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Middle C has a frequency of 261.626. It is in the middle of a piano keyboard. The mandolin, mandola, and mandocello have different strings that place middle in different positions. Those...

Why play the mandocello horizontally when it might be better played vertically like a cello?
Put it on a short step stool or something and give it a try.

I took cello lessons for two years. My...

My mother forced me to take piano lessons. Years later I learned the teacher did not like little boys. Piano did not last long. Begging for a different teacher did no good.
Played tenor sax in...

Weber mandolins are too bright for me. Have a Weber mandola that is great.
Tried one Northfield, it was very nonresponsive.

Got my copy today. Looks good.
Got a bonus of Mandolin Medicine Solos for Evening Solace bound between pages 28 and 29. Someone at the printer must have been asleep at the wheel.
Thanks, but I...

Went to Carter Vintage last week just to look.
Went back the next day and bought an Ellis two point that had captured me.

The only charango I have been around was in a community band in Moab, Utah. It was made with an armadillo shell.
It was very loud. The player was asked to play with less volume because he was...

What is TME?
Bought a two point Ellis at Carter Vintage Monday.
Took two flights to get it back to Colorado.
Was sweating getting in on board as a carry on.
It was not a problem with...

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Ordered one from Trekel.
Not too much trouble for one that can only order beer in German.

Try mandolins in the shop.
Then go home.
Go back another day and try them again.
This is a very subjective process. What you like one day may not be what you like the next time.
Go home and...

Have dealt with Paine of Pomeroy. Excellent

Bought a Weber F14-0 less than an hour ago through Reverb.
Sold my Weber A oval Vintage and missed it.
Risky buying something I have not held and heard, but it will probably be worth it.
My...

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Watch the forearm
https://youtu.be/P0aiZ20rTT8
Having the same problem with my wrist.

Tab below the notation is like that woman in the low cut dress. A man's eyes are drawn to where he knows he is not supposed to be looking.

Will try that sort of wrap. Have been doing what I was taught for a guitar.

Thile's mandolin was made in the 1920's before his parents met. I suspect it did not look good when he got it.

The Collings tailpiece with the recessed hooks is the worst design I have seen. It is pretty, but a lot of trouble. Have squeezed the loops and bent the end of the loop and the strings still come...

Tobin,
Are those tabs suitable for playing with groups?

Hamilton de Holanda
https://www.facebook.com/hamilton.de.holanda/videos/1472032979521957/

Banjolim of Brazil
http://lista.mercadolivre.com.br/instrumentos-musicais/banjolim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5VW_muKdgA

All that. Prefer the method book by Star West. Star West also has other sheet music books in print and a website.
Rented a Dusty Strings Ravenna 26 and had a lesson with Star yesterday. Have...

The mandolin over the banjo is superb.

Read that book on Music Theory that you have been pushing aside.
Practice forming chords with your left hand.
If you have a keyboard or piano study left hand chords.
Listen to tunes you know and...

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chord melody
Has...