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  1. Re: Strategies (or contraptions) to tame the flying fingers?

    The more one uses the 4th finger in playing, the less unruly it becomes.
  2. Re: Strategies (or contraptions) to tame the flying fingers?

    Just think about keeping them down when you practice, and eventually that will become your default. I don’t think there’s a shortcut other than just working slowly through left hand exercises with...
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    Re: Finally, a Lyon & Healy Set

    Here you go -- one of my first and favorite arrangements for the Ecco Mandolin Ensemble, Traveller's Prayer by John Renbourn, performed on all L&H Instruments (the dola, cello, and bass from the...
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    Re: post a video of yourself

    Rummaging through some old hard disks recently and came across this mandolin-&-guitar arrangement of Calace's Moto perpetuo, recorded in 2007 in a Shanghai hotel lounge:

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    Re: Tom Wright Trio -- new video

    I remixed the audio to clean up the sound and get closer to the mandolin voice I intended. Now posted at my YouTube channel. I am pleased at being able to present good versions of tunes I wrote for a...
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    Re: Etude Op.45 Nr.4 by Franz Wohlfahrt

    I took a quick look at this material. On the base of first four etudes of Wohlfart's Op.45, I can say that the main difference in our techniques is in the use of the fourth finger of the left hand.
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    Etude Op.45 Nr.4 by Franz Wohlfahrt

    My transcription of Etude Op.45 Nr.4 by Franz Wohlfahrt (1833-1884), originally written for violin but also useful for mandolin. In the preface to Etudes Op.45 the maestro says:
    If practiced...
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    Re: post a video of yourself

    I wasn't intending to make a video to post here, however I made a video for my Facebook friends for St. Paddy's Day. It turned out well so I put it on Youtube, and so maybe I should post it here...
  9. 12 THINGS I Wish I Knew as a Beginner Mandolinist(interesting vid

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNxkFDDObL0
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    Gaspar Sanz Goes Electric

    https://soundcloud.com/zakkramer/goblins-folly?si=f240e2bc14d44ca1891336a42193cdad&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

    "La Folias" serves as the central theme to this...
  11. El árbol del cariño - popular song from Rio de la Plata region

    “El árbol del cariño” (The tree of affection) is a popular song from Rio de la Plata region.
    Simple, nice and easy piece I recorded for my students for practicing and playing along.

    The singer...
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    Re: Franks' Mandolin Kitchen

    Sleep well !!! Thanks for the Listen! :sleepy::sleepy::sleepy::mandosmiley:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmYJ6Cmgqlw
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    Re: Franks' Mandolin Kitchen

    Thanks Guys! Here's an old English folk tune. Thanks for the Listen!~o):mandosmiley::mandosmiley:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA2Oa9ao1u0
  14. Re: Anybody Got a Copy of Ranieri Method Vol 1 and 2?

    Okay, I started searching on Amazon.de and Amazon.uk but to no avail. I ended up looking on UK ebay and I found a copy of volume 1 and 2! I purchased for ~$50 US. I hope they come soon so I can use...
  15. Anybody Got a Copy of Ranieri Method Vol 1 and 2?

    Before I buy, I wanted to check to see if anyone has a copy of Volumes 1 and 2 of this method? If anyone wants to send me a physical copy, I will happily scan it with a high-quality scanner and place...
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    Re: Technique adjustments

    I thought long and hard before replying to this thread. Maybe I am just not able to understand what the teacher told you. Maybe it is a wording problem. And I do not want to bash any teacher...
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  17. Re: Como llora una estrella - Venezuelan waltz

    nice version

    John Reischman, Butch Baldasarri and Robin Bullock recorded it on thier "Travellers" album, John also teaches it in his Peghead Nation melodic tunes course.

    One of the great...
  18. Re: Como llora una estrella - Venezuelan waltz

    It's good to hear it on mandolin, as I've heard it as a guitar piece. Thanks for the nice playing.
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    Etude Op.45 Nr.8 by Franz Wohlfahrt

    My tremolo version of Etude Op.45 Nr.8 by Franz Wohlfahrt (1833-1884)

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    Toomas Rannu
    Flat-backed mandolin, crafted by Viljar Kuusk in 2008 (Tallinn, Estonia)
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    Roving on a Winter's Night

    First recorded by Doc Watson. I was reminded of the song by Hannah Sanders' and Ben Savage's great recent version.

    https://soundcloud.com/user-875085466/roving-on-a-winters-night
  21. Paul McCartney reunited with long-lost Hofner bass guitar

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rrviOb-hg8
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    Re: My Journey so far.

    Hi Tom. I'm Scottish and live in Northumberland. I've owned hundreds of mandolins and acoustic guitars (high end and low end) over the last 50 years. No disrespect meant but when you said the Eastman...
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    Re: Italian Mandolin music being forgotten ???

    when it gets to the USA


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0Fs7_pied4


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqA4IviTEwQ


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRCYp9Lft8c
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    Re: Franks' Mandolin Kitchen

    HI Folks! This pretty little tune was written for the accordian, and I could not figure out the the chords on the 6-string. Annd I'm probably using the wrong chords here, but.... Thanks for the...
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    Re: Skene Manuscript

    Some more tunes from Daunay's transcription of the Skene manuscript. No duplicates, I believe.

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