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If you do want to play slide on a tenor guitar, you could use D F# A D as it relates to common 6 string guitar slide tunings of open D (and E, same pattern.)

And you could retune to "Chicago"...

Probably not for everyone...but my favorite theory book is Paul Hindemith's "Craft of Musical composition".

https://www.amazon.com/Craft-Musical-Composition-Theoretical-Part/dp/0901938300

For...

There is an option for viewing the tunes as "round notation (non-mensural)" from the pull down menu.

Speaking for myself, yes, I can read the square note notation, it's much like chant, and I...

Yup...but that's for the Greek instrument, not the Irish version.

BTW, I only play the Greek version.

Very sweet.

When I play that tune for English Country dancers, they dance to the first section much faster...then slow down for the second section. It's nice to hear other versions.

It should be called "expensive"....or "not needed musically".

Bracing is one thing. I was referring to a real stuck-between-the-back-and-top soundpost.

Bowed string instruments have had soundposts for hundreds of years.

Plucked stringed instruments have not.

There's a reason!

Good point, thanks - but I do want to point out that the 7b9 chord is derived from the E harmonic minor scale (or the ascending melodic minor) not from a plain "E minor scale"

Nor a single bowlback!

Mandolin, well, OK - i really like the back wall of Fender amps, like those Showman rigs.

Thanks, Jim, for a perfect example of what happens when one does not spell the scales or chords correctly.

Sure, it's the right pitches...but it's not exactly the right notes, so to speak.

Quite so.

And there's the concept of using different pick grips for different purposes, perhaps like we use different picks on certain types of mandolins ( or other instruments) or for certain...

there's a wide range of options!

An F double sharp is enharmonic to a G natural.

F-F#-F## (G) fret by fret.

The use of double sharps and flats helps the music "spell" correctly as it moves through various tonal centers and...

Things like double sharps and double flats, and E sharps and C flats, exist to make the music "spell" correctly in various key centers.

For example, F# major needs the note E sharp as a leading...

The neck needs a slight reset, which would correct the action. That mm or so where the heel of the neck has pulled away from the rim is where the issue is.

Nice little instrument!

And making some money. I know - I worked the North CA faire.

At least the Pattersons had a shred of historical accuracy.

That's a good place to look, considering that the first mandolin boom in the USA did involve sheet music, large ensembles, etc., and the 2nd mandolin boom of Old-time and Bluegrass involved a lot of...

Good points! There were mandolin traditions in the Ukraine and other Eastern European countries that have their own traditions and style. I've also seen Turkish mandolin method books.

Thank you both for the interesting posts; even though I am an American, I play in a much more European style, and don't own any Gibson-style instruments, so this is a long-time topic of personal...

If the neck is at all possible to set w/ normal glue and methods I'm all for it.

My solution was only for extremes. I was assuming a standard reset was not possible.

If the neck is at all possible to set w/ normal glue and methods I'm all for it.

My solution was only for extremes.

These guys have a point.

However....

There are some down and dirty tricks than can be done to save an instrument that has more emotional value than financial value.

And it's non-reversible...

About the banjo, owned by Dr. Hussey:

https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/blog/leonard-hussey-s-banjo-brain-food
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