Problem: Article: Straighten your back and square your shoulders while you play. Don't hunch over. Place the mandolin's body on top of your leg and hold the neck of the instrument with your left hand. The back of the mandolin should be pressed against your stomach.  You should feel comfortable and your muscles shouldn't feel strained or tense. You can use a shoulder strap to keep the mandolin in place as you play. The neck of the mandolin should be angled slightly upwards. This will make fingering easier. to the standard tuning. The notes for each string in standard tuning, from bottom to top, should be E, E, A, A, D, D, and G, G. Turn on your electronic tuner and strum the bottom string. Turn the tuning knob at the top of your mandolin's neck until the bottom string plays an E. Continue to do this with all the strings until your mandolin is in tune.  The strings of a mandolin are tuned in pairs. When you play, you'll hold down both strings in each pair. You can use a standard guitar tuner to tune your mandolin. Your tuner should have a needle that shows you what note you're playing or a light that will come on when the strings are in tune. The bottom strings on your mandolin, or the E strings, are called the “top” strings because they play the highest octave. A high action means that the strings are higher off the fretboard and can make pushing down the strings and creating a good sound difficult for newer players. Place a nickel in between the strings and the neck on the twelfth fret. Then, adjust the knobs on the bridge until the distance between the strings and the neck is a nickel's width.  The bridge is the part of your mandolin where the strings connect to the instrument's body. You'll have to adjust the action for both the top four and the bottom four strings. A heavy pick is thick while a light pick is thin and will bend while you play. Playing with a light pick will make it harder to create clear sounding notes and chords with the mandolin and should be avoided.  Light picks are between .45 mm and .7 mm in thickness. Heavy picks are between .85 mm and 1.20 mm in thickness.
Summary: Hold your mandolin in your lap. Tune your mandolin Adjust the strings to a low action. Purchase a heavy pick.

Problem: Article: Pick a vase that will rise up to cover at least half the height of the tulips you've brought home. They'll be able to lean against the vase without bending over. If you use a shorter vase, the flowers will eventually bend forward. This is an effect some people like, but it may cause the flowers to die more quickly. Make sure it doesn't have sediment leftover from your last bouquet. Use soap and warm water to wash it thoroughly, then dry it completely with a towel. This way your fresh tulips won't pick up bacteria that could case them to start rotting more quickly. Cold water will keep the stems fresh and crisp, while warm or hot water would cause them to become weak and soggy. around the vase. Arrange the tulips so that they each have a little space in the vase, rather than leaning them all on top of one another. Giving them each a little room will prevent them from crushing one another, which will lead to premature petal drop-page and shorten the lifespan of your flowers. Tulips drink up a lot of water. Make sure it never completely runs out, or they'll begin to wilt very quickly. The addition of flower food, or flower preservative, which is available at flower shops, will greatly lengthen your flowers' lifespan. Read the directions and sprinkle in some food when you add water. It'll keep your tulips standing tall and looking perky for as long as possible. You can try putting lemon juice, pennies, and other such materials in the vase with the flowers. Some say these tricks work, but research shows that flower food is much more effective. Daffodils and other flowers in this family exude a substance that causes flowers to fade faster. Tulips work best in a vase all by themselves. Place it in an area that doesn't get too hot and sunny. Otherwise, the tulips will wilt in the heat.
Summary:
Choose a suitable vase. Wash the vase. Fill the vase with cold water.  Position the stems Keep the vase filled with fresh water. Add some flower food. Don't style tulips with flowers in the Narcissus family. Keep the vase out of the sun.