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Today, 1:06am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Leviathan Hornpipe in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Yay Dennis, hope you’re doing well, always good to hear from you.

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Today, 1:02am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Christmas Tunes in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Lovely playing as usual and thanks for this new (to me) tune, Christian. It’s so good to hear all this melodic diversity.

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Today, 12:59am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Prince Charles's Last View Of Scotland in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Sweet playing of this tragic tune, both of you, and wonderful to hear the subtle differences of each member’s interpretation.

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Yesterday, 8:46pm

Gelsenbury replied to a discussion Leviathan Hornpipe in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Yep, far too difficult for me. You both play it well, though.

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Yesterday, 8:39pm

Gelsenbury replied to a discussion Half Past Four in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Great duo, indeed. Your arrangements and recordings always sound so professional!

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Yesterday, 8:33pm

Gelsenbury replied to a discussion Christmas Tunes in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

I think Simon started the Christmas season by commenting on my year-old video! Listening back to it, I can see that this was before I realised that...

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Yesterday, 7:41pm

Ginny Aitchison replied to a discussion Prince Charles's Last View Of Scotland in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Both are different and that's what this forum is all about. I love the diversity of the same tune played differently. Nice playing both of you.

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Yesterday, 5:40pm

Frankdolin replied to a thread Your favorite mandolin tuning tips? in General Mandolin Discussions

Several good answers here. However you do it, you want your mandolin to be in tune, simple. One way to tell is strum all your strrings open. You...

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Yesterday, 4:01pm

Jill McAuley replied to a thread My favorite Red Bear pick just broke after a decade :( in Equipment

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Yesterday, 1:51pm

Christian DP replied to a discussion Christmas Tunes in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Nice work, Dennis. Does the appearance of this thread mean, the Chistmas Season is officially opened? So I'm going to start the row of Carols for...

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Yesterday, 1:30pm

Christian DP replied to a discussion Prince Charles's Last View Of Scotland in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Two fine renditions of this beautiful tune. Evelyn's arrangement sounds a little lusher and John's a little more economic, but both sound great!

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Yesterday, 1:19pm

Michael Pastucha replied to a thread Parchment Farm Blues in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

I do like my RM-1. However, I have noticed some terrible consequences of having an instrument with ultraviolet light-cured finishes and living in...

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Yesterday, 1:06pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Prince Charles's Last View Of Scotland in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Here is my arrrangement of this haunting air. I wrote a simple harmony line, almost a bass part, for guitar, and just alternated the melody between...

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Yesterday, 11:02am

Simon DS replied to a thread Parchment Farm Blues in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Terrible history. Were they allowed writing materials while in high security at the farm? Maybe ‘Parchment’ is an allusion to that. Very low...

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Yesterday, 8:56am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Christmas Tunes in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Very nice Dennis, -and the playing too!

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Yesterday, 8:32am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Queries/questions in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Looking forward to seeing your thread, And hearing your Version, Jess. :) This is the link to the present poll Page, and still open for voting...

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Yesterday, 8:22am

Simon DS replied to a poll Poll for the Song a Week Social Group Week #554 in Song and Tune Projects

By the way, it’s still not too late to vote!

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Yesterday, 8:17am

JL277z replied to a discussion Queries/questions in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Simon wrote: "Many thanks Jess, very complete! I got some of it by ear, will have to do some more playing along. Some of those triplets I wouldn’t...

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Yesterday, 7:15am

Simon DS replied to a thread Free Mandolin Tabs in General Mandolin Discussions

Here’s an example of a social project where people got together to help get the music out there. It’s a page of historic music documents in .abc...

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Yesterday, 5:58am

Jill McAuley replied to a thread Your favorite mandolin tuning tips? in General Mandolin Discussions

I was just sat down playing my mandolin this morning - one pass through with the Polytune tuner, starting with the G course and working my way down,...

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Nov-29-2021, 10:44pm

Brian560 replied to a thread How to search through a big PDF? in General Mandolin Discussions

I don't think Simon is talking about one long continuous pdf page, but a set of pages assembled into one file to create a book. The new Adobe Acrobat...

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Nov-29-2021, 7:13pm

Michael Pastucha replied to a thread Parchment Farm Blues in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Hey Mike, if you upgraded your iPad to 15, that would be the reason you can't see the post on the Mandolin Cafe. It doesn't show on mine either! ...

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Nov-29-2021, 5:45pm

Simon DS replied to a thread The Cobblestone, Famous Irish Pub Saved from Developers in General Mandolin Discussions

Good news! And sorry I forgot to say, with TheGuardian and many other newspapers, if you temporarily block all of your cookies on your web...

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Nov-29-2021, 5:40pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Prince Charles's Last View Of Scotland in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks a lot! That comes down to a matter of taste -- I didn't want to replicate the earlier version but go for a contrasting one. The Gibson and...

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Nov-29-2021, 4:42pm

Brian560 replied to a thread Is there an easy way to convert TAB to notation? in General Mandolin Discussions

I attached a pdf of the standard notation for cruising timber that Matthiew created using TablEdit

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Nov-29-2021, 4:37pm

Jill McAuley replied to a thread The Cobblestone, Famous Irish Pub Saved from Developers in General Mandolin Discussions

Yes, I was delighted to get a notification email this morning from Dublin City Council to say that permission for the hotel had been refused! It...

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Nov-29-2021, 3:45pm

Simon DS started a thread The Cobblestone, Famous Irish Pub Saved from Developers in General Mandolin Discussions

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/29/dublin-famous-music-pub-the-cobblestone-saved-from-developers-refused-planning-permission-hotel

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Nov-29-2021, 3:44pm

Martin Jonas replied to a discussion Leviathan Hornpipe in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, Simon. Looking at your fingering, I think the tune is a lot harder in Bb major than in G, because of the Eb on the sixth fret. It falls...

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Nov-29-2021, 12:15pm

Simon DS replied to a thread Parchment Farm Blues in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

This is a classic Michael! Hard to say this but it’s even better than the original! You’ve put in some great rhythm and those instruments sound...

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Nov-29-2021, 12:06pm

Michael Pastucha started a thread Parchment Farm Blues in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

I've never posted to this forum before, my stuff is usually found over at the SAW Social Group. A fellow member of the SAW group suggested placing my...

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