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    Re: Sweet Georgia Brown

    Hi Gary,
    the hyphen seperates measures, each having four beats. The backslash cuts one measure in half, each chord getting two beats. These are not correct universally accepted...
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    Re: Sweet Georgia Brown

    Hi Gary,
    the great thing about playing the mandolin(greatest instrument in the world) is that by virtue of being tuned in fifths, the layout of the fretboard, scale, mode and chord...
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    Re: Where to start with Jazz Mandolin?

    re-reading the original post I see the poster was asking for suggestions of tunes, and coming from a flat-pick fiddle backround. So here comes a bunch of that. Not to suggest that the book and...
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    Re: Where to start with Jazz Mandolin?

    From a respected Cafe member (both the book and the website!):

    http://jazzmando.com/gijm_20835bcd.shtml
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    Dorian Pentatonic Scale (1 2 m3 5 M6 )

    This promotional video showed up in my FB feed.... Demonstration of Dorian pentatonic as used by John Coltrane. 1 2 m3 5 M6 (Sorry for the typo the thread title.) Moderator note: typo fixed

    (The...
  6. MIchael Lampert audio interview on Kansas City's Neon Jazz

    More about the series here.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N8LyTgwMlw&feature=emb_title
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    Re: Looking for some new tunes

    Will Patton is great. He's in the Swing to Bop & Gypsy bag. He has several albums. String Theory & 6th St Runaround are both very good.
    Joe B
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    Re: Speed of bluegrass... is it just me?

    When bands play at the ‘show off speed’, as Jethro called it, sometimes there’s some meaningful ideas conveyed. But often, it’s just a spewing of notes with nothing interesting being said. The fact...
  9. Re: Invention in C Major BWV 772 Nugget F5 and Northfield Octave

    Absolutely!

    I really start off with good lighting. It can be something as simple as a strong reflector shop light (I am using a Godox SL-150 as my key light meaning it is my main light source)....
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    Re: Back Catalog Listening Party

    Fantastic show. Great to hear another interview, Don, and I love the tunes from Mandoboppin'

    Check Don's link above to watch the archive of the program.
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    Back Catalog Listening Party

    online program from the Twin Cities hosted by Tony Ihrig (High 48's) and Mother Banjo

    Friday, Nov. 6th at 4:00 Central

    guest Don Stiernberg chooses 5 tracks from his 2013 release...
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    Re: Eastman MD815 - Ways to improve sound

    I'm pleased with the KM1000 sound. Nice workmanship, too.
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