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Your left-hand thumb will partly (largely?) be prescribed by the neck shape, perhaps more so than by scale length. Also consider, e.g., players of Roman-type mandolins (Sebastiaan de Grebber may...

Niles Hokkanen recommends mandolin left hand fingering for mandola but wisely says that this all depends on the size of your hands and that smaller hands may need a different approach. Below is an...

I have several 17 inch scale mandolas, nut varies from inch and 3/8ths to inch and a quarter, the width of the fret board does affect the left hand approach. I would say I tend to use the classical 3...

Some of your questions about fingering options may be found in Calace's "Metodo per liuto cantabile"

https://imslp.org/wiki/Metodo_per_liuto_cantabile%2C_Opp.85-88_(Calace%2C_Raffaele)
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Music theory isn't a set of rules you follow to make music, it's a description of the music, and a language for describing music. The theory comes from the music, not the other way round.

No, but there are plenty of situations in which people attempt to learn music without spending more than minimal time listening. I've heard many people who thought they'd learned, say, Cape Breton or...

I appreciate the AI-dude's take on using the word "always" and the examples he gave.

Just wondering - is there a situation where listening would not be recommended when playing music?

Kirk

Wait, I thought Simon's enitre profile was AI generated.... :redface:

Wait, you're having AI write your forum posts? :disbelief:

Couldn't that be construed as taking a turn toward the dark side? :whistling:

My guess is that it has been mentioned before in previous threads, but I would highly recommend reading Field Guide to the Irish Session, by Barry Foy. It is gently funny and filled with spot-on...

I've solved similar "blisters" under finish by pricking a tiny hole (or couple depending on area) with tip of very sharp scalpel and application of drop of diluted shellac (1 pound cut or thinner)...

Absolutely! "Bluegrass up the Neck" and "The Pentatonic Mandolin" are two of the best instruction book/CD's available!

This is the fourth song of my Goblin Folk project, where I use electric & acoustic mandolin family instruments to create music that feral woodland humanoids would enjoy. It's a take on Andante Lute,...

Buddha, I think that you’ve made a wise and courageous decision to start learning mandolin at 75. I do think that it helps with attention, and manual and mental acuity. I started at 77 after a twenty...

For me, playing from notation, whether staff notation or tablature, IS ear-playing, in that you can't play the written notes properly until you recognize them in your mind as a sequence of musical...

I'm no expert, but I've used the three methods (notation, tablature, and ear learning) and found that each has advantages. You're not dealing with an"either/or" situation.

Notation: When you can...

This song was my introduction to the Allman Brothers. Here is a version with Dickey front and center.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmetEMv7SfQ

If by "dots" you mean standard notation, then I'm in a similar place with the mandolin. I find the notation to be easier to sight read and to gain a broader understanding of the piece of music. The...

When I had my Levoi OM and with the cittern I'm playing now, I've always just used guitar model Shubb capos, straight or radiused as appropriate. They can be a little wider than really needed on a...

This seems like an ad in the wrong section of the forum.

That's a very interesting comment about Art, given that everything that's made is a form of human expression. The hierarchy of 'utility' versus 'ART' seems challenged by better machines. And many...

You mean 'le fil'?

I attend the session in question on a regular basis. It's a great, welcoming session. Please do not speculate about the character of the session. I have contacted the OP privately, and I'm happy...

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...

In most languages it is feminine.

In Spanish it's feminine - la mandolina
In French it's feminine - la mandoline
in German it's feminine - die mandoline
in Dutch it's feminine
In Russian it's...