Here's a lovely 3/4 tune out of the Kate and Anna McGarrigle factory. This one concerns the whistful owners of a farm that economics has moved on from. Ignore the recited first verse from Rufus...
Here's a lovely 3/4 tune out of the Kate and Anna McGarrigle factory. This one concerns the whistful owners of a farm that economics has moved on from. Ignore the recited first verse from Rufus...
I've found Andrew Kuntz's Fiddler's Companion the most reliable (although not the most easy to use) source for questions of this nature. Here's what he has indexed under this title:
Earliest...
I'd think it's very likely 18th century, or earlier. The reference to pistols that have to be "charged" means that they're quite clearly flintlock pistols, which were becoming obsolete by the early...
I've found that most perplexing musical connundra of this nature go away on their own if you continue to practice while being mindful of the tone you're producing. Your hand will sort out what to do,...
He's owned it for 12 years and still doesn't know what it is?
Clear your cookies to reset the clock.
To say nothing of the fact that a large majority of the mandolins discussed on this forum are Gibson A and F model copies.
I have what's likely the cheap version of your Regal tg - same shape & materials, but a plain tobacco coloured paint job. I also tried to convert it to OM (gdae) tuning, and found the neck warping....
Spoken like a true economist.
Ideally, it should display a graph so you could see how you did after the fact, as well as in real time.
Thank you. The action is far from low, and the noise is certainly coming from the pot end, not the headstock. I can hear that much. I'll try the strings and the head next week when I'm back to...
I've spent the last few days listening intensely to his last two albums, Popular Problems and You Want it Darker. In fact, I spent about 36 hours replaying a playlist consisting of the last trax on...
I hesitate to offer advice because we're both at about the same level, but I do have a background as an Irish wind player, and I can't help noting that your triplets are about as inorganic as I've...
It's worth pointing out that copyright, as a concept, is both arbitrary and artificial. There are many laws on the books that are what legal historians call "natural" law. That is, that many, indeed...
The academy concedes that they knew Dylan doesn't like awards and hates being put on the spot, but decided to name him anyway, without his consent. Now they're calling him "arrogant" for ignoring...
Here's a passage from a recent article on the Smithsonian website
Why not ask him? It's been many years since the far-off days of CITTERN-L, but he seemed pretty approachable then.
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And if he had, it definitely would not be Ebony & Ivory, his bathetic duet with Stevie Wonder. It's a song that always makes me want to howl like a basset hound.
Good luck*. That's a fairer response than I was expecting, and likely fairer than my (bitchy) post deserved.
*And by 'good luck' I mean 'best wishes', not anything sarcastic.
Absolutely. It's supposed to be unobtrusive unless you want to pay attention to it. Darker colours took up too much visual space.
I'd read it, but the self-indulgent website design at tresbear.com jams all the actual content into 40% (or less) of my desktop, and frankly, I don't need the eyestrain.
Mike, I've noticed how many 'obscure mandolin question' threads you post to, and how often your entirely obscure historical mandolin knowledge settles the question. Way to go! And thank you.
I'd...
It's a good site, Graham, although there are plenty of good sites. What I want to praise you for, however, is the effort you have put into publishing systematic info about mandocritter luthiery....
Absolutely. Three cheers for the makers!
The short answer is that this is meant to be funny, and has no meaning you need to decode.
"Hang on" is an english expression meaning "wait", or in this case questioning (or at least drawing...