.00 U.S.D. extra for the DVD to be delivered USPS First Class for ALASKA, Hawaii, So.America, Mexico and Canada~!~!~! the Border Countries must accept their own border fees and extra taxes, bribes, beer, cigarettes, etc.that your country imposes on it's buyers. If your package gets stopped at the border...don' come--see me, OKAY??..... OKAY~!~!The "APO & NPO" are accepted as the families of the Servicemen and women will have the same opportunities that the civilians have been given and the prices are the same, to the relative's home or loved one's home. Shipping will be handeled by each country that is treatied with the United States Military Mailing Services. Military Rules CONTENTS: I have checked for "Quality Assurance" and...I have not opened others, as the lot proved excellent. They are all brand from "Watch &Learn" The DVD, and the Case, are sealed and I warrant by "MERCHANDISE CREDIT" that the DVD will be in fine playing shape and that you will be satisfied with it's playability!This DVD is alone w.o. a needed book as the DVD has "it all" on it and is not a "BOOK / CD Unit"which is also available from "Tatonka-i-e". Thank you for your attention and I wish you well in the auction, and I want you let you know that this auction is for one DVD and it's Original case, and it is guaranteed NOT to be a COPY, PIRATED , or any reproduction of the "Introduction to MANDOLINS for BEGINNERS w / Bert Casey"~! PS: ANY Questions??? I will answer PRIOR to the AUCTION's end...there will be NO QUESTIONS answered after the auction closes. DO NOT try to renegotiate this "contract" as this will get you barred from future sales. ~! With this offer & w.o. raising the price from $14.95,($14.95 + "S&H") is the suggested Retail Price for the DVD I am offering for $14.95 USD) + First Class Shipping. I will include "**FREE** Gift Certificates for your next vacation or for a deal at your next shopping spree!~! So, this is my **FREE** offer only if you "BUY-IT-NOW" and my full reduced price of only $14.95 plus **FREE** 1st Class U.S.P.S. Shipping! NOW~! Tell me that this is NOT a decent offer from "Tatonka-Rick," a Disabled Vietnam Vet, who wishes to pass on to you the ways I learned to sell prior to "PLASTIC" Money that isn't really yours! Now! Tell me, "who loves ya baby~!~!~!???" ("Kojak" circa:1975) Return To Top Back to payments Return to shipping Back to list
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