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Today, 6:27am

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion The Young Black Cow (O'Neill, No. 220) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, John and Frithjof. It's one of those tunes where the melody needs the space between the notes to breathe. Martin

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Today, 6:24am

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

Oh great, I was searching the group for Dawg's Waltz and got totally sidetracked by this one! Great job Frankdolin, and everyone else who submitted a...

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Today, 3:34am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Roxanna Waltz in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Anyone got the TAB for this?

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Today, 12:08am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Pretty Little Cat in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks Ginny, oh it’s just the title that’s about cats, and the photo at the end. The rest has nothing to do with cats, although when I worked in...

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Yesterday, 11:32pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion The Wild Rose of the Mountain in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Your playing’s fine John, I wouldn’t say ‘flawed’ techniques because some of the patterns you use give a specific more upright rhythm. To my ears the...

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Yesterday, 11:16pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion End of the Day in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks JL277z, and thanks for the info. Thinking back on it I’m sure I saw this years ago in a hymn book that was published in the mid nineteenth...

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Yesterday, 10:55pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Roxanna Waltz in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Amazing Frank, I’ve got to learn this (style) today!!!

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Yesterday, 10:48pm

Sherry Cadenhead replied to a discussion The Wild Rose of the Mountain in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

What a lovely piece! Nice playing, everyone.

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Yesterday, 10:12pm

JL277z replied to a discussion End of the Day in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Very nice, Simon! :mandosmiley: Simon wrote: "it's a nice melody." Agree. It's apparently an old trad Irish folk melody, which someone...

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Yesterday, 8:59pm

Frankdolin replied to a thread post a video of yourself in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Live, from my backyard woods. Thanks for the listen!:mandosmiley:

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Yesterday, 8:57pm

Frankdolin replied to a discussion Roxanna Waltz in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Great versions here by all! Here's a version I did today in my backyard woods.Thanks for the listen!:mandosmiley:

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Yesterday, 8:32pm

Michael Pastucha replied to a discussion Pretty Little Cat in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Nicely arranged and played Simon. I like this alot And thanks for listening to my version from eleven years ago. I still play this medley, but don't...

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Yesterday, 7:52pm

Ginny Aitchison replied to a discussion Pretty Little Cat in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

I like your version Simon. I like them all but yours has a bit of a melancholy to it - I don't understand the photo theme though. They are...

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Yesterday, 4:56pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Amazing Grace in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Very nice Sherry, you seem quite comfortable with this recording business now. Well done.

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Yesterday, 4:55pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Carolan's Devotion (Miss Fetherston) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Sounds great with the two instruments Martin and nice phrasing and melody too. Uh oh, I just did some mixing for a tune using bad earphones John,...

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Yesterday, 4:13pm

John Kelly replied to a thread Handcrafted PeeWee tenor resonator in Tenor Guitars

Great job, Steve. It looks the business! By the way, my avatar has me nursing one of my own-build tenors.

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Yesterday, 4:05pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Carolan's Devotion (Miss Fetherston) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

I am really enjoying those latest postings with just your mandolin and tenor, Martin. This one sounds so clear and the instruments are so well...

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Yesterday, 3:20pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Pretty Little Cat in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Interesting versions Michael and great atmosphere in your playing. Nice sprightly performance there Nigel, full of energy. Thought I’d record...

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Yesterday, 3:10pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Pretty Little Cats, June Apple Medley in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Oops…

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Yesterday, 2:55pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Angels From The Ashes in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Many thanks, Frank. Your comments are always appreciated.

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Yesterday, 2:54pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion The Young Black Cow (O'Neill, No. 220) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

A fine, uncomplicate arrangement here, Martin. The two instruments go so well together in your version here.

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Yesterday, 2:52pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Amazing Grace in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Christian, we all use whatever we have in our armouries and it is all completely valid if it gets us the results we want. I always enjoy your...

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Yesterday, 2:48pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion The Wild Rose of the Mountain in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

On slow tunes I more often than not use downstrokes for most of the notes, Ginny. I find I get a more consistent feel to the tune using them, I...

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Yesterday, 2:20pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Carolan's Devotion (Miss Fetherston) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, Frithjof. It's not a Carolan tune one hears very often and it challenges you to make musical sense of the notation, but it's very rewarding...

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Yesterday, 1:33pm

Ginny Aitchison replied to a discussion The Wild Rose of the Mountain in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Now I'm curious about why Frithjof and John both used down strokes for their eighth notes? Not that that is wrong, just unusual maybe???

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Yesterday, 12:57pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Week #77 ~ Hewlett in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, John, Frithjof and Christian. I had actually intended to add a mandolin part in the same way as my 2015 recording in this thread -- using the...

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Yesterday, 12:51pm

Christian DP replied to a discussion Week #77 ~ Hewlett in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Nice to see you playing the tenor guitar, Martin. Sounds fine in your hands. The variation is a nice bonus.

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Yesterday, 12:36pm

Christian DP replied to a discussion Amazing Grace in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

That was quite a complex version, Sherry, triplet scale runs, tremolo and all. Well executed, fine playing! John you are probably right, but...

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Yesterday, 12:04pm

Frithjof replied to a discussion The Wild Rose of the Mountain in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks a lot, Frank. I own this mandolin since 2009 and love it. :) It was probably built in Markneukirchen/Saxony before 1950 by Kurt Ruth or at...

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Yesterday, 11:45am

Frithjof replied to a discussion Amazing Grace in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Sherry, I’m really impressed how strive forward step by step. Nice recording!

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