Does anyone here play the mandolin?

Question:If so... after learning scales, what is the next thing a beginning player should learn?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: If so... after learning scales, what is the next thing a beginning player should learn?

My only experience is with country/bluegrass; and so much of that involves chop chords that I would suggest learning chord shapes. But, I would encourage you to simultaneously working on developing your flatpicking skills. Devoting half your practice time to chords and the other half to flatpicking should produce good results. Hope this helps.