Please allow me to go "black and white" for one post. :)
I've played with guitarists, banjoists, bouzouki-ists and mandolinists who played DUDDUD and sounded "right", I've played with those who...
Please allow me to go "black and white" for one post. :)
I've played with guitarists, banjoists, bouzouki-ists and mandolinists who played DUDDUD and sounded "right", I've played with those who...
Here's an attempt to illustrate the difference between DUDDUD and DUDUDU.
It's NOT a fair example, as I use DUDDUD mostly for jigs and therefore I'm better at playing that way. But I think it does...
Interesting, Max.
I played in a couple of sessions in Ireland in 2019 and in each, someone asked if I played in a dance band.
I didn't realise it was that obvious and I was wondering if they...
I played fiddle in Scottish dance bands in UK for years. The usual way to play jigs in one of those bands is to swing them - syncopate with the 1st note of every group lengthened, the second...
In classical music written in 6/8 DUDUDU makes sense usually. For jigs in Irish music, see above posts for proper accents.
Accent the last note of each group of three: DUDDUD|DUDDUD
(delaying the U's a little while you're at it, to get that IT jig swing.)
Try playing chords this way (like the DADGAD guys do) —...
I'm still essentially a beginner/novice mandolin player but I struggled with DUD DUD at first.(Although I was decent at alternate picking) It was absolutely painful trying to play a Jig as I would...
There is a ton of discussion on how to flatpick jigs in the Celtic etc. sub forum here if you want to dive into it.
My personal take on it, is that DUD, DUD pattern is useful for beginners who...
Well, it sounds different 😁
Mandozine was hosting a wonderful collection of TablEdit files for mandolin, but as you are probably aware it has not been reliable lately. The site went offline at the beginning of 2019, was...
There's a book by German classical mandolinist Gertrud Tröster (now Weyhofen) called Technique on eight Strings.
Two ways of using a pick are introduced:
1. The slanted pick, where on the...
In this video, you can see clearly what Tim talks about. For slow melodic playing Jeanette Mozos del Campo uses rest strokes with an angled pick, resulting in a more mellow tone. But for playing...
I also want to thank the moderators and administrators for creating and maintaining a site that is helpful, friendly and interesting. It's a thankless job to maintain such a positive atmosphere. I...
The administrators and moderators of fora like this have a thankless job. They have to deal with all of the difficult people in the community. And no matter what call they make in a difficult case,...
Heady, nothing will slow down your mando adventures more than a bad instrument that has a bad setup and is difficult to play.
After investing in a good instrument, it’s great to realize “Well, the...
I was figuring I should buy my wife a new laptop to ease my guilt when I buy a new mando.
Heady: If it's in the budget, do it. A nicely set up KM-272 will bring you more joy than Covid-19, hurricane season, another election cycle and the Walmart mandolin you've been playing. These really...
Hi Kate, welcome to the madness! :mandosmiley:
I'd also point out that there's a great, active Newbies social group that can answer a bunch of your questions as well (go to Listen/Learn at the...
Sorry to be yet another devil on your shoulder (or angel depending on how you look at it), but I also support the others. And in my experience once mandolins start jumping into shopping carts, it's...
Here is a quick and dirty search of OCLC's WorldCat database (a library of library catalogs) for musical scores, keyword "mandolin," published between 1900-1920. There are over 5000 results, with...
Thanks, Mark, for point to the underutilized Library of Congress. I go to the Library every Friday (past few weeks excepted) to volunteer cataloging mandolin sheet music from the 1890-1920 heyday. ...
Library of Congress. Here's some from 1910-1915, just browse around in there for other dates between 1800-1922.
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Update time:
I got in several varieties (see pic) and I've got some first impressions. Just my opinion and experience, of course!
For what it's worth, I sourced the wegens, the bc, and the...
Many years ago I was at a career crossroads. I needed income so I took a gig that involved a lot of computer programming. People had been telling me how technical and difficult it was. After about...
There seems to be something biological there also. It happens in animals , such as birds, in controlled lab experiments. The most striking example in humans is the development of absolute pitch. ...