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I got hooked on nonstandard tunings with LZIII. I've slipped in and out of a bunch of them with infatuations with Jansch, Fahey, Hedges... I'm using about 5 different ones so far on Hardanger...

Since you asked for help -

FYI, hardanger fiddle fingerboards typically have very little radius, or none at all, as well as corresponding flattened bridges - as multi-string playing is a standard technique in the idiom. The...

For anyone looking for more information, or perhaps to enhance understanding of cognitive effects and processes in dementia, this article presents a good overview.
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Great read - thanks Al. I caught the forro bug a few years back and spend about half of my playing with it (on accordion).

Being land-locked as I am, I miss opportunites like this; I advertise on...

Evidently the regions of the brain that conduct emotional response, sensory processing, linguistic functioning and so forth are last to be affected in diminishing capacities associated with...

Regarding suggestions - if you're a folk musician, avoid the murder ballads, keep it light. Seems there are always some folks who are triggered by provocative lyrical content. Often, someone in an...

I used to go about once a week with accordion - always a popular instrument among an older age cohort, and ideal for the environment for its portability and projection. Did some hospice work as...

The key element is practice - with time, it will become easier to transition between instruments. The more you do it, the easier it gets. However, if you're just learning another instrument, it may...

Well, compared to a mndln - guitar is huge. Its larger physical dimensions provide for a larger sound, greater harmonic and dynamic range, more color possibilities, etc. There are certainly...

Assume we're talking about - 'steel string, folk-style, chord strumming/plectrum' guitar..?

Flamenco/classical guitar is one of the more technically challenging and demanding instruments. Without...

I enjoyed the supergroups, but I haven't listened in the last 15 years since taking up clarsach. I play mostly in the old, solo style for my trad. I'm compelled by the 'purest' drop there is/was -...

Max, you prbly know this - many Irish-style accordions have switches to eliminate 3rds in the bass. Many folks, who own accordions without the switches, eliminate the 3rds by taping them off.
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I would agree with everything in the above post, except that I conceive of 'groove' as mostly a function of rhythm (or rhythmic wherewithal) - which is why I regard 'rhythm' as the most essential and...

While I certainly agree that shedding is standard approach, I would also emphasize that much toward the pursuit of 'musicality' can be achieved outside of the shed (or, perhaps broadening the concept...

DB, wire harp, and of course in elec sound synthesis where we control these parameters of attack, decay, sustain, and release.

It's one of the fundamental characterisitics of my large wire harp -...

When something's not happening, it's very often a lack of rhythmic wherewithal. Rhythm is the backbone and the life blood of music. Phrasing, flow, syncopation, accent, nuance, vitality - all...

It's a dynamic that everyone in avant music is accustomed to - we all share the same story of others' (friends, family, spouses...) lack of understanding and typical derision of our interest. It...

Thanks for reviving the thread - I just had the pleasure of listening to all their vids again; as usual with this type of music, the more I listen - the more I enjoy.

Ya O'carolan introduced the baroque tinge and all that. Certainly it's (harmony/'accompaniment) more florid style and apparently a departure from what went before - the natural succession of...

"General" questions; here's my general comment -

I had the good fortune to start playing (electric gtr and sax) at age 9. Given proximity to the instruments, I also dabbled on flute, drums, and...

As a harper, I play "accompaniment" all the time - as Jim points out, it's basically predicated on tonic/dominant tonality, with plenty of figured bass and movement to create harmonic contrapuntalism...

Ron was a fixture in Denver - we saw him all the time; aside from his teaching posts, Ron's activities always meant jazz in Denver on the weekends. He and the group played with Ginger Baker for...

"Popularity" is but a fleeting fashion . . . if you want to be a REAL musician -

Have you tried modifying your technique - taking the pressure off your thumb?

L hand CMC chased me out of classical guitar - my life since age 10. I still play a bit of flamenco, but have to put...