Wesley, yes! I inherited a bowl back mando a couple of years ago, & I'm still just plunking out a few Bluegrassy/oldtimey (which I love) tunes now & then. I have not taken the time to learn to read music for it yet, which would be what I should really do so I can play a variety of Music, to include Classical. I suppose I really should go to a music store sometime & look over the method books to find one which teaches Mandolin from a more Classical point of view, but just for fun, not seriously demanding as I'm-going-to-be-a-concert-mandolinist-methodbook. Anybody know of a book like that? In a perfect world, there'd be a website with free mando lessons for the more classical music lovers.