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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    The picture by Harley Marty of the refretted mandolin looks like it now has fan frets, so the bridge is not necessarily off in the photo, but angled to compensate for the fan fretting, Charles E. ...
  2. Thread: Swindon

    by John Kelly
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    Swindon

    This is a tune I got over on the SAW Group, posted first by John Williamson, and it just took my fancy.
    It is by Northumbrian musician and composer Archie Dagg (1899 - 1990) and the title is the...
  3. Thread: Tam Lin

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    Re: Tam Lin

    One of the staple of my fiddler buddies around here, Colin. It is often used as a sort of competition piece by the young players on their high-speed battles! Also known as The Glasgow Reel, so some...
  4. Thread: Hello All!

    by John Kelly
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    Re: Hello All!

    Ranald, thanks for letting me sleep on in my Scottish time zone! Hope you find something of interest in the SAW Group, Garrett.
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    Re: Dagger Gordon video

    You must have had a good porridge breakfast before playing this old classic, Dagger! You seemed to be really enjoying it (tune as well as breakfast). Great stuff, and I was singing along to what I...
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    Re: Etude Op.45 Nr.10 by Franz Wohlfahrt

    That is indeed a piece that would be a great learning aid, I reckon, Toomas
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    Mrs Jamieson's Favourite

    This is a lovely Scottish slow air composed by Charles Grant, a 19th Century fiddler and composer from Morayshire.

    My version is on octave, mandolin and guitar and based on an arrangement got from...
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    Re: The Queen's Welcome to Invercauld

    Many thanks, Mick. Bothies traditionally were basic farm buildings where the workers were housed, a bit like the bunkhouse that featured in so many of the cowboy films I feasted on as a youngster. ...
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    The Queen's Welcome to Invercauld

    This is a James Scott Skinner fiddle composition I have adapted to octave mandolin and guitar. The Queen in the title is Victoria, not the recently departed Elizabeth, who passed away very near to...
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    Re: The Nomad (mandola duet)

    A great tune and arrangement, Colin. Very fine playing too!
  11. Re: Developing a lighter touch on the pick and strings

    Experiment too with different picks. A heavier pick can make you play more lightly as you feel that it needs less picking power to get a good tone. At least I seem to find that! Bren mentions...
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    Re: "Mandolin Players In Ireland" Social Group

    Good to see (and hear) the fingers still working their magic, Dagger! I am assuming the porridge and honey breakfast preceded this set? Great seamless transitions too.
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    Re: post a video of yourself

    A great tone from that instrument, Jo. The composition really reflects the mood you create with the superimposed tidal ripples.
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    Re: post a video of yourself

    My mandolin and guitar version of the tune Winter Sky by the Danish/Irish trio Kasir.

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    Re: post a video of yourself

    A lovely slow air composed by the late Gordon Duncan, an amazing piper, whistle player and composer. My version is on mandolin (my own-build ten string tuned DGDAE as suggested by Dagger Gordon) and...
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    Re: post a video of yourself

    Fine arrangement and delivery, Dagger. This one is on my list (as a song rather than instrumental) for a Burns evening I am taking part in on the 2nd weekend in February organised by the local...
  17. Re: Musescore versus Dorico for music notation in the IPad?

    Musescore is free to all users and not just in a limited version. It does everything you seem to be looking for and also can import .abc files and produce standard notation from the imported .abc. ...
  18. Re: Flatwater Fran (mandolin, mandola, concertina, guitar) waltz

    Great arrangement and playing of this very popular tune, Colin. As Bren says, it is a staple in so many of our Scottish sessions over here and always enjoyed by both players and audiences.
  19. Re: Convince me of the value of strict DUDU picking?

    My own experience (self-taught and not having heard of DUD DUD before finding the Cafe) very much tallies with Dagger Gordon's as he posted above. Maybe there is something about being Scottish here?...
  20. Re: Christmas carol “Der Heiland ist geboren” from Austria

    A pleasant seasonal offering here, Toomas. The hybrid picking works so well on those tunes.
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    Re: post a video of yourself

    What a lovely video and idea. The dancers are such fun!
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    Re: post a video of yourself

    A set of two 2/4 Scottish marches, played on mandolin and octave with guitar backing.
    Have a great Christmas, everyone!

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    Re: Christmas carol from Batschka (Bačka)

    Once again your hybrid picking creates a great arrangement, Toomas. Very clean playing and a great seasonal melody. Merry Christmas to you too!
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    Re: Need suppliers in Europe

    Lost in Croatia asked: "I think that I will use mahogany for the neck and maple for the fingerboard. What think you?" Mahogany is a good choice for neck as is maple for fingerboards. I was lucky...
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    Re: Dagger Gordon video

    Comment posted over on the Videos, Pictures and Soundfiles section of the forum, Dagger. Great playing.
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