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I'm reminded of some observations made by Mike about Monroe’s playing that I found very insightful .. and by extension relate toMike’s playing as well…

(from interviews w/ Mike )

“The Monroe...

A good way to think about this style is that it's emulating the pulse and the drive of old time fiddle playing. What you are hearing is indeed intentional, and is very much in line the the sliding...

good stuff in the video, and there's a lot more on Scotts channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@TheHutto132/videos


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


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Cowboy Waltz

Been to several of his camps (Kamps), though as a guitar player. There is much more than mandolin at these gatherings. Guitar, banjo, fiddle, upright bass, singing, song writing, dobro (and...

Excellent question and discussion!

Keep in mind, in art which includes music, there are no rules, there are only conventions... But there are also situations that come up, and, there are also...

Speaking of that front page, once Mandolin Mondays runs its 24 hours, tomorrow it'll look like this:

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just wanted to be sure none of us here on the jazz board missed the happy news posted today on the front page..

" Jethro Burns's Tea For One rereleased by Acoustic Disc"


required listening...

general tips that might move things along:

No matter what you're working on(scales/arppegios, melodies, transcriptions, chords, chord-melodies) try to keep track of how it sounds, how it feels,...

Well this thread came at the perfect time. I am also looking into getting a Big Muddy.
I love this video of Brian Oberlin demoing some of the different models, but still I want to try them out for...