Curious to know if anyone likes any particular alternate turnings to give a dronier and different sound to a bluegrass tune in C.
Type: Posts; User: Gina Willis
Curious to know if anyone likes any particular alternate turnings to give a dronier and different sound to a bluegrass tune in C.
Hey, that worked! Thanks!
Thanks Jake, but have you tried to download those files?
The link you posted goes to the Mandolins for Dummies page and the hyperlinks are there for the tracks, but when I click on them to...
Thanks, but those tracks are only for the Exercises book.
What I can't find anywhere are the ones for the first book, Mandolin for Dummies.
The published link to the digital download of the exercise tracks for Mandolin for Dummies brings up a "content not available" page.
I realize the book is many years old now, but the files ought...
Great thread! I nearly posted a Ronnie Spector RIP thread myself, but didn’t have a mandolin hook to hang it on.
But here’s why I wanted to say something:
I think it’s an essential part of...
True confessions time!
I'd like to hear some stories from people who decided at some point in their life to take the plunge and try to build a mandolin.
1. How did you prepare for the project...
All my life I've heard and liked that tinkly little opening to The Beach Boys' "Wouldn't It Be Nice," and only today did I learn (courtesy of The Wrecking Crew group on Facebook) that it was played...
If I’m understanding this and visualising it correctly, are you saying the arm really does have an important role to play in tremolo?
It always seemed to me that it should, because if you think of...
I see there are medical immobilizing elbow braces that hold one’s elbow at 90 degrees, which might be just the gizmo that would work in this case — but they cost about $50, so I’ll probably just do...
Even though my playing is improving, Mike Marshall still tells me he’s seeing too much of my motion coming from my right arm. He really wants me to take a step back and even just do RH single string...
Yes, but I don't want to look like I'm auditioning for Hee-Haw :-D
Hopefully the regular hoot night at The Guthrie Center will continue -- I wanted to go during a visit to the area a couple of years ago but the church building was closed for renovations back then....
Re: Weird mouth movements -- Other than making oneself keep breathing (great tip), has anyone else conquered this habit, and how? Does forcing a pasted-on smile work (just because the mouth can't do...
Video just serves as a reminder (although often a painful one) that music is something that's *performed.*
And, to do it reasonably well, one not only has to learn the instrument but also learn...
Brad, this was your all-time best episode ever!
Great selection of artists and recordings, too.
Oh, the unexpected (but valuable) things we see and learn when we sit in front of the camera to record our progress!
How often have I felt I was chugging along quite nicely on a new tune, only to...
Fiction: Murder Ballad Blues, by Lynda McDaniel (set in North Carolina, mystery novel, main character is in a bluegrass band and plot involves old murder ballads).
Nonfiction: Wayfaring Stranger,...
I can see why the Ira Louvin role would be irresistible for an actor-producer, given all the opportunities for scenery-chewing tantrums, drunken binges and mandolin-stomping blowups... The only...
Delighted to see the mention of Michael Daves in this week’s issue of The New Yorker, where a profile on actor Ethan Hawke described Michael coaching Hawke on voice and mando for his role as Ira...
What makes a tune a hornpipe?
You're welcome. Wish you were here in N. California so we could play our Northfields together!
FYI — As an alternative to constantly rewinding, there’s an iPhone or iPad app called AudioStretch that I found and it’s making these lessons accessible at last. It’s a slow downer app, but it also...
Thanks for this episode, Brad! It really spoke to exactly what I always liked about “golden age” country music.
I think you — and anyone else who digs that music and hangs out on Mandolin Cafe —...
Yes, Isaac — I’ve just been sticking with videos 0 to 2 for the past three weeks, particularly Lesson 0, getting progressively more comfortable with the modules. As I learn a module, I start playing...