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  1. Re: Music Tab for "indifference" Gypsy Jazz Waltz

    The original version by the composer accordionist Tony Murena was in Em.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0PKim1RD80
  2. Re: Free irish Session Tunebook Out For Community Comment!

    Thank you very much for sharing the Tunebook. Not only will I learn a few new tunes but this will be great for some of my students to improve their reading!
    I vote strongly for keeping a version...
  3. Re: MP3 of the Day - O'Carolan's Draught by Scott Tichenor from t

    Beautiful tone!
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    Re: Bill Bussman passes

    Here's a photo of Bill and me back in 2007. My wife and I were visiting my son in Los Cruces and I called Bill to see if we could stop by and try a couple of mandolins. We had a nice visit and a...
  5. Re: Mandolin Accompaniment to "The Very Thought of You"

    Hi Bruce,
    I never thought of that tune as a shuffle, that is interesting.

    I've always heard with a slow swing beat, such as Sarah Vaughan with Barney Kessel on guitar:...
  6. Mandolin Accompaniment to "The Very Thought of You"

    A student of mine wanted a somewhat complicated accompaniment to the jazz standard "The Very Thought of You" in G major to perform with his wife who sings.

    It worked well on the mandolin and it's...
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    Re: Karasik Mandolin Project

    Great tone Jim!
  8. Re: Cost of sending a mandolin from US to EU?

    Hi Bren, I'm sure you're right.
    I was just reporting what I had paid over here, but as you say there are the VAT fees and the sellers should be reimbursed for their packing and handling time.
  9. Re: Cost of sending a mandolin from US to EU?

    It cost $102.45 last November for me to send a mandolin (10 lbs 15 oz) to the United Kingdom through the USPS and it included tracking despite the postal clerk telling me there would not be tracking....
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    Re: Emanuil Sheynkman

    Hi Eugene,

    Thank you for taking the time to list the track names. This is the same recording that I have as a CD under the title of "The Paganini of the Mandolin". I think one of his students...
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    Re: Emanuil Sheynkman

    I believe it was Norman Levine who said that Emanuil Sheynkman was amazing to see live. That the energy in his concert performances far outshone his recordings.
    I have "The Art of the Mandolin" and...
  12. Re: Modern case options for teens Gibson A models

    Regarding the TKL cases, are you all recommending the TKL 8851 Archtop A style or the TKL 8853 Archtop A-5 style for a teens A?

    https://www.tkl.com/products?categories=mandolin
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    Re: String preferences for Gibson A2-Z?

    I was surprised how much Straight Up Strings mediums changed my sound for the better on a 1918 A-4
    https://straightupstrings.com/pages/straight-up-strings-for-mandolin
  14. Re: Name that TUNE - please help! We're been stumped for years!

    Scot, It's nice to hear you and John playing together.
    Judy and I have played his beautiful "A Place in the Heart" for many weddings over the past decade.
    I just found this interesting article...
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    Re: What pick for a teens Gibson?

    My 1917 A-4 does need a different pick than my other mandolins. This one sounds great on mine and balances the strings:...
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    How to determine a rare items value

    Hi everyone. maybe some of you more savvy Ebayers can help me out.

    In 1997-1998 I was the artistic director/ emcee of a Jazz Guitar series. I have a PolyTone amp (the choice of many jazzmen from...
  17. Re: Some mandothingies from most recent batch

    Great work Dave! I'm looking forward to hearing one of them.
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    Re: Battery busking/session amp.

    I love my Roland AC-33. 30 loud watts plugged in, 20 loud watts on batteries and it has a very natural sound.
    I haven't tried the other two choices.
  19. Re: New video by the Embergher Mandolin Quintet

    Hello Alex,

    What a wonderful video with such an inspired performance and beautiful sound!
    I wish i could attended the concert.

    best wishes,
  20. Re: Two Bourées by Charles Wood - 1866 - 1926

    Thank you again Andy!
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    Re: Happy 70th Birthday, David Grisman

    Happy Birthday! Thank you for all the beautiful recordings, historic reissues and for all the inspiration to play.
  22. Re: Sephardic Folk Song on Cittern / Octave Mandola

    Beautiful performance! Thank you for sharing.
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    Re: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Our version from 10 years ago:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYyU-XnfYn0
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    Re: standard guitar tuning for mandolin?

    Studio guitar ace Tommy Tedesco used a guitar tuning (EBGD) for mandolin with the string gauges .009, .012, .017 and .024. I think you could do .11,.13,.18 and .24 for a slightly thicker sound....
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    Re: new american mandolin ensemble

    Here's another performance from the same concert. "The City Awakens" by Emiel Stopler



    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKRDgTza3nE
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