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Hi Mando colleagues,

I am trying to play by hear "Baião Caraivana". This is an amazing tune composed by Dudu Maia. (youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZO8C_QknIA)

Anyone has the...

According to the mandolin cafe article posted at: http://www.mandolincafe.com/news/publish/mandolins_001544.shtml. Caterina is a professor of mandolin at the Music Conservatory of Cologne, Germany...

Hi Don Julin,

Thanks for your prompt reply. Congradulations for the book "Madolim for Dummies" and this amazing jazz tune!!

Nowadays I am trying to play this song by ear. In near future I...

The track 80 of book Mandolin For Dummies is an amazing jazz tune. The harmony seems to be based on the IIm7 V7 Imaj7 progression. Additionally some chromatic arpeggios are strategically inserted in...

For mandolin fretboard skill testing and practices, I recommend this website:

http://www.musicopedia.com/training/mandolin.php

In this nice site you will find more information on scales,...

Hi Perfjr,

You can see clearly different right hand manners to play with pick in this youtube video:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMcxl8ALmic

[Sonata a Due Mandolini e Basso by Emmanuelle...

Hi perfjr,

You have brought a delicate point about the right hand techniques for discussion in this mandolin forum.

I have heard many personal opinions on this topic from several mandolin...

Additional information on this new book are available in these weblinks:

http://www.melbay.com/Products/20570/fretboard-studies-for-the-improvising-mandolinist.aspx
...

Hello Mandolin players,

I am not an expert in the terminologies for bluegrass and jazz styles .... so ....

What is the technical difference between "Chop Chords" and "Four Fingers closed...

Congradulations for the "Chorões" subscribed in the Mandolin Cafe Forum !

Today is the National Day of "Choro" in Brazil !!!

On April 23 it is celebrated "the National Day of Choro" in Brazil,...

Excellent initiative!

The mandolin is really gaining more and more space in jazz and other musical genres.

I wish success to your new jazz website ! Congradulations !!

Musical Regards,
...

Hi Pete,

Thanks for posting this amazing chord melody lesson. The progressions and rhythmical arrangements sound very nice. Congradulations !!!

Musical Regards,

Carlos Gomes SJK-SP

Hi David,

Thanks for posting this very nice youtube video !!

The choromusic band "Isaias e seus Chorões" is really amazing. In my best knowledge, they are one of oldest choromusic band in...

Hello Mandolinist Colleagues,

I discovered an amazing choro tune yesterday. The name is "É uma doçura" composed by Waldir Azevedo, the greatest Brazilian Cavaquinho player.

This song was...

I am not an expert to name choro songs, but it seems adequate to name your musical arrangement as a "choromusic potpourri" or "choromusic medley".

I hope to help you. Congradulations for your...

Hi Mandolinist Colleagues,

I have appreciated very much the high level achieved in technical review of these choromusic books. The preface of books states that the song transcriptions are based on...

Breathing and moving softly the head are involuntary corporal expressions associated to feelings when you play intensively a song.

In Brazilian choromusic style, the performance pleasures are...

The major contribution of this musical research, on the composition activities from the Jacob do Bandolim, is the issuance of two books which contain his complete work.

I have acquired these...

Dear A. Watters,

You are completely right. This violin method is progressive in most of all musical aspects: technique, ensemble practice, reading, fingering, etc.

Do you recommend any...

Braziliam musicians play "Sapeca Iaiá". See video in the following weblink:

http://tv.estadao.com.br/videos,MUSICOS-INTERPRETAM-SAPECA-IAIA-OBRA-INEDITA-DE-JACOB-DO-BANDOLIM,166604,253,0.htm
...

DougC thanks for your comments and good recommendations. I will continue to explore the duet lessons. Maybe the most representative aspect of The Doflein Method is to have contact with several...

A friend of mine gave me a violin method titled as "The Doflein Method Volume 2 Development Of Technique, Doflein and Doflein ED4752". Although it seems a good progressive guidance for the violin...

Dear Mandolinist Colleagues,

I appreciate very much all improvements/suggestions/corrections posted by you. Thanks for spending your precious time working in my challenging personal task....

Hi Colleagues Mandolinists,

Find attached my initial arrangement (for mandolin) of romantic song "Lagrima", which was composed by Spanish guitarist Francisco Tarrega. I did my best to provide a...

Ken, thanks for providing this very worthy and useful information. I am very surprised because this webtool includes additional information about arpeggios and chords as well. It is amazing, is not...