Thank you all for your responses!
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Thank you all for your responses!
One of the rubber washers on my James tailpiece is torn and starting to fall out. Does anyone know where I can pick up a replacement or two?
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When I first pick up the octave, I tend to play it like a regular mandolin, but this usually isn't great. I'll play with too much tension. I try to squeeze sound out of it and my left hand wants to...
This is similar in dimension to my octave mandolin. The neck can feel like a bit of a stretch but nothing crazy if you sit and work with it. I play guitar and double bass so I’m used to switching...
If you are reading the tablature, then yes the fingerings will be the same on mandocello, octave mandolin, mandola, and mandolin. The mandocello and mandola will play in the original key of G an...
Do you read music? You can find the lead sheet through a sheet music search in a search engine. Be sure to check the images.
I doubt it. Strings get really floppy and flubby tuned to lower pitches and short scale lengths. The lower the pitch the longer the scale length needed to accommodate the string, that's why...
Volume along with a hollowbody instrument is going to feedback no matter what pickup you use. The hollow body is what's causing it not the pickup as the instrument itself is resonating off of its...
Not mine. I wish I could link to the post where I got this from.
Congratulations on picking up the mandolin! I meet so many people that wish they could play music that you are way ahead of the game by actually jumping into the pool. Here are a few things that...
Sounds like you have some good things working for you
1. You have a teacher
2. You have an interest/direction (folkie/Celtic)
Both of which give you a solid starting point. You should ask your...
Looking at your picture, nothing looks amiss, but that doesn't mean that there isn't something up with the mandolin.
As Mike mentioned if this is the gap you are concerned about that's how the...
Usually a slash chord will tell you what note is in the bass, for example on guitar you may know D/F#: 195886
If there is a chord after the slash (which is not standard because it is very...
I'm not familiar with the Gold Tone instrument, but it looks like it takes ball end strings which means you have a lot of options. I've had really good luck with Stringjoy strings for acoustic...
Don't worry about feeling lost, it's completely natural.
Do you have any previous music experience? What music are you interested in playing?
A good place to start would be fiddle tunes like...
As others have mentioned you have the right idea, I'd urge you to give yourself time while you are learning to read music. Most of my students equate reading with sight-reading (reading in realtime...
If you're looking for online lessons, you can't go wrong with Andy Hatfield. Andy is a great player, a patient teacher, and a genuinely nice guy. He'll be able to help you get started.
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I think it depends on context, but I always err on the side of readability.
Any of them would be fine if I was given the music in advance and had time to work it out. If the expectation was to...
For T accessible, Yukon Stubblebine in Somerville does really good work, however, he is exceptionally slow and not communicative. You can talk to him before dropping the mandolin off but there is a...
Thank you both for the responses.
I started working on the suites by detuning the bottom 4 strings on the guitar, and just stayed in that thinking once I got an octave mandolin. I'm reasonably...
Actually working from the cello scores on an octave mandolin and transposing on the fly. Or more appropriately pretending it's a mandocello, CGDA.
I'll take a look at the 3rd suite, thanks for...
I've been working on the first Cello suite and have finally gotten it to a place where I'm at least comfortable moving on. While I doubt I'll ever be done polishing it, I'm curious if anyone has any...
Thank you all for the suggestions, it looks like I may have to do some more leg work if I want to keep this a surprise. Or more prudently tell her I'm getting for her and have her do the picking.
Please let me know if there is a better place to ask this.
My wife is really looking for an open-backed, clawhammer style banjo, and I was hoping to get one for her. She plays three finger style...