Hey All,
My music teacher and I developed an Irish trad tunebook that we're putting out here for all to use. I know there’s already a few out there, but this one’s ours! It contains tabs and...
Hey All,
My music teacher and I developed an Irish trad tunebook that we're putting out here for all to use. I know there’s already a few out there, but this one’s ours! It contains tabs and...
Hi. I know this is old, but still very relevant. I am also a beginner (practicing 6 months).I also have an inexpensive beginner mandolin (the Loar Honey Creek f style). I also got and used the ebook....
Dawg told me there are at least 5 or 6 of these volumes coming down the pike in the future. Exciting news, will be some terrific music to revisit or hear for the first time.
Just thought I'd share this really cool find at my local music store here in Charleston (Monster Music). All of the Osbourne Brothers band members and also Bill Monroe! What a cool find!
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Another August 5.
Stay trashy, my friends.
If you already know the melody:
Look for any two notes that are a semitone apart, for example F#, G on the third string.
Then you immediately know that the key is either the higher of those two...
Wow!
on Friday I was talking to a class about chord-melody a/k/a "Jethro Style", mentioning recordings that featured ample displays of his pioneering technique. I said "one you gotta get is...
All fixed
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Irish trad: Planxty first album, got it around 82. A true classic.
It is mainly due to to the fact that he is a really great mandolinist playing on a super great mandolin.
On your end, your picking is a tad timid.
I think you might only be plucking one of the...
I’ve been deep in the rabbit hole for a couple of years now. These are the tunes I would recommend for anyone new to Choro.
Benzinho
Nao me Toques
Recieta de Samba
Santa Morena
Doce de Coco
The lark in the clear air.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jr0un0_zjw
Better take a look at Girouard Ovals !
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yes the tune is from Jazz Mandolin Appetizers
the mandolin is a "Yorkville Jazz" by Oliver Apitius
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You can find a style M for considerably less money.
There's also a couple of style N's [Little Wonder tone ring] on the well known banjo forum, one at a very nice price.
Be advised that one of...
My pal Dan restores old tenor banjos and sets them up for Irish playing, he only has one banjo listed for sale at the moment but always has a few on the workbench so check his site regularly to see...
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Rick,
just to be safe, I could come and collect any remaining bourbon, curbside pickup of course:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=229aVjM4uf8
xavier garci Bach Prelude 1007
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYeDpOiRn1M
A curmudgeonly comment follows, that is probably not news to anyone, but I cannot seem to overcome my baser instincts and leave this alone.
What I absolutely love about old time music is that we...
I must apologise in advance for not directly answering the question asked - and I certainly do not mean to be negative about the mandolin (a forum dedicated to the mandolin would be the worst place...
I’m looking all over my mandolins for a switch....:crying:
For me it helps to not use a heavy pick - I use Blue Chip TPR35's, which are about .89mm thickness if I remember correctly. There is some slight movement from my thumb but the rest is in the wrist....
Thanks for the interest in this, my first, tune! Too set the record straight, here's the "official" chart including tab, which illustrates the fact that I use my pinky on the 7th fret in bars 3 & 4...