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Another advantage to Tabledit is that it can both export and import ABC tab which is the format of many of our tab sources. Since taking up fingerpicked guitar I've been exporting ABC for...

What I've done is export abc from a TablEdit file, either instrument, close that file, and create a new file for the other instrument. Then you can import the abc to the new TablEdit score. I've done...

"And here's Goose Creek Symphony doing my favorite version of "Uncle Pen" recorded back in 1971."

Yep, one of, if not the fav.

There's Conrad Craft in Conroe. He's really good. Teaches you music, not just your instrument. PM me and I'll give you a phone number.

Thanks all. I guess I should clarify a bit. I mostly just like that sound better than my MK for playing mando tunes (I'll probably sell the MK to recoup the cost of whatever I get). It occurred to me...

I'm wanting a mando with more bottom to back up singing. Been considering a Kentucky 170 series based on the sound. Also tempted by the vintage Gibson and other oval holes I see online, but unable to...

Theta Music Trainer website has game based ear training exercises, for instance recognizing intervals in a scale. IMO fun and helpful.

Based on the information you've provided I think I can see the problem... some too deep nut grooves, and apparently wrong slant angles on all 8 strings. I think I may also have a fret leveling...

Two questions.

1. Somewhere in my reading here and elsewhere, I've come across the idea of lubricating the nut grooves with graphite to alleviate latency when tuning. More significantly, the idea...

Thanks. Cntl+ worked and held up when closed and reopened. :cool:

My view of Mandolin Cafe is suddenly very small, just barely large enough to read. I know it's not my browser settings because every other site I visit is normal size. Any idea what the problem could...

And that's the point, isn't it? We do what we do, and there's good in it.

Thanks David... great thread.

Check out Theta Music Trainer online. They have some pretty effective ear training exercises in the form of computer "games". The most helpful to me so far involves identifying a tone's position in...

Thank you Chip and bolannta. My curiosity now has something concrete to follow. And thanks for the video Jim, I'll be following up Sahlstrom for more. He is indeed impressive.

At risk of gushing,...

I've just found the YouTube channel of a Swedish couple where i'm finding lots of beautiful melodies I think will play well on my OM. This video is on their channel and I'm fascinated by the...

A mandola or octave mando came to my mind, too. I really like my octave for the slow sweet ones, but the longer scale stretches the fingering sometimes.

My awareness of who's here is mostly shaped by the Song a Week group, though I check out the other forums when I've got a little more time. I really would like to shake Barbara Schultz's hand and...

So, I'm not alone after all.

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I've had the same experience with the mandolin... and in other areas as well over time. For instance, in college I spent far too much time in the Student Union Building playing pool. :redface: An...

I've still got mine but it's on my face now. :cool:

Some time after starting mandolin and getting a teacher (which was a good move, BTW), I made the same complaint, "Why am I sounding so sloppy lately?." After some discussion, he made the point that...

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I salvaged (took) the hanger part of a classical guitar strap , and put it on the end of a strap of leather for my octave mandolin. Works just fine, and no alteration/damage to the instrument. It...

I'm not an old timer, so I don't have a lot of wisdom to offer, but IMO...

The advice you're getting here about diligent practice and such is absolutely right on. There's no other way to advance...