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Today, 10:47am

HonketyHank replied to a discussion My project for March in group Newbies

Anybody here play the flute or recorder or whistle? Here is the rest of the painting. Can you actually play two penny whistles at the same time and...

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Today, 10:23am

HonketyHank added 2 photo(s) to album My Albumin

Yesterday, 7:55pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion My project for March in group Newbies

I think I have seen that in old instructional books as how to use a goose quill pick. Maybe I'm pseudo-remembering it though.

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Yesterday, 5:30pm

HonketyHank replied to a thread Shopgoodwill F5 Gibson??? in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Isn't he the guy who drove old 97? Didn't know he whittled mandolins.

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Yesterday, 12:12pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion My project for March in group Newbies

I know what he is doing! He is playing in open position, so he doesn't NEED that pointer finger. Good exercise!

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Yesterday, 11:05am

HonketyHank replied to a discussion My project for March in group Newbies

Speaking of flyaway fingers, I have been working on that, too, especially that pointy index finger. I suspect that we are not the only folks battling...

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Apr-16-2021, 11:52pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion My project for March in group Newbies

This is turning out to be something of a major project. Some more observations: I am gradually getting over my sore lower back that resulted from...

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Apr-16-2021, 11:30pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion Hi Y'all, I'm still learning mandolin in group Newbies

I bet he would get a kick out of it.

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Apr-16-2021, 10:46pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion Hi Y'all, I'm still learning mandolin in group Newbies

Wasn't that tune (Birdfeeder Waltz) composed by one of the regulars out on the main forum?

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Apr-16-2021, 10:43pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion Another new guy in group Newbies

Well done, NDO.

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Apr-15-2021, 6:24pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion it pays off in group Newbies

That's funny. I started reading the thread and said "who ARE these people?" Then I saw kyleberry's name and "Wow, He's BAAAAAAACK. Is it really him...

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Apr-15-2021, 2:31pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion Hi Y'all, I'm still learning mandolin in group Newbies

Hey Mark - spring has sprung in the NW. Spring is probably a nice time to visit just about anywhere. And the bonus is that it is never really ugly...

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Apr-14-2021, 6:06pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion Hi Y'all, I'm still learning mandolin in group Newbies

I'm still listening -- Keep playin'! I had forgotten all about that Birdfeeder Waltz. Can you do Shave and a Haircut in blues style? Thanks for...

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Apr-12-2021, 4:08pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion My project for March in group Newbies

Still working on it. My objective this month is to do a video of Staten Island HP in a completely closed position (key of E). That will force me to...

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Apr-12-2021, 3:31pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion Another new guy in group Newbies

Good job, Sue! And I can hear why you like that Strad-O-Lin so much. I have now heard only two of them and both surprised me with the nice tone.

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Apr-07-2021, 3:25pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion 2021-04 Tune of the Month - The Staten Island Hornpipe in group Newbies

I know abc notation is not highly popular in the US, but there are quite a few folks at www.thesession.org (THE source for Irish Trad tunes) who...

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Apr-07-2021, 12:12am

HonketyHank replied to a discussion 2021-04 Tune of the Month - The Staten Island Hornpipe in group Newbies

I think generally Celtic or English.

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Apr-06-2021, 9:09pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion Hey from Michigan!~ in group Newbies

Hey Faye, glad you are here! I am a recalcitrant, recidivist, incorrigible Newbie, but nobody is keeping score. Six years ago I decided that it...

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Apr-06-2021, 2:58pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion 2021-03 Tune of the Month "All of Me" in group Newbies

I don't think any of that is feeble - it sounds appropriate for the mood of the tune, in my opinion. Good job on the chord backup, too.

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Apr-04-2021, 7:43pm

HonketyHank replied to a thread Jay Ungar, Mandolin Picker in General Mandolin Discussions

And thanks for the heads up on the Mark Twain movie available on Amazon Prime. Will watch.

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Apr-04-2021, 7:42pm

HonketyHank replied to a thread Jay Ungar, Mandolin Picker in General Mandolin Discussions

Bobby Horton -- see https://www.bobbyhorton.com/bio/

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Apr-02-2021, 9:30pm

HonketyHank started a discussion My project for March in group Newbies

I didn't do the Tune of the Month for March and for that I apologize. I will be doing the April tune. But I did decide to devote March to a project I...

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Apr-01-2021, 12:04pm

HonketyHank replied to a discussion Newbie Tune of the Month Index in group Newbies

april 2021 tune is Staten Island Hornpipe

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Apr-01-2021, 11:53am

HonketyHank started a discussion 2021-04 Tune of the Month - The Staten Island Hornpipe in group Newbies

The tune of the month for April, 2021, is "Staten Island Hornpipe". The Song-A-Week thread on this tune is here:...

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