12 year bump...
12 year bump...
Well, I hope some of y'all tuned in. Turned out Wyatt Ellis is a 12-year-old mandolin prodigy. He and Sierra did a fine duet, with him holding his own, even though Sierra shone like a mandolin sun...
“It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterward that makes it right or wrong.” This famous quote from Miles Davis is the gist of how I'd answer the questions...
Hey friends! Don Stiernberg is one of the world’s great mandolin players. In this video, he chats about his music, career, and connection with the legendary Jethro Burns. Don also gives us some tips...
I just read that Norman Blake turned 86 on 10th March, and I would like to wish him well.
I saw him play on my first trip to the USA in 1977, and have always enjoyed him ever since.
Thanks for...
Hawktail is as far from Bluegrass as you can get. I saw them again at Wintergrass a couple of weeks ago. Has Mr Sun been mentioned?
Iron...
Ideally, you'd use a two-footed bridge on an instrument with two longitudinal tone bars (like the F5/H5/A5) where you have a foot positioned over each tone bar. And you'd use a full-footed...
Best way NOT to learn mandolin with ADHD: “Practice something until you can play it x number of times without a mistake before moving on”
Best way to learn mandolin with ADHD: Think of three or...
didn't see this posted yet, good stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHBmiOJ_pPs
good stuff from two of the best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBpFlwXojRY
Decided to look for videos of Jethro playing with one of my favorite comedy/folk guitar pickers - Steve Goodman, and came across this video on Youtube. I see it hasn't been shared in here in a while...
My apologies if someone has already mentioned this on the board somewhere but I wanted to post a link as I just discovered it last night. Super excited to see this one. For those of you who have...
Love the F4 John is pickin' on though it says 23 F5 in the intro credits
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this is excellent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFPa3Db9t8E
Practicing slow is sometimes referred to as "perfect practice" . If we can't play slow and deliberate, we can never play fast. It isn't specific to any musical instrument, its a "rudiment"
I...
Both things you describe are extremely difficult and not for beginniers.
If you do barré, it's not customary to play notes on the upper strings that are on lower frets. If you need that kind of...
Yup, Strings introduces the band by name in the last verse. Usually, Schatz wears a hat.
That was an excellent run through the song, as you'd expect from that roster. However, I usually...
goodness, everybody on this are top shelf. Sam Bush playing mandolin and bass, quick glimpse of him holding a blonde mando(does he have a new axe?), Bela, Tony T, Michael on fiddle and as always is a...
The big recurring names are not only good but also prolific over a long period, so they have a body of work that can be judged for consistency etc.
And perhaps a few whose instruments command good...
Just saw a fantastic interview on YouTube last night - Rick Beato with Bela Fleck. What an amazing show... so much great information that would be of interest to any/every musician. Can't think of...
Sharon is such a good mandolin player, and an excellent teacher.
Interesting story about this mandolin i just read in the video info, first time i've heard about this, keep in mind i live under a...
chord is 1-3-5 of the scale played simultaneously
arpeggio is 1-3-5 of the scale played in sequence
arpeggios always follow chord shapes and can be extended to 7th and adapted to minor and...
Here's another early morning video which I did after breakfast today.
It's an old Scottish air from the Simon Fraser Collection called Ruairi Dubh, also known as Roderick Dhu, the Clanalpin Chief....
Thanks for all the kind comments so far. I've released another video today and this time we take a look at finding our triad arpeggios in G,C and D and our pentatonics using the double stop shapes we...
Well worth the time to check this out. Awesome all the way around. Singing, Picking, and tune selection are superb. Some killer mandolin picking by Dominick Leslie and Ric Robertson....