AGREED! I couldn’t begin to count the times someone asks for some blues mandolin to listen to and gets a dozen responses of "Listen to Bill Monroe".
Sure, the dude used the blues scale a lot - and...
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AGREED! I couldn’t begin to count the times someone asks for some blues mandolin to listen to and gets a dozen responses of "Listen to Bill Monroe".
Sure, the dude used the blues scale a lot - and...
I agree. I’m a blues guy too, but I didn’t enjoy this shuffle rhythm at first. I’ve found it sounds WAY better if - instead of letting the strings ring out - I mute them right away after each stroke....
Nice. I’ve never heard of this type of tuning before. The melody notes seem to be right under my fingers at all times!
My brother has wanted an Irish tenor banjo for years, but hasn’t wanted to shell out the cash. A few months ago he bought a Hora Irish bouzouki instead, and he absolutely hated it, so now it’s mine....
I’ve always preached the Circle of Fifths for beginners to find chords in a song, but I never knew it could be used for scales as well. So cool!
I appreciate everyone's input. It's hard going, but I am starting to make progress. I worked with my kid the other day (he's ten times the player I'll ever be). He gave me a variation on the standard...
Yep, if I didn't think there was a potential benefit, there is no way I'd be putting myself through this. I'm mostly happy with my playing, but despite much effort, I can't seem to do tremolo or get...
I already suck quite a bit at it, so maybe I'm ahead of the game. :D
Thanks for the responses. My oldest son is a guitar teacher. When he was 8, he was doing my three-finger hold, and I made him change (only took him about a day at the time). He swears that my playing...
Hey, y’all,
When I was about 14, I was finally allowed to quit Conservatory piano lessons. I found out that guitar frets were each worth a semitone, asked a friend what the guitar strings were...
Free acoustic blues show on YouTube. Thu, May 5/2022 at 8pm eastern. Join me for 40 minutes of blues played on mandolin, lap slide resonator guitar, and banjos. Tell your friends!
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Free acoustic blues show on YouTube. Thu, Dec 30/2021 at 8pm eastern. Join me for 40 minutes of blues played on mandolin, lap slide resonator guitar, and banjos. Tell your friends!
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I've also had a lot of troubles with memorization, but seem to be improving in that area since the pandemic - now that I'm spending more time at home playing.
I'm about halfway through reading the...
On Wed, Oct 6/2021, I'll be doing another YouTube Live show, singing and playing some acoustic blues on banjos, resonator and mandolin. This will be the 16th show in a series that I've done since the...
Free acoustic blues show on YouTube. Thu, July 29 at 8pm eastern time. Join me for 40 minutes of blues played on mandolin, lap slide resonator guitar, and banjos. Tell your friends!
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Free acoustic blues show on YouTube. Fri, Apr 2 at 8pm eastern time. Join me for 40 minutes of blues being played on mandolin, lap slide resonator guitar, and banjos. Tell your friends!
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Free acoustic blues show on YouTube. Thu, Feb 25 at 8pm eastern time. Join me for 40 minutes of blues being played on mandolin, lap slide resonator guitar, and banjos. Tell your friends!
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On New Year's Day, I'll be doing another YouTube Live show, singing and playing some acoustic blues on banjos, resonator and mandolin. This will be the eleventh show in a series that I've done since...
If anyone is interested in viewing the archive of the show, it's at the same link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37EXfaNDl6Q
At 8pm eastern time on Thu, Nov 19 I'm doing another free acoustic blues show. Join me live on YouTube for 40 minutes of songs about love, death, and misery on mandolin, lap slide guitar, and banjos....
If anyone is interested in seeing the archive of the show, it's available at the same address.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAVS0k-Y-DM
Hey, y'all. On Thursday night at 8pm I'll be doing another one of my free, online acoustic blues shows. Don't you need to hear a half hour of songs about love, death, and misery? Please share this...
Hey, y'all. I'm playing some acoustic blues on mandolin and banjos tonight at 9pm eastern. Go to this facebook event at the time and there will be a magical YouTube link for you to watch the show...
I have another acoustic blues show streaming live on Thursday night at 9pm eastern time. I'll be playing mandolin and banjos.
Here's the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCPNgfiYPjk
If anyone wants to see the whole show from last night, here's the archive:
https://www.facebook.com/paulspafford/videos/10158544523368288