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This is me with my fiddling friend Sarah Huntington playing two versions of Coleman's March on YouTube. The two versions harmonize perfectly. Enjoy!
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Thanks, John, for telling me about Band in a Box. It costs nearly $100 and I don't want to spend all that money for my YouTube project. If I have to get a second person to turn off Musicca drum...

Lucy, you are a HOT PLAYER. Really nice videos on YouTube.

Thanks, Eric F. That's a great blues. But I still don't know how to dust my 2 inch paint brush.

Thanks, journeybear. You are so helpful and kind. What a wonderful person you must be. I hope you are happy. I like it that you are a professional dreamer. I'll check out your instructions...

Thanks, Ranald and Bren, for writing back. According to Brian Oberlin, the mandolinist and leader of the Michigan Mandolin Orchestra, it was a reel first, and then arranged for orchestra. There are...

I heard a beautiful rendition of this fiddle tune played by the Michigan Mandolin Orchestra. But I can't find a fiddle or mandolin version of it. Seems it's been taken over by orchestras. Anyone...

Cool! A great tune for a yankee1! We support the Constitution!

Hi BoxCarJoe. Thanks so much for the longer drum set. I'm excited to try to fit this together with Consitution March and put it into YouTube. I'll give you credit for the drums.

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My new fiddle tune is Cora Dye. I found the notation from Gary Harrison -- Fiddle -- Indian Creek Delta Boys. Another good one is Baby Ben (James Bryan, fiddle) Both of these tunes are fairly...

Gibcaster000, thanks for another book suggestion. I listened to the variations for Take Me Back To Tulsa and find Tuttle's variations are more in the swing style than the McGann variations are. For...

Thank you all for replying. Turns out I already have Audacity. But File/Export audio is greyed out. What can I do about that?

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Hello, wormpicker. Your ideas are so interesting, and I know they really work. I, too, tend to play a skeletal/outline version of many tunes, and enjoy adding a few notes here and there at a time. ...

Wow! So many replies and viewpoints, I can't answer each one individually.

Ranald wrote: "There are no easy answers to how one handles this, but, be warned, if your improvisation gets complex,...

Dear David, that is definitely in my future. I want to start a band at my apartment after New Years. I have to put it off till then due to some construction that will be happening inside my...

Try playing the Giga along with a slow YouTube, while reading along with the notation. You can do a Loop on YouTube using the Right mouse click, and also slow it down to 75% or 50% using the Gear...

Thanks Mike, Scott, and EVERYONE for tackling the problem of my missing -- and re-found -- avatar! Okay, everybody, let's get back to practicing our mandolins! Here we go!!!! I'm finishing up...

Italian mandolin lovers are in luck! Brian Oberlin, my teacher and consummate virtuoso, has worked up maybe 15+ Italian pieces. You can buy the album here: ...

What's under my tree this Christmas will stay there till next weekend!!!! We got snowed/iced out so my boyfriend and I can't get out of the house! I'm alone in my apartment doing some practicing...

I play Old Time fiddle tunes on the mandolin. I'd like to know of any solo mandolin CDs or MP3s of fiddle tunes played on solo mandolin -- no vocals, no band. There are individual tunes on YouTube,...

Irving Berlin couldn't read music, either,nor could Harpo Marx. Paul McCartney can't. Here's an interesting article about Irving Berlin, whom you may know composed countless hits including White...

I think a gerund is a "verbal noun." I'll look it up. Such as "tabling." Well, it looks like I'm right, but there are two opposite interpretatios in the wheb. Merriam webster agrees with me (or I...

Duh....I was starting the look up the meaning of gerund...then I got your point...

Hello, David, you wrote: "In your initial exploration Stick to diatonics. So Maj, min, min, maj, maj, min, dim (though in this case minor will work with judicious fingering) "

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Thanks to ALL OF YOU!!! for your fine discussion! Very helpful, and I will cc/save all of your comments. One thing I want to say is about "using your ear and if it sounds good." Personally, ...