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    Re: All Blues - Miles Davis

    Not a C7. It is a Gm7 with an ostinato bass line.
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    Re: 4 string mandolin?

    I bought a 4 string Mandolindo last Nov. for my wife's birthday. She can no longer play the fiddle because of Parkinson's and she did not like the the double strings on my mandolin. It looks like a...
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    Re: All Blues - Miles Davis

    Here is the real progression:

    G7 Gm G7 D7 D#7 D7 G7

    Many fakebooks say to play a C but it is really a Gm
  4. Rogue RM-100A A-Style Mandolin on sale today only.

    The Rogue RM-100A A-Style Mandolin is the "Stupid deal of the day" today. Save $40. Was $99. Now $59.99. :)
    (March 19,2022)
    https://www.musiciansfriend.com/
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    Re: Best Resources for Chord Sheets?

    I make them myself with a sharpie. It takes maybe a half hour to write one. Chords are nice and big so two or three people can see it at once.
  7. Re: Help with "Mama Was a Truck Driving Man" chords

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slLi53lNxqM
  8. Help with "Mama Was a Truck Driving Man" chords

    I need help with the chords in measures 11 and 12. I hear C Am/Dm What do you hear?
    TIA
    Bob
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    Re: Arpeggio in B Major

    B d# f#
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    Re: Transposing Notes

    A to G. Lower all notes a whole step. (two frets)
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    Re: Mapes Strings

    I use Mapes on my mandos and even my mandola. I just up the gauges on the mandolin strings to 15,25,35,52. $6.00 a set!
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    Re: Mandola owners

    I use Mapes mandolin strings. I order 15,25,35,52 gauges and they are plenty long for my Collings Mandola. They come in 80/20 Bronze, Stainless, Nickle plated steel or Phosphor Bronze. Your...
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    Re: Sixties Music

    I like to play Little Deuce Coup by the Beach Boys like a folk old timey song. It works really well. I use the Dm A7 Dm A7 G as the intro and turn around.
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    Re: scale lengths

    Just my guess. A tenor mandola is a mandola. A bass mandolin is an octave mandolin. A mando cello is a bass mandola. I am just guessing but the scale lengths might be "standard". Mandola = 17"...
  15. Re: Hand position, and proper way to wear a strap?

    Some people loop it over one shoulder like Bill Monroe did, some people loop it all the way over the head like a guitar strap.

    I think Bill looped it over one shoulder because he was wearing a big...
  16. Re: Tune Mandola to Mandolin Tuning & What Strings to UseI'm an a

    Have you seen an Octave Mandolin tuned up a step, and if so what strings did they use?

    Why would you want to do that? I thought you were looking for mando tuning GDAE which is what you get with...
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    Re: Attic Find

    12 strings! What is the scale length (from nut to bridge)?
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    Re: Accompanying a guitarists who tunes down

    I played with a woman who tuned to A=432. I was playing bass and keep one tuned that way just for that.
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    Mapes string on my mandola

    Mapes Strings does not list mandola strings on their web site but they let you customize your gages. I took a chance and ordered a mando set in dola gauges, 15 25 35 52. They are coated strings and...
  20. Re: Live From Here - Is There a Better Music Show ANYWHERE?

    I stream it every week. You can listen to old shows with or with out the video feed. Just google Live From Here.
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    Gibson destroys hundreds of Firebird X's

    https://armchairrockstar.com/why-gibson-destroyed-the-firebird-xs-in-the-viral-video/

    Hard to watch.
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    Re: Explain This Chord

    I don't understand your question. See if this helps.
    The notes in an A Chord are A (root) C# (third note in A scale) and E (the fifth note in A scale). All major chords are made up of the first...
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    Re: Jam etiquette

    I've been going to a local jam now for about 20 years. Some people just don't get it. I don't understand a musician who does not listen.
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    Re: An extra finger can be incredibly handy

    Jerry's missing finger was on his right hand. He did use the stub to hold his flat pick when he wanted to finger pick.
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    Re: Help me use this diminished lick

    Yes any note in the chord could be the root. Naming it would depend on the context. The key, the chord before and after. Usually the chord before is a half step lower, say for example a E7...
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