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Yes you are right there. That's why I posted the question. The cafe is great, it's so engaging here.Thanks for helping out.

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Yes a Mandolute. It's far from pristine but it plays and it's stable.
I just did a search for those strings. I'm in the UK - looks like an import only, though I may stump up and give them a...

Yes great. But do you put them on antique instruments?~:>

Thanks for responding with some apparent knowledge of the Weymann. I had logged out of this thread and only came back late last night. In the interim I decided to chance it and fitted the GHS S&S...

Cheers Richard
That's good to know. Those old A1's always seemed better construction than the earlier Weymann's. At least though we are talking here about non F models which is reassuring. I say...

I have a set of steel & silk strings (regular 11- 40).

Would it be safe to put these on an oval hole early 20th century mandolin (Weymann).

I can't figure if the tension would damage the neck...

Yes, thanks Rob, it's hard to believe you distribute this free of charge. I'm sure almost any mandolinist would pay for such a great product. Well done and thanks again.

There's a lot of interesting responses here, which is nice, thank you. Things to digest and reflect on. I think the net result of reading through all posts is that I'm now re thinking or rather -...

Man it's a glut of options, somewhat overwhelming.

I'm looking at reasonably cheap but I don't want to get something I'll ditch in a year.

On paper, a lot of reasonably nice looking mics - and...

Looksvery interesting. What time zone will this be in?

Yes I've loved this thread, reading it and going back over the ideas and thoughts shared. I'm grateful for all that people have contributed. I can't say I'm flying but I'm now in a steady groove with...

That's nicely played, well done. I've already listened to it a few times and I'm sure, along with a couple of other versions performed on the mandolin, I'll be listening/watching them repeatedly...

That's a great summary and a good place to end a helpful discussion. I'd just like to thank everyone for chipping in with thoughts and ideas.

For myself, BWV 1001 Presto will be a long journey of...

That's certainly true. There are some interesting and unusual Bach recordings that I love that might fall into this category. Bach's a summit composer, working at high altitudes. It takes effort to...

I have a copy of Jig of Slurs from one of the books of collected pipe tunes. It's littered with ornaments that look quite puzzling to a mandolinist. I always loved the pipes, although those marathon...

Hi Michael
Another vote for the work it backwards approach. I didn't realise it was a well embraced method.

I was just practising and thinking how I need to sort the fingering out. The Presto...

(Somewhat off topic). The sublime and celestial Arthur Grumiaux recording is still kicking around on CD, often very cheap too. It's a Double Decca package. I don't know what it is but it is truly...

I'm glad you said this. It reminded me of my former music teacher who looked over a piece first and did just this, noting that this here is a descending scale, this an arpeggio, and so on. Perhaps...

I mentioned that I'd heard of this approach before. It sounds good in theory but I at least can't hear the music when I start at the end, it's like I get the tune in my ear by hearing it move...

Ha. I realise that i never posted the link to the piece that got me started on this. This thread is well underway but
I must correct this now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASr8-rfa8HM

No...

I s'pose with simpler/shorter pieces it works easier. I would approach trad tumes by getting a phrase or so down in Part A, then finish the rest of Part A and move into Part B. Because it's...

that made me laugh - in the context of us being lab rats.

Thanks for a prompt response. I think that's an obvious and probably a good strategy. I might chop the score into 4 bar loops and then...

Being a Bach head and inspired by this fine display of memory skills I challenged myself to learn it, if not to memorise. After a couple of days I find, as I always do when I approach a piece of...

Just started out with video #1 last night. As a hopeless improviser, I found it started off at exactly the right level. Good stuff. Look forward to working through this material. Thanks for your...