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    Re: Perplexing harmony question

    Sure, k0k0peli, I'll buy that. At the point of introducing the F# into the "key" of C, we will be improvising out of scales that contain D F# A C at that moment (D7 chord). To stay related closely...
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    Re: Perplexing harmony question

    Hi Jim. It's good to be back on this forum.

    Diatonic: Involving only notes proper to the prevailing key without chromatic alteration.

    As you say, D major is not diatonic to the key of C, and...
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    Re: Perplexing harmony question

    Indeed, outside of the key of C major to G major (the V of G major) for that moment.
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    Re: Perplexing harmony question

    In the key of C there is no D major chord. It's a D minor (ii) like you said. I think what you might really be asking is, "What key has both a C major and a D major chord in it?" The key of G major...
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    Re: chord forms to focus on?

    Page 41 through 45 of the jazzCittern's Field Guide to ModeExploration pdf has a "Building Cittern Chords" chapter. That chapter (here's the link) shows how to build all inversions of a chord shape...
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    Re: 7 and 9 chords.

    The two chords share 4 notes. Playing those 4 notes alone, any finger configuration, yields a ton of chords. From D F A B you can cover at least...

    G9 : G A B D F
    G13 : G A B D E F...
  7. Cool music from Sweden. In fact, made of ice.

    It's -17 degrees here in Minneapolis, so it's appropriate I guess to see how the Swedes make instruments of ice. Actual, playable instruments. They need to be tuned regularly, as one would expect....
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    Re: Mandocello vs Cittern

    That's what Jimmy Moon (Scotland) called it when I bought one of his, so I use the term "cittern" freely to describe a long-scale with 5 courses tuned CGDAE. I still find myself spelling it out,...
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    Re: Bouzouki to Mandocello

    I had a TC bouzouki and did exactly as you describe - But tuned it GDAE and played the "violin" versions of Bach. NO issue whatsoever in sound or tension.

    Another solution: I have a Jimmy Moon...
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    Re: Players who inspired you take up the mandolin

    The kid from the drum department at Guitar Center. He said, "It's just the lower four strings of the guitar, only upside down." A little oversimplified, sure, but that's all I needed to hear. I...
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    Home Improvement meets Old Time/Bluegrass

    I get out of the car at the local home-improvement-depot-type store, and I hear music wafting across the parking lot... Mandolin, guitar, fiddle, banjo, and pretty good, too. There's a tent right...
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    Re: Jazz mandolin from the ground up!

    Excellent advice and resources above. As a chord/scale theory reference, the (free, no ads, no signup, just fun and music) jazzcittern.com site might be useful, seeing how you have some background....
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    Re: Tunings for Conversion

    That's still a pretty decent scale, 22.75". A lot of us do all six strings and tune NST (New Standard Tuning), which is CGDAEG. It's a compromise on the high G, but the tuning is very well-accepted...
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    Re: Naming Chords

    Not everyone gets hung up on enharmonic names in conversation, but it just makes better communication to get the names right in the context. But to explore possibilities -

    Go to jazzcittern.com,...
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    Re: Good source for learning some chord theory?

    Pages 41-45 of the jazzCittern ModeExplorer Field Guide has a decent primer on how to build mandolin chords of all kinds, I think.
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    Re: Positions: a basic issue

    I'm thinking a lot of how you approach left-hand technique depends on whether you are playing rehearsed, and therefore predictable, parts; or you are doing fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants improv....
  17. Re: Looking For Guitar (or other instrument) in Minnesota

    Also, maybe BandMix.com would help to do targeted searches for real musicians in your area. It's been around for a while, and to me, it looks like it beats Craig's List, anyway.
  18. Re: Looking For Guitar (or other instrument) in Minnesota

    Sheesh. That vocal requirement kills it every time for me. Best of luck to you, Fred.
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    Re: Six strings in fifths

    Cool. So on the Cretan laouto you can play an ascending scale by alternating between the 4th and 2nd courses: G (4th course) A (2nd course) B (4th course) C (2nd course) and then grab the D (3rd...
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    Re: Six strings in fifths

    I never thought of myself as eccentric. :)
    I use fifths-tuning on guitar, both electric and acoustic, exclusively... I first started with FCGDAE, overall tension was fine, but even with a modified...
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    Re: Learning to play up the neck

    Late to the party I know, but there's a website out here that's always free and no charge and no advertising, and it covers a lot of territory, and might be helpful in getting the lay of the land. A...
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    Re: Advice On Finding A Jazz Mandolin

    I second that Rigel A+ Deluxe suggestion for jazz in that price neighborhood. Put some flatwounds on there and you have a fine jazz mandolin sound.
  23. Thread: Less-is-More

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    Re: Less-is-More

    There are priorities. The 3 and 7 of the chord identify its function. Avoid the root and fifth particularly if someone else has already got them. So on the mandolin we have up to two tensions left...
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    Re: Best inexpensive F style mando

    I am a 46 year guitar player (jazzish rock-like), who 8 years ago on an impulse grabbed a cheap Fender mandolin off the rack at GC. I didn't have a clue about these things, and I wanted to know how...
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    Re: okay, so I have a few questions

    I have an excuse for not responding to your original post. My posts are thread terminators lately. When I post on a thread, I'll be doggoned if that doesn't turn out to be the final post. Check it...
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