“Classical music”, in my use, refers to composed, structured, and often notated music. Not an era. Mandolin was highly popular in the Baroque and Renaissance periods. Lost favor when orchestras...
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“Classical music”, in my use, refers to composed, structured, and often notated music. Not an era. Mandolin was highly popular in the Baroque and Renaissance periods. Lost favor when orchestras...
There's a much longer tradition and depth of classical mandolin music than any other genre. Mind open...
Would you be able to participate in this forum if someone told you that you didn't need to learn to read words?
Search for The Bickford Mandolin Method. Old text in PDF format. It has detailed instructions at the front for both left and right.
It seems Strum Machine is great for simple playalongs in folk and bluegrass. Playing with the guitar strum patterns can change up the feel slightly. Unfortunately now, I wouldn't use it in a gig.
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Could it be that you are missing being able to bend notes as effectively as on guitar, harmonica, sax....?
sorry, wrong thread....
Thanks, Richard. I'll look into it.
I just downloaded The Bickford Method. Have a special fondness for the older methods.
I have two Pinegrove straps. Great quality.
Thanks, Don. I’ll investigate.
I'm located in Southwest Ohio and wanting to plan several road trips to attend mandolin (Irish/Folks/Bluegrass/Jazz) workshops.
Where might I find a listing of upcoming events? Also, any that you...
Very nice.
I’m in Dayton. Fairly new to mandolin, but interested in playing.
For that particular instrument, I'd say that's the current price.
I’m planning a 2 to 3 week road trip from Ohio to California in the next couple months. I would like to take my mandolin alone. Any suggestions on whether it should be packed in the car sitting on...
I'm curious what gear you use with your electric mandolin?
I have an Eastman El Rey coming soon and will be playing primarily jazz/blues with it. Am looking for a pure tone quality. No fuzz, etc....
You may benefit from practicing scales and arpeggios up and down the neck. Once you do this, the notes in the upper range will become more familiar and shifting from low to high more comfortable.
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Nice recording. Logic is a great piece of software.
For me, both. But patterns obviously arise due to the mandolin's tuning.
Raises hand. Better safe than sorry, tho.
No neck binding is probably an aesthetics decision due to having no binding on the body.
I looked at some other models. I guess it has to do with the oval sound hole. Interesting.
I just received an Eastman MD304 I ordered online. The fingerboard is fully attached to the front body, unlike a MD505 I played at one time. I had not noticed this prior to ordering.
Other than...
Large monitors can get quite boomy in a smallish room. I sold my KRK 8" when we moved and my studio space shrunk. I now use Focal 5" and am quite happy with them.
One thing to consider, if you...