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Major and minor for a rainy and sunny day. Named for a fancied resemblance to Kitchen Gal. In the Vaguely Celtic genre.

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I've never owned anything else - Kentucky 150, Flatiron A5 Jr (my main mandolin), Gibson A0, Big Muddy.

Scrolls are nice, but those points are in odd places, don't you think?

D.H.

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Harry Smith-style plot summary: BOY MEETS GIRL AMIDST STATED VEGETATION, HE GETS FRESH WITH HER, IS SPURNED, GOES OFF TO SULK,...

I was beginning to doubt the veracity of my calendar.

D.H.

Thanks, all. I bought a set of flats from Emando. I might try a heavier gage e string to get the volume more even. Single strings aren't hard to get.

D.H.

Definitely not a bluegrass version - last solo is electric mandolin.

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It's a boy, Mrs. Walker, it's a boy.

D.H.

That was great - mysterious and deep.

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

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I've been thrown out of a number of barrooms for not drinking enough.

D.H.

I prefer a big honkin TC Unitune. Bought a mandolin that came in a case covered with stickers - fine by me. I also dress funny.

D.H.

I often play A as G 2240 E, barring the G and D strings with 1st finger. Am is 2230. If the E string rings it's fine, since it's part of the chord.

In some cases you might want to mute a...

Here's Jake Wildwood's detailed look at a Slingerland b-m; the headstock looks not unlike the one in the video.

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Nope - I'm only 71!

D.H.

Carter Fambly stuff is easy to pick up.

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I don't think I've heard a minor-key Hank tune before. It reminds a bit of Dylan's Man in the Long Black Coat.

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An Irish set dance, though perhaps derived from an earlier Scottish or English tune. The outro is taken from the instrumental interlude in...

That sounds fabulously interesting! Here's Eastman's "contact us" page: https://www.eastmanguitars.com/contact

D.H.

Very nice, Frank. My mother used to sing the Put Your Little... version around the house. :)

D.H.

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A medley of two tunes. The first is an Irish hornpipe, Pleasures of Hope, that I found in Robin Williamson’s fiddle tune...

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Thank you for asking. I put the tune together before I got the BM, so I did write it out.

The tab was barely intelligible to me the next day, so it probably wouldn't do anybody else...

I'm sorry to hear that - it's not like I need any more mandola temptation! :))

D.H.

New (to me) mandolin day. My Christmas present to myself. I bought a Big Muddy M1X with pickup and case from Sal at the Acoustic Guitar Forum. (Thanks to him for doing a great packing job.)

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A chilly-sounding tune for New Year's Day. This is traditionally sung in Greece by children on St. Basil's feast day, January first.

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