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One of the pics shows the side view of the neck, and I wonder if the action is a bit high or not.

A few links about Thornward:
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I'm not sure...check the scale length and neck and see how short it looks. It may be in 4ths or 5ths. I'm curious.

That makes sense! BTW, I'm part German Catholic too...but mostly Sicilian/Italian.



As the organist at our local Catholic church, these are a few of my favorite hymns:

Be Thou My Vision (I...

Roundwounds on a bowlback are typically more characteristic of Italian schools as many if not most German classical musicians prefer flatwounds and those Wolle picks, but if you want a brighter tone,...

I'm curious about the taste and ethnic background of the wedding party.

All the Celtic tunes would work well for many folks...but my Italian family would likely prefer other music.

Also does...

Funny you suggest that - I'd do the reverse, since the next section begins in the upper range, and the top line of the ending puts one in position for that, whereas the bottom line sets one up for...

No, I'm not rolling my eyes about your Gibson....but I'd rather play your other mandolins!;) :grin:

From my experience, pretty much all bowlbacks should be strung with extra-light strings, with 1st string at .009.

I have no problems with the GHS A240 Ultra Light Gauge: L09 (2) -L13 (2) -LB20 (2)...

That sounds good - and I'd add "O'Carolan's Concerto".

That is a classic choice. There's also the Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" in C major which would be a good option for the recessional.

Also other option would be the trumpet tunes or...

Learning the piano keyboard, even just as a music theory learning tool, is very useful. One advantage over the mandolin fingerboard is that each discrete pitch has only a single place to play them....

Yes, from my experience with our local French music scene, which was closely associated with the Lark Camp world, there was a difference between the folk musicians that played with hurdy-gurdies and...

I'd like to add couple of links too:

https://gurdyworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Massif-Central-Pink.pdf

https://accordeonaire.com/bal-folk-tune-book-project/
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I assume the OP means "Bal Folk" and not Bal musette.

Hey, that's cool !

"The Camp’s founder, Danese Cooper, also serves on the board of directors for an organisation called Lark Traditional Arts (LTA) that produces a famous summer world music camp...

These folks express my feelings - for me I use the built-in pickup on my normally acoustic mandolin just to bring the volume level up to be able to play with jazz horns and amplified guitar, bass and...

My #1 mandolin has a white silk bag...sometimes the mandolin in inside the bag when in the hard case, sometimes the bag is just under the mandolin. It's a violin bag left over from my days attempting...

This is a particularly good exercise, thanks for posting it.

It's also a good way to learn closed position fingerings.

Oy...bowl back! not the other word

The more one uses the 4th finger in playing, the less unruly it becomes.

Lots of bowel backs in the early 20th century had ribs that looked like that.

Plus there were those all those Gibson ads!

Mike I deeply respect your moderation and personal opinions.:)

I agree about heavy electric basses - I've even had my luthier buddy hollow out the back of my fretless J bass. BTW, it sounds...

I wonder what the local music scene would have been like if he had decided to stay. Thanks again!

The big issues with your grandpa's mandolin would be condition, particularly neck action.

I'm one of the folks that plays bowlbacks regularly, mostly Italian music, choro, Klezmer, and classical....