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  1. Re: Going from mandolin to tenor guitar - technique differences?

    For tenor guitar I use guitar fingering so one finger per fret. Also, not all mandolin chords will be possible on the tenor guitar as they will be tricky to finger so you might have to come up with...
  2. Re: New 19” scale Northfield Wavelength Octave/Reichman Demo

    Will they also become available in Europe?
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    Re: New to Tenor Guitar (jazz)

    I think it could make a different for playing backup. As the tenor guitar is - often - tuned in fifth you have more opensounding chords while the six-string guitar tuned in fourths has denser chords....
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    Re: Tenor guitar tuning

    On Irish tenor banjo GDAE is the standard as it's easier to play Irish traditional music that way. This is also the reason why many ITM players tune their tenor guitar that way. I'm not sure if CGDA...
  5. Re: Article: Northfield Celebrates July 9 Centennial with Special

    Glad Northfield is experimenting with new models. Would love to try them out.

    Will they also be available in Europe? For the archtop octave mandolin there was a delay of a few years
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    Re: Irish mandolin for beginners.

    I don't know this shop but they have an Ashbury mandolin withiin the specified budget https://powellsmusic.ie/mandolins-1
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    Re: Irish mandolin for beginners.

    An Ashbury mandolin could be a good option, but then i would buy it from a company located in the Republic of Ireland to avoid the extra charges
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    Re: Irish mandolin for beginners.

    Hobgoblin is a great shop but travelling to London and staying there for one or more nights would be expensive. They do export to the continent but in addition to shipping costs there will also be...
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    Re: Irish mandolin for beginners.

    I also had a look on Reverb for mandolins within your price range. I searched for sellers in EU countries shipping to France with a price of up to €350 so you would have some money left over for...
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    Re: Irish mandolin for beginners.

    I agree with the suggestions for Kentucky or Eastman. They're probably the best options for this price range. I would not worry too much about the best type of mandolin for Irish music. Different...
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    Re: Buying from Brazil

    Be careful when importing. There are restrictions on certain tonewoods such as Brazilian rosewood under CITES regulation. In addition to shipping costs, you could also be charged for import duties...
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    Re: Mahogany/maple combinaion

    Thank you for the replies so far! I didn't mean for mandolin necessarily, just in general. Was wondering about it due to my Martin all mahogany tenor guitar. Apparently there hqve been mahogany...
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    Mahogany/maple combinaion

    Has anyone ever tried to combine a mahogany top with a maple back and sides or heard of an instrument like that? If so, what does it sound like? And if not, why not? Is that obvious that the...
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    Re: Tenor ukulele tuned GDAE?

    A soprano ukulele could be an option. Aquila sells a string set for tuning it in GDAE.
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    Re: Is Jenni Lyn still making music?

    That's a shame. I didn't know. I hope they will again employ a mandolin player at some point
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    Re: Is Jenni Lyn still making music?

    Thank you . Do you know the name of the band? Have they already recorded something?
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    Is Jenni Lyn still making music?

    Mandolin player Jenni Lyn Gardner always used to play for Della Mae and produced an excellent solo album a few years back:...
  18. Re: Tenor Guitar Tuning for more Contemporary Music?

    I'd go for GDAe. Not only is it suitable for Irish tradtional music, old-time music and any fiddle tunes, it's also the same tuning as a mandolin, octave mandolin, tenor banjo (in Irish tuning)....
  19. Re: Learning Standard Notation for the GDAE-Tuned Tenor Guitar

    You could use methods written for tenor banjo tuned in GDAE, which will be mostly for Irish music. Only method I could recommend is by Enda Scahill. He's also ver good on pick direction. The books...
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    Re: Nylon-string mandolin

    One cheap option would be to buy a soprano ukulele and tune it as a mandolin. Aquila sells strings for this.
  21. Re: Recommendations for a 3/4 size beginner guitar?

    Maybe one option could be to go for a baritone ukulele. It's tuned the same as the top four strings of a guitar, it's smaller than a guitar, as well as cheaper, so might be a good way for a child to...
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    Re: Mandolin Orange is now Watchhouse

    Their album "Such jubilee" is very good
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    Re: Kala and Ibanez

    I haven't played either one, but as a ukulele player you might find the Kala tenor guitar more comfortable, while mandolin players might prefer the Ibanez one. A narrow neck is great for high-speed...
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    Re: The Blackbird on a Kmise tenor guitar

    Very nice! In my experience you can't switch tuning on a tenor guitar without changing the strings. A tuning in GDAE requires heavier strings than a CGDA tuning to maintain optimum tension.
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    Re: Irish Mandolin Recordings

    There's also Niilo Sirola with Irish Tunes on Mandolin and Banjo.
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