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in my experience on the 5-string electric, I'll usually "comp"(grab chords for accompaniment) in the mandola range of the five, lower four C-G-D-A. i've heard my friend and electric mando hero Paul...

Hi folks - I'm very deeply appreciative of the fact that our illustrious leader Scott T.,hasn't closed this thread.

I've been a member for 13 years & as you might see,i've posted a fair few...

I would like to see Fender, Gibson, Gretsch and Epiphone all get serious about tenors. A reissue of the Epiphone Zenith tenor would be awesome as well as some from Gibson's vault.

I don't mind the...

Now that the Cubs are done I have a bit more mando time. Plus we've had a couple raw, overcast or rainy days, chilly first days of fall. So naturally I played Nuages, that beautiful Django melody,...

Sorry for the lack of notice but no sense in announcing these things to our mind. If your browser is functioning properly and hasn't cached a bunch of old stuff you'll notice there's a new look to...

I think the key to playing a chord in which you omit one voice is to always include the 3rd and 7th (guide tones)--these are the essential bones of the chord skeleton. In your example you added a...

I would like to learn more about chord voicings that exclude the root. I also would like to better understand when and where to employ them in my comping style.

Here is one example of a G7...

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Many thanks to all y'all!! I've been told it's better to give than to...

Im not sure that this is an acceptable topic in this section of the forum, but I just want to say thank you to the users and admins of the site! My other primary instrument (bass guitar) has a forum...

On many electric instruments, the pickup coils are spring mounted, so adjusting the screws at the ends of the pickup will raise or lower the pickups. You can raise the treble end slightly relative...