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Amanda -

Did you attend the Montpelier Rabble Rouser session? I'm a regular there, although I did not attend yesterday. Happy to fill you in on the scene. You'll be fine. You just need to...

I'll be there! Last year was my first time attending and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. This year is bound to even better!

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Here's a recent? thread on this topic. Note post #45 which references 19th century composer Robert Schumann who aspired to be high flying professional pianist, before turning to composition. He...

neat video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H27FChhSi8&t=85s

That's kind of been my predicament too- I'm more focused on Scottish/Cape Breton traditional music, not super into bluegrass. I did go to Mandolin Camp North in Massachusetts last year (I would say a...

Shout out to Amanda for organizing a lovely meetup. Met lots of fine people and played lots of fine mandolins.

To narrow it down just a tiny bit more I’ll also be toting an F body oval hole Eastman.

See y’all at 11:00

The classifieds here on the Cafe.

Judged strictly as music, Monroe’s (instrumental) recording of Turkey In The Straw is one of my favorite mandolin pieces. It’s exciting to me and I find it a lot of fun to play. It can be tough to...

Caught Matt Flinner and Joe K Walsh in the very small Upstate NY town of Galway, Matt played a lot of banjo, I forgave him for that as they covered Don Stover's "Things in Life" wonderfully.
Joe...

I bought the weekend pass and booked my room.

It has gone in, to pick up sometime next week. Can't wait.
Might take my classical guitar in too, its bridge is lifting and the fret edges are a bit sharp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tjmX26n1EA

I wasn't sure what I thought about this at first. On one hand, sure, you could say there's too many notes, it's too flashy, too far from the melody and...

They have quite different effects. I like both the high sound of the mandolin, and the deeper, fuller sound of the tenor banjo. Well played.

I use Evan Marshall’s approach.

Of available time:
10% warmup
30% technical, scales, right hand, etc
30% new repetoire
30% old repetoire

With some variation of course:)

Enda Scahill is an excellent teacher and your 17 Fret Bacon is a great choice.

Despite my very large hands,I found that 19 fret banjos with perhaps 22-23 inch scale length was quite a stretch.
I...

I'm with you - CGBD tuning and I do not get along!

I saw Tyler Jackson at Red Hot Strings last year. I get it.:mandosmiley:

Here's my 1921 Fairbanks-Vega series N tenor. I'm with ya!

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While stopping to tune at a concert in Glasgow last year: "Bill Monroe said, 'No A-string ever went to heaven!' "

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDWU2SR27g4

Was flying today and had one of my mandos with me, an f-style, in a soft case.

After it went through the X-ray machine, the TSA agent operating the X-ray said "Sir, what kind of guitar is this?"
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Shoulda went to Carter's when Arnold's meat+3 was still next door...it was an all-day affair with a recovery period afterward mandatory!

Good Morning all,
I had the opportunity to see Nickel Creek with my family last night at the Byham Theater in Pittsburgh on the second stop on their current tour. It was the fifth or sixth time...