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    Songs that need BG covers.

    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...
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    Re: Farewell To Whiskey origin questions

    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...
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    Re: Whiskey in the Jar origin

    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...
  4. Thread: G string blues

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    Re: G string blues

    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,...
  5. Re: Stolen 10 years ago, on craigslist today - what can I do?

    He's owned it for 12 years and still doesn't know what it is?
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    Re: Scientific proof for an instrument "opening up"?

    Clear your cookies to reset the clock.
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    Re: More options coming...

    To say nothing of the fact that a large majority of the mandolins discussed on this forum are Gibson A and F model copies.
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    Re: Virtues of lower tuning

    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....
  9. Re: Tips for getting back in shape efficiently and safely

    Spoken like a true economist.
  10. Thread: tempo sensor

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    Re: tempo sensor

    Ideally, it should display a graph so you could see how you did after the fact, as well as in real time.
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    Re: Diagnosis nasty sustain in vintage TB

    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...
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    Re: RIP Leonard Cohen

    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...
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    Re: Advice on where to spend time in practice.

    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...
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    Re: The story behind Ashokan Farewell

    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...
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    Re: Bob Dylan wins Nobel Literature Prize

    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...
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    Al Capone, TG, TB & Mandola player

    Here's a passage from a recent article on the Smithsonian website
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    Re: What song is that?

    Why not ask him? It's been many years since the far-off days of CITTERN-L, but he seemed pretty approachable then.

    http://www.josephsobol.com/contact
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    Re: The Beatles

    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.
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    Re: Post on Old Time Music

    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.
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    Re: Post on Old Time Music

    Absolutely. It's supposed to be unobtrusive unless you want to pay attention to it. Darker colours took up too much visual space.
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    Re: Post on Old Time Music

    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.
  22. Thread: A style tuners.

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    Re: A style tuners.

    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...
  23. Thread: New website

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    Re: New website

    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....
  24. Re: Jordan Ramsey wins the mandolin competition at Winfield!

    Absolutely. Three cheers for the makers!
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    Re: Finishing, finishing and more finishing

    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...
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