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Yesterday, 4:00pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Garfield's Blackberry Blossoms in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Fine piece of picking there, Don, and a great sound from that Pomeroy.

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Yesterday, 11:28am

lflngpicker replied to a thread Gibson A Oval Tuning Machines in Equipment

Pops1, I agree. I have some Golden Age tuners on one of my Gibson A teens mandolins, and they fit perfectly and work very well. I am quite happy to...

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Yesterday, 4:55am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Week #538 ~ The Long Lane in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

This one worked, Dennis!

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Yesterday, 4:17am

Gelsenbury replied to a discussion Week #538 ~ The Long Lane in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks again Martin, so let's try this for a tidier PDF of the Long Lane in D:...

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Yesterday, 4:16am

Gelsenbury replied to a thread Thread for Social Group MP3 posting in Song and Tune Projects

This is a PDF of The Long Lane, Irish hornpipe in D.

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Yesterday, 3:30am

Gelsenbury replied to a discussion Mama tried in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

I've read explanations of rest strokes dozens of times, but never understood what the aim is. In what way does it make the tone more powerful if I...

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Jan-26-2021, 7:42pm

Gelsenbury replied to a discussion Week #538 ~ The Long Lane in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thank you for mentioning that, Martin. I don't have a MuseScore online account because I'm only an occasional user of the desktop version. But I...

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Jan-26-2021, 7:10pm

Gelsenbury replied to a discussion Week #538 ~ The Long Lane in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

As I said on your YouTube channel, Mike: Impressive playing of a difficult tune! For a work in progress, it's amazingly fluent. John, I must say...

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Jan-26-2021, 7:04pm

Gelsenbury replied to a discussion Pulling Bracken ( Tha Mi Sgith) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thank you, Ginny, John and Frithjof! I played along with Ginny and John's faster version earlier, and I really like it. But I wouldn't have been able...

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Jan-26-2021, 5:16pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Week #538 ~ The Long Lane in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Good triplets there, Mike. It is a cracking wee tune indeed.

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Jan-26-2021, 2:40pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Week #538 ~ The Long Lane in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Your chords and the ones I suggested to Martin above seem to correspond closely, JL, and your G6 is my Em(7) - both use the same notes. Your pdf...

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Jan-26-2021, 2:36pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Mama tried in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

A lovely recording, Christian, and I honestly cannot distinguish between the different strokes you are using here. Your picking is really clean and...

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Jan-26-2021, 12:49pm

Gelsenbury replied to a discussion Week #538 ~ The Long Lane in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

I like those chords, JL. :) There's something about this tune that sounds untypical for an Irish hornpipe, but I can't put my finger on it. Great...

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Jan-26-2021, 9:41am

John Kelly replied to a thread Newbie looking for tunes that feature mandolin in General Mandolin Discussions

Look also under the same label that Eric mentions and in the Social Groups submenu you will find loads of material, especially in the Song-A-Week...

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Jan-26-2021, 9:36am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Week #538 ~ The Long Lane in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, Dennis, though I have to confess that the "seemingly effortless walk down the long lane" was the result of very many attempts to get the tune...

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Jan-26-2021, 4:56am

John Kelly replied to a thread Bernie in Newfoundland (no mando content) in General Mandolin Discussions

And I always thought that Mr Sanders was the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken! :))

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Jan-26-2021, 4:49am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Pulling Bracken ( Tha Mi Sgith) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

A different offering of the tune, Dennis, and in all his great work collecting and preserving our Scottish tunes Burns certainly picked up many...

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Jan-26-2021, 4:41am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Road to Malvern in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Nice doouble tracking job, Mike. I also like to keep my backing track(s) lower in the mix. It is fun, isn't it! :mandosmiley:

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Jan-26-2021, 4:38am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Cotten Pickin' Time in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

You're still on that creative roll, Mike. Another fine offering.

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Jan-25-2021, 7:44pm

Gelsenbury replied to a discussion Sunrise, Sunset (from "Fiddler On The Roof") in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Very nice playing, Martin! I wasn't familiar with this, but judging by the lyrics you captured the bittersweet flavour very well. We still have...

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Jan-25-2021, 7:39pm

Gelsenbury replied to a discussion Week #538 ~ The Long Lane in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

I've been trying to learn this tune, too. I think I may fail. It has a lovely flow to it, but there are so many notes to commit to memory. The...

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Jan-25-2021, 7:29pm

Gelsenbury replied to a discussion Domino - French Waltz in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Very nice waltz! You are injecting quite a lot of musical variety here, and the to-do list is getting longer again. Thank you for contributing this...

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Jan-25-2021, 7:15pm

Gelsenbury replied to a discussion Trip to Pakistan in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

David Surette is one of my favourite players, but I don't remember hearing this tune from him. When did you hear him play it? Well played, of...

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Jan-25-2021, 7:06pm

Gelsenbury replied to a discussion Cotten Pickin' Time in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

How about "Cotton Rocking Time"? That's an intro and a half there. :mandosmiley: I love this!

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Jan-25-2021, 6:59pm

Gelsenbury replied to a discussion Pulling Bracken ( Tha Mi Sgith) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Happy Burns night!

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Jan-25-2021, 2:09pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Week #538 ~ The Long Lane in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Good versions, Frithjof and Duncan. I like your mix of picked treble runs and hammer-on/pull-off phrasing on those triplets, Frithjof. I was using...

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Jan-25-2021, 5:19am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Week #538 ~ The Long Lane in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks kindly, M, J and G. An interesting tune with its arpeggios and triplet runs. A Jill McAuley version would be fun to hear! Martin, the...

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Jan-25-2021, 5:02am

John Kelly replied to a discussion From Russia With Love (James Bond title theme) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Make mine a Vodka-Martini, shaken, not stirred, Martin. Very evocative rendering of this great theme here, and I like your simple backing...

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Jan-25-2021, 4:58am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Domino - French Waltz in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

That sounds SO French, Jairo. Beautiful mandolin playing that really suits the tune. In your magic box of backing tools have you by any chance a...

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Jan-24-2021, 4:17pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Week #538 ~ The Long Lane in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

An interesting and demanding tune to play, Martin, and your version is a good one for getting the tune in one's head clearly. It took me a while to...

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