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    Re: Standard Notation for Tunes

    I don't know about subscriptions for Musescore. The program is free to download and use. I use it in transcribing fiddle tunes for anyone interested. The site is free. http://fiddletunes.net
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    Re: Can anyone recommend a builder to me?

    http://luthier.com

    David Dart, good friend, very good maker although he is making fewer F-5s these days. Nice website too.
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    Re: water and bending sides

    I disagree. There is a difference between wetting dry wood and unseasoned wood. Wood is dried over time to let moisture out of the cells. Wetting wood later only adds water between cells which dries...
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    Re: Intonation Mystery

    Normally a larger 0 fret doesn't make sense, as you say. In this case though, I think the idea of a larger fret that is selectively reshaped has some merit, assuming you can start with a large enough...
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    Re: Intonation Mystery

    I've found that shortening the distance from the nut to first fret a few thousandths helps this problem. It can be done by cutting the fingerboard. Try experimenting by sliding an E string under the...
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    Re: Nut File Size vs String Size

    As I said, many people will disagree. I disagree with you for the reasons I stated. The V shaped nick frees the string from binding, it doesn't cause it. I won't press the issue further. I'm sure...
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    Re: Nut File Size vs String Size

    In my experience trying to match a string radius in the nut or bridge is a waste of time. If it's too tight there's binding. If too loose you only have one point of contact and less control of where...
  8. Re: What did you goof up when building your first mandolin?

    That's another example of a procedure of his that doesn't make sense to me. I was following directions closely and didn't realize until too late that he had us cut the neck taper before cutting the...
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    Many of us owe a debt of gratitude to Siminoff's books. That said, there are funny things in them. He leaves some things poorly explained, I think. But one of the oddest things he says to do, to me,...
  10. Re: What did you goof up when building your first mandolin?

    I am just finishing my first F-5. I have made several fiddles and since I play both decided to build my own mandolin too. My one regret was putting in a tension rod following the Siminoff plans. In...
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    Re: A Bridge too far

    It looks like a sloppily made bridge. The steel posts may not be perpendicular to the bridge, or the holes ithat capture the upper part of the bridge are too big. I've had that happen too, and I...
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    Re: Need some Comments and Criticism

    It's quite nice. I hear a slight hesitation in the attack perhaps. But mostly I hear way too much pick-hitting-the-fretboard noise, especially in the first part of the track. I don't know what kind...
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    Re: Who Tunes down their mando?

    If you want that feel but still be in standard tuning have a custom mandolin built with about a 13 1/8" scale length, which would be like tuning down and putting a capo on the first fret.
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    Re: Minor Chord Shapes in Bluegrass

    Here is my question: What chord shapes do you bluegrass mandolin players use for A minor, D minor, and E minor?
    Also, a little off topic, but I need a good F# chord as well.
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    Am -...
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    Re: Chord Fingering Question

    [QUOTE=MitchD;1207633]Hello Mando World. I have been playing the mandolin for seven months now and I have a question about which fingers I should use for these chords and chords like them.

    E 1220...
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    Re: A5 versus A??

    [QUOTE=Vannillamandolin;1204310]I play a5 regularly and as someone said it substitutes for both a minor and major. However there is no substitute for the full and real thing! <big smile>

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  17. Re: Does violin playing enchance mandolin playing?

    [QUOTE=JeffD;1212913]I absolutely disagree. The violin, I think, is much harder than the mandolin.

    No, I agree with you. Overall the fiddle is very difficult to learn. I meant to convey that the...
  18. Re: Does violin playing enchance mandolin playing?

    I'm primarily a mandolin player but I took up fiddle 9 years ago. One great thing about playing both is that you learn the same tunes, and you have a head start with fingering. There're a lot of...
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    Re: Tips on technique?

    Finger the mandolin diatonically, i.e. do-re-mi = 1-2-3 etc. That's different from guitar. The other thing is to learn to play strictly alternate picking by eighth notes so your right hand is doing...
  20. Re: Tremolo - Is it possible to eliminate pick noise?

    I'm guessing the noise described is the pick on the fretboard too, though I don't understand why it would be different than chording or single note playing. I had my mandolin built without the...
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    Re: Extended Chords

    [QUOTE=55bar;1200972]In my job I sight read many chord charts, if I where to see this:

    C13 you have to assume the composer wants it to contain the b7 too. The same if C6 is written you would...
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