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I don’t play classical music nor style so I’m somewhat limited. :(
I have an octave (20.5 inch) and have played it like a mandolin from day one.
I’d say that this is definitely the way to play...

I remember back in the ‘70’s when friends would come over to our house with a single or LP that they’d just managed somehow to get hold of, and we were all excited because it was an ‘import’, meaning...

Quite important to listen, I mean extremely important to listen when playing, you’ll notice this in a session, later on at night…

However YES! there are a number of situations where it’s important...

From AI (because I’m busy at the moment):

In the context of music and music theory, the word "always" can be considered a form of hyperbole, which is a figure of speech involving exaggeration for...

Welcome! Never too old to do anything! :))

https://abcnotation.com/searchTunes?q=cluck&f=c&o=a&s=10

#18 [6] might do, why not take the melody and jack it up a third, and another example maybe down to the sixth.
Then play the standard...

Inspiring performance Frank.

It’s now in second edition 1 jan 2013.

Same tune here: https://abcnotation.com/tunePage?a=tunearch.org/wiki/Pittengardner%27s_Rant.no-ext/0001
Good luck! :)

In the past I’ve written out tunes like this (for myself) but it was just a shorthand way of getting more variations, or various harmonised riffs onto just the one page. This may have been a factor,...

AI transport is woodshedding on autopilot.
You slide into a beautiful aluminium box in New York with your mandolin and a subscription to the AI mandolin school and by the time you’ve reached San...

Always good to get different perspectives on triplets, quadruplets, quin… and then make up your own mind. Here’s one:


https://youtu.be/FXnQ5l-Qo1A?feature=shared
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Agreed, exactly, these question’s are so complex and our political vocabulary so poor* that it’s not worth talking about them during a session.
:mandosmiley: :mandosmiley: :mandosmiley:...

You could say, I’ll be arriving in Europe in November if that’s what you intended to say. :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

The UK is not now part of Europe, while Ireland is in...

Many thanks! :)
VITRIFOLK NOTATION IS HERE and here are the respective MIDI FILES.

A lot of it's to do with how people associate with the music (and to some extent a patriotic belief system).

A Bal Folk jam in MN. will necessarily be more stereotypical than in Europe.
You...

There are Italian Folk Bal dances too, Portuguese.
I hope these musicians don't plan on not playing Flemish Bal Folk! :)) in Wallonië.

Bal Folk is a lot more modern, like 1850's onwards and...

I’m not sure I understand you when you use the terms ‘French’ and ‘English’ in this context.
For example Cornwall is in England. The Massif Central is in the centre of France but many over here...

Oops I sent the notation-only version,
well here's La Chavannée, the all-inclusive notation/TAB version,
bon appétit! :)

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Up till now I have remembered tunes visually as key-related and inter-related chunks of paths on the fretboard. I don't often look at the fretboard but can 'see' it from feeling. I can't remember...

Hmmmm, well, not bad.


https://youtu.be/HxBcO4DLaGc?feature=shared

Exquisite, heart-felt Irish-style jig rhythm: Marla Fibish

One time at school when I was about 15 in a Religious Knowledge class a friend next to me gave the teacher a long serene but sickly smile.
Then when he knew that everyone was ready he said, ‘who is...

And another one is to make sure that when you practice these tunes you begin at lots of different parts.
You can record the tune yourself at slow tempo and let it loop, then practice playing nothing...

Yes and also be aware that the finger flows at speed can be very different from slow playing.
At speed you're pushing rather than swinging the pick, while fret fingers spread out and are simply...

Get your mando a good set-up.
A $3000 mandolin with a bad set-up is a monster! :)
A cheap mandolin with a good set-up will be a friend to you.

There’s a great free book on DIY set-ups by Rob...