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    Re: CGDA tuning on Mandolin?

    Big Muddy has mandolas
    https://www.bigmuddymandolin.com/
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    Re: Where are the Mandola Books?

    Tenor Banjo music is now written an octave higher than it sounds, i.e. The low C on the mandola is notated as middle C. That makes tenor banjo music accessible to mandola-ists
    Greg Keeing has...
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    Re: Want to take up the cello

    Your teacher should show you how to play without injuring your shoulder. If not, find out.
    Cello players become very involved with their instruments. Your wife will become jealous. :)


    I...
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    Re: Colorado OT, BG or Folk 7/15-7/21?

    "affordable housing" Do you mean indoors with heat?
  5. Re: Beginning my mando journey, looking for players in the SW MO

    Try going to the Acoustic Shoppe in Springfield and asking.
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    Re: Why chord melody? Why not use notation?

    Wow, you guys have turned this thread into and encyclopedia of valuable information.
    Thanks to each of you.
    Will be studying your posts.
    "Chord Melody is Melody with Chords, so you take a melody...
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    Re: Why chord melody? Why not use notation?

    Thanks to each of you. Have seen sheet music for classical mandolin. The only mandolin orchestra in the area was going downhill. I did get a look at the sheet music they played.
    Studies...
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    Re: Why chord melody? Why not use notation?

    In my experience notation is the five line music that show what note is to be played. Tablature show the string and fret to be played for a string instrument.
    Would like to find more notation that...
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    Re: Why chord melody? Why not use notation?

    Have not seen violin music with notation showing chords. Chords names for guitar are common. I have seen some with double stops.
    When I was playing cello chords were sometimes played in a broken...
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    Why chord melody? Why not use notation?

    Have found very little music for mandolin that uses notation for the chords.
    Learning to read notation is much easier than learning chord melody.
    Chord melody may be preferrred by jazz...
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    Re: VERY quiet mandolin for practicing?

    Try a felt ukulele pick.
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    Re: The Mandolin Store has moved to Lebanon, Ohio

    Have ordered about 4 mandolins from The Mandolin Store. .
    Have two of those at present and they are superb.
    Also ordered one mandocello that was easy to return.
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    Re: Hamlett Two-Point Review

    Have a J.D. and 10 years of sobriety, but no two point. Bought a Collings last year and a Pava recently. Saw a two point a few weeks ago and told myself to slow down.
    Hope you enjoy the Hamlett...
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    Re: Mandolin Orchestra Recruitment Poster Needed

    I spend a lot of the winter in Tucson. How can the group be contacted? Cannot find a webpage or Facebook page.

    Sent an email to rafalafas@gmail.com.
  15. Want to hear Mike Marshall play the Prelude to...

    Want to hear Mike Marshall play the Prelude to Suite #6. Casals played it best.
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    Re: Building a violin... easier?

    Also, fiddle or violin may depend upon how many teeth the builder has.
  17. A decade is 10 years. The mandolin was not used ...

    A decade is 10 years. The mandolin was not used by those bands "seven decades" ago. Please, I am getting old fast enough on my own.
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    Re: Are tenor guitars slightly evil?

    Evil? I certainly hope so. :)
  19. Re: Tenor Banjo Christmas Solos (would work for tenor banjo)

    Ordered it.:)
    Will be sick of Xmas by Thanksgiving if I practice the tunes a lot. ;)
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    Re: Chord-Melody on Tenor Guitar

    Excellent old thread.
    Found tips for playing the tenor banjo Fedex is supposed to bring tomorrow.
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    Re: Where are the Mandola Books?

    There are now several mandola sheet music books on Amazon. Many are composed or arranged by Ondrej Sarek.
    My favorite is by Hans Landau - Mandolin Instrumentals.
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    Re: Mandola and standard notation reading

    Middle C has a frequency of 261.626. It is in the middle of a piano keyboard. The mandolin, mandola, and mandocello have different strings that place middle in different positions. Those...
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    Re: So what would a 27" scale mandocello sound like?

    Why play the mandocello horizontally when it might be better played vertically like a cello?
    Put it on a short step stool or something and give it a try.

    I took cello lessons for two years. My...
  24. Thread: Why Mandolin?

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    Re: Why Mandolin?

    My mother forced me to take piano lessons. Years later I learned the teacher did not like little boys. Piano did not last long. Begging for a different teacher did no good.
    Played tenor sax in...
  25. Thread: Lamb Mandolins

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    Re: Lamb Mandolins

    Weber mandolins are too bright for me. Have a Weber mandola that is great.
    Tried one Northfield, it was very nonresponsive.
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