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Well, you can get a bouzouki but can also find your own way. By this, I mean that innovation in traditional music is possible (my experience is that trying to be the most authentic is concern mainly...

Here's my latest offering, a lovely little jig in G minor recorded with a marvelous 1917 Gibson A-4 on loan from a friend.


https://youtu.be/WFTBHVaQoBc

They did a Mini TightRope technique on my left thumb. It relieved 99% of the pain and problems, and the recovery period was shorter. Sooner or later I will have to have it done on my right thumb,...

A friend recently requested this tune so I thought I'd take a swing at it with my Weber octave mandolin. My version is loosely based on a solo performance by Frankie Gavin (though he plays it a...

This was posted from the Chapman shop in the Vintage Instruments section of the forum. Since many members may not visit that section, I really think it deserves to be posted here as well. The video...

About a year ago, I found a website called musescore.com. It has thousands - maybe hundreds of thousands, of scores available. I have searched across many genres - Irish, Scottish, bluegrass, French...

OK Then...

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As some of our members here know already, I began working on an illustrated book of mandolin chords several years ago. Lifestyle changes and projected publishing costs put a damper on the project,...

Well, now you can! Simply follow these instructions.

New book by Anne Dublin.
From the back cover:
"Thirteen-year old Jacob's life in 1920s Poland where he lives in an orphanage for Jewish children. His days are brightened by playing in the...

Hi Folks
Here are the resources I've posted this month. Hope you enjoy them. Remember, they're not too difficicult and work best in small groups or at least duets.

20. The Old Tune
I can't...

Yes I'm wearing green

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Just flagging a website which I came across recently which I've found really useful.

Jon Antonsson, a flute player from Sweden, has some terrific resources at his website...

Matt Flinner is offering an eight-week online course exclusively on OM this spring. I've seen occasional instructional materials and workshops for OM, but never a structured course. After noodling...

A couple videos with my new Trillium Mandola.

I've had it about 2 months and it's already my desert island instrument. If I could keep only one, the Trillium would be it.

Very versatile. ...

The little stutters are called "cuts", a series of usually three short notes, dug in, rather than lightly bowed. This tutorial demonstrates more or less what Natalie's doing. However, Cape Breton...

Here's Natalie MacMaster's rendition:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF90m2C853k

Multiple transcriptions in general of the tune are here on The Session.

...Those of a sensitive disposition, avert your eyes.


https://youtu.be/hJ59pXDz_6k

http://www.dronetonetool.com/

This is a website with some interesting uses and possibilities. It is also available as an app.
The app has a built in metronome, too.

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Oh, come on!

You mean like this?! Note the after-market sissy bar attached to a brand-new Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

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Actually, there are plenty of folks out there with new Harleys...

Hi all...

I've had many - MANY! - years of inactivity online in virtually every sphere. The reasons? Well, the net. It just became too bickery, too troll-y, too uncivilised. At least the...

I'm back in my home state of NJ for a visit and I hooked up with on old band mate to play a few at the open mic at The Dublin Pub in Morristown. He told me to make sure I got there early so we could...

For what it's worth I use the same gauge stings on my electric (8 string) as I do on my acoustic but obviously in steel rather than PB.

Dec 6 is Finnish Independence Day. Here's some music from the Finns.

Värttinä - Emotion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjsSMIXOnn0

Dear Mandolin friends,

Gary, thank you very much for posting the links to the earlier books.

I understand that some computers can't access the music this way, so I have put all 5 books in a...