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This. This thread. This thread is certainly not what I expected.

By the way, Wez yo Bice? . . . . . You don't know where yo bice is?

I'm the guy that buys those $70 Rogue blem. models. The mandolin is the smallest part of the equation.
I set them up with j74 strings, and fender medium picks.

Bach's, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring. I played it on violin, but mandolin would've definitely worked. Not as tuff as one would think.
Oh yes, and Having My Baby. :grin:

Try the ii, V, I, also. (Minor 2)

Seriously, I've played the 5 string banjar for 40 years. I never use finger picks. Dr. says i get far fewer nose bleeds that-a-way.

"Y'know learning the banjers no picnic. It's one solid weekend of hard work!"

Rollin My Sweet Babies Arms, the first change goes to the 5, so I,V, IV. Pete Wernick (dr. Banjo)has printable sheets of 2 and 3 chord Bluegrass & Folky tune titles.

The solution is to test the...

Nowadays my confidence coexist with my complacency. My solution is to record and listen back. I've never been satisfied with any of my recordings. But that's the point. It lays bare your...

Does it matter how far your fingers "fly" if they're not late? Don't think about them as if they are fingers. Think of them as if they're notes. Can't play quick tunes because your fingers are late?...

Memorizing isn't a bad thing. You're finding out how much one needs to rehearse what you already play. Eventually, you get so you "know" how to play the instrument enough. Tunes have brothers,...

I mostly play fiddle but on occasion play mandolin or guitar to sing a song. They let me set the pace if it's my turn. I'm not proud. I can only play so fast.
I remember seeing Bill Monroe playing...

I know everyone learns things differently, but this works for me. I don't force it.

I kinda learned both concurrently. But violin took so much, mandolin took a backseat. Twenty years down the road, ima two finger mandolinist. I used to play both equally well. I play mandolin for...

Mark, I think I found a solution up at post #6. I just thought the thread drifted into folks looking for accompaniment solutions otherwise.
As I said at post #16, I don't intend to gig with my...

There's also a YT channel called Bluegrass Backing Tracks. Not all tunes are hard-core Bluegrass. And there are many tunes in many bpm's.
I can and have made my own backing tracks via multitrack...

Obviously. I live an hour from the next capable musician. $30 round trip.

https://youtu.be/a2wz876pUnc?si=0__JA762mz0J_jVa
Obviously I'm not a proud man. Those footella vids got me thinking. Sometimes when all you have Is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
I've got...

Being a fiddle player by trade, I sort of ignore keys. I've got in trouble. The vocalist said F# but she's a semitone off. I guess not really ignorant but have my private opinion. I've got caught...

I want a gadget with 4 pedals. 1 with a root chord, one with a 4, and one with a 5 chord. The forth would be more configurable. Possibly a minor 2. Simply select a key, and a voice, maybe a bpm, or...

I think Robert Craft said, All things in moderation, and moderation's the first thing to go.

Is lite beer even drinking? I've drank free Busch light all night, at no cost other than urine. But I would not waste good gin by trying to play at the same time.

I wanna make a video of me or someone else playing. Then I want to add a split-screen, and play along with the first video. Maybe up to 4 or 6 splits. Have it all synced up to the original/first...

So I've got this software. (Chordbot) You can declare a key then add chords accordingly. Let's say G = 1 = key of G major. One can add chords in either 2/4 time or 4/4 time PER CHORD. But I've never...

If the chord changes 4 times in a bar: ___________
If the chord changes 2 times in a bar: ____________
I can see this on a chart, but does it/each have a name?
This is If both have the same meter,...

Pick a key. Then, either a 12bar Blues, or some easy chord progression, like 1-4-1-5. With a chord progression you can get everyone together. Then from there, it's a matter of attaching lyrics. A...