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Yesterday, 9:38pm

HonketyHank started a discussion goood deal for a weber in group Newbies

I just saw this MC ad: https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/167691#167691 . A great deal for anyone looking to "move up". I have no financial interest....

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Yesterday, 7:59pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion 2021-02 Tune of the Month - Fisher's Hornpipe in group Newbies

Here is my version in F. I found out the secret to mastering the fingerbusters in this tune. About a 50/50 mix of focused practice and enforced...

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Yesterday, 7:15pm

Mark Gunter replied to a thread Going backwards in General Mandolin Discussions

Yes indeed, this happens to most, if not all, musicians. This can be especially daunting to a beginner - and exacerbated by the beginner's growth...

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Feb-25-2021, 4:59pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion I need some help on Fisher's HP in group Newbies

Thanks for all the comments! I have put in some old-fashioned, concerted, focused practice on this tune in the last week or thereabouts and it is...

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Feb-24-2021, 5:04pm

Mark Gunter replied to a discussion I need some help on Fisher's HP in group Newbies

I like Louise’s answer. Remember when we were studying playing the Ab scale in MMC group, Hank? Same closed position fingering starting from first...

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Feb-24-2021, 12:36pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion Thinking about starting on the mandolin in group Newbies

I would recommend just doing an internet search for "major scales" and picking an image. Like maybe this one:...

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Feb-24-2021, 12:28pm

HonketyHank added 2 photo(s) to album My Albumin

Feb-24-2021, 9:55am

bbcee replied to a thread Help with exporting Gibson TG-00 - Dot Inlays in Tenor Guitars

That sounds about like my experiences price-wise. It ¡s especially painful when it's an already expensive instrument! Good to know your experiences...

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Feb-23-2021, 3:16pm

HonketyHank replied to a thread Tune from The Mandolin Store Site in Song and Tune Projects

That video proves the old adage that even a flyaway pinkie can be trained to go where it is needed when it is needed. And if it's not an old adage,...

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Feb-23-2021, 3:50am

bbcee replied to a thread Help with exporting Gibson TG-00 - Dot Inlays in Tenor Guitars

Hi Antonio, another voice from Spain sharing your pain in getting an instrument imported from the States. I've never had to deal with the issue...

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Feb-22-2021, 9:59am

bbcee replied to a discussion 2021-02 Tune of the Month - Fisher's Hornpipe in group Newbies

Phb, that certainly is a stretchy way to play it! Not that there's any other choice on that bouzouki. Louise, great arrangement as always, and...

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Feb-21-2021, 1:51pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion I need some help on Fisher's HP in group Newbies

Well, I think you are both right. But in either case, more work training my left hand pinkie finger seems to be in order. In watching the three...

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Feb-20-2021, 8:18pm

HonketyHank replied to a thread Where did the tab edit files on Mandozine go? in General Mandolin Discussions

I have put a zipped folder, called "mandozine-TEFs.zip" onto my Google drive. It is accessable at...

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Feb-20-2021, 6:55pm

HonketyHank replied to a thread Where did the tab edit files on Mandozine go? in General Mandolin Discussions

FYI, I just went to mandozine and found that the tab files are back up again. Thank you to whoever makes that possible.

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Feb-20-2021, 5:53pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion 2021-02 Tune of the Month - Fisher's Hornpipe in group Newbies

Geez, Louise - that sounds good. And steady. Interesting version. It seems like there are a lot different sounding versions. What was your source?

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Feb-20-2021, 5:41pm

HonketyHank started a discussion I need some help on Fisher's HP in group Newbies

This tune, in the version I am bound and determined to play (even if at a snail's moseying pace) keeps getting me all crossed up. The tune is in F,...

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Feb-20-2021, 2:47pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion The next new guy in group Newbies

Welcome, KaCe. I am glad you made the transition from lurker to "official member". My current finger gymnastics exercise is this month's tune of the...

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Feb-18-2021, 1:40pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion 2021-02 Tune of the Month - Fisher's Hornpipe in group Newbies

phb, that was quite nice. It was interesting to watch how a well-behaved pinkie finger helps when playing that long-necked instrument. You use yours...

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Feb-18-2021, 9:37am

Mark Gunter replied to a thread Imagining Bernie Madoff - my first post here in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Great work, I like it!

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Feb-18-2021, 7:42am

bbcee replied to a discussion Wayneboro in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Sounding really good, Mike. Multitracking's fun, no? This was a SoW a while ago - I posted the link in Barbara's new post.

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Feb-18-2021, 3:03am

bbcee replied to a discussion Week #540 ~ Waynesboro in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

I thought I remembered this was a previous SoW - week 476

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Feb-17-2021, 7:59pm

Mark Gunter replied to a thread It's Snowing Down in Texas in General Mandolin Discussions

I'm on a job in sunny L.A. at the moment, while my wife is home alone in a home covered with icicles, surrounded by snow, only one water tap working...

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Feb-16-2021, 5:36am

bbcee replied to a thread Lakes of Pontchartrain in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

A beautiful tune, well played & sung, on a nice-sounding Martin, Corban. Just missing the gators! :mandosmiley:

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Feb-15-2021, 8:20pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion Another new guy in group Newbies

Very nice, NDO. Good ending lick, too.

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