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Aug-16-2022, 3:46am

Bren replied to a thread Essay on Mandolin Orchestras in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

The Shetland Mandolin Band plays mainly folk-inspired repertoire. https://youtu.be/nDGTwVCgw5U Players include top local fretted instrument...

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Aug-16-2022, 3:26am

Bren replied to a thread Essay on Mandolin Orchestras in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Great stuff, Dotty. I recognise some material from Paul Sparks, who you acknowledge in the bibliography. You have summarised it well within the...

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Aug-14-2022, 5:33pm

Bren replied to a thread poem in today's NYTimes in General Mandolin Discussions

Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns: Guitares et mandolines Camille Saint-Saëns Guitares et mandolines Ont des sons qui font aimer. Tout en croquant...

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Aug-09-2022, 5:39pm

Bren replied to a thread Ry Cooder 1970 mandolin video in Jazz/Blues Variants, Bossa, Choro, Klezmer

Thanks but that sounds like the version of Goin to Brownsville on his first record with percussion, electric slide and all behind the mandolin. I...

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Aug-07-2022, 5:33pm

Bren replied to a thread Moved to Kazakhstan, need free sheet music until stuff arrives in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

Have you been to the Kazakh Museum of Folk Instruments in Almaty? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_Museum_of_Folk_Musical_Instruments I...

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Aug-07-2022, 12:46pm

diptanshu replied to a thread DolinmanX in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

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Aug-04-2022, 7:30pm

Mandophile replied to a thread Ninetta - Mazurka by C. A. Bracco in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

It's always the "B" section that hooks me on a mazurka! Bracco composed a great mazurka (don't think he's ever composed a bad one?)

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Aug-04-2022, 10:25am

Bren replied to a thread Tax and import duty buying a mandolin from the UK? in General Mandolin Discussions

If it makes you feel any better, the total cost of privately importing a mandolin from USA to UK (which I have looked at many times) , is about 50%...

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Aug-03-2022, 6:37pm

Bren replied to a thread Tax and import duty buying a mandolin from the UK? in General Mandolin Discussions

This may be of some help, although the other link inside it doesn't seem to work for me: https://help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-374?language=en_US

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Aug-03-2022, 6:24pm

Bren replied to a thread PEEK Pick by EML Picks in Equipment

I've got a replacement cervical disk in my neck made of PEEK. Maybe I should consider who to leave it to in my will.

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Aug-01-2022, 8:03am

diptanshu replied to a thread DolinmanX in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

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Jul-31-2022, 2:44am

Bren replied to a thread Picking Fiddle Tunes? in General Mandolin Discussions

No, you're not the only one. But that's what threads like this are for, and in the process, we're hearing how different people use language for the...

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Jul-31-2022, 2:35am

Bren replied to a thread Mandolin session in Edinburgh's Waverley Bar in Celtic, U.K., Nordic, Quebecois, European Folk

That is great Kevin, and the mandolins very audible. I wonder will pubs like the Waverley be having weekend sessions during the festival, or will...

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Jul-30-2022, 6:00pm

Bren replied to a thread Kenny Baker in Bluegrass, Newgrass, Country, Gospel Variants

I love his waltz playing (and he played a lot of them). It has universal appeal even for those who don't like bluegrass. In fact I'd say KB is one...

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Jul-27-2022, 9:00am

Bren replied to a thread What's the best way to dust my fretboard? in General Mandolin Discussions

5 grades ahead of a J-cloth! I use Fast Fret and the thin cloth included with that package works fine.

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Jul-26-2022, 4:10pm

Bren replied to a thread New to Mandolin...What next? in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

Amen to that. Many other mandolinists, not just bluegrass, learned from that book, and from what I've seen since , it's never been bettered. ...

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Jul-26-2022, 4:05pm

Bren replied to a thread Andy Irvine's Sobell instruments missing amid airport chaos in Celtic, U.K., Nordic, Quebecois, European Folk

No need to speculate - one of the linked stories in the first post says: The Dutch midwife who delivered my son 33 years ago had just returned...

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Jul-25-2022, 2:35pm

Bren replied to a thread Ever wonder? in General Mandolin Discussions

A mandolin is Amanda Lynn here. Accent on last syllable.

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Jul-25-2022, 12:04pm

Bren replied to a thread Picking Fiddle Tunes? in General Mandolin Discussions

"Fiddle tunes" is the dominant description used here in northeast Scotland, whether played on accordion, mandolin, whistle or whatever. Often as...

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Jul-25-2022, 2:25am

Bren replied to a discussion Week #562 ~ Lament for Abercairney in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks all. I have heard this in sessions but didn't know the name.

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Jul-22-2022, 8:34am

Bren replied to a thread Franks' Mandolin Kitchen in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Thanks Frank! I'll have to do some more thinking about this. I think I've got enough bits and pieces to do something like that.

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Jul-21-2022, 6:47pm

Bren replied to a thread Franks' Mandolin Kitchen in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Frank, this might be (it is)a dumb question, but how do you get your backing track on your video? Is it just playing on another device and picked up...

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Jul-21-2022, 3:06am

diptanshu replied to a thread DolinmanX in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

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