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    i really want to learn to play rock mando instead of traditional and celtic but i just cant find anything about the topic. has ne1 found some chords online cause yahoo doesnt bring up too much on the topic. with that bein said, is there a good scale to use while attempting to rock out on my mando?

    thanks for ne help!

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    Rock covers a lot of different styles. Are you talking Chuck Berry, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Guns 'n Roses, or what? The pentatonic scale can be used for rock, blues, bluegrass or most any improvising. Here are a couple of websites from Cafe posters that have a lot of resources:

    Niles Hokkanen

    Martin Stillion
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    Arches F4 / Newson F5
    Crump B1 / Old Wave GOM

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    Play what sounds good to you. One of the advantages of playing rock, IMHO, is that it shouldn't be bound by the rigidity of other forms. I'm just a hack, but I just started with guitar transcriptions and played with them until I had something I liked.




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    Listen to some Steve Earle my friend. Copperhead Road is a good place to start.

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    I've been playing Procul Harem's "Whiter Shade of Pale" using mando for the keyboard riff. It works really well, especially the tremolos on the longer notes.

    If you want to figure out how to play rock on a mandolin, pick a rock song you like, play it on your mandolin, and see what happens.

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    Check out the version of Whiter Shade of Pale on the first Psychograss CD. Changes key between most solos and Tim Obrien does the vocals.

    As to rock mando, am I correct to assume you are playing electric mando? If not I don't think your going to be too satisfied with the tonal palet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by (250sc @ Aug. 20 2005, 11:03)
    Check out the version of Whiter Shade of Pale on the first Psychograss CD. Changes key between most solos and Tim Obrien does the vocals.
    Darn it, I thought it was my idea -- although if I'm thinking the same way as those guys, I must be doing something right. Now the challenge is to find the first Psychograss album, which appears to be out of print...

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    Check out String Cheese Incident. Michael Kang plays an electric 5-string solid-body mandolin.
    Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?

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    Yahoo Groups: RockMando

    Check out the discography databases!

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    Mandocrucian tracks on SoundCloud

    CoMando Guest of the Week 2003 interview of Niles

    "I could be wrong now, but I don't think so!." - Randy Newman ("It's A Jungle Out There")

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    howdy mayhem, i'm really new to all of this, got my 1st mandolin about a week ago...been playing guitar all my life, just decided to try mando. There is some cd's out there, if you play by ear, they called like "Pickin' on ZZ Topp" or "Pickin' on Eric Clapton". I'm not sure, from your post, if this might be what you're lookin for... these are, like bluegrass versions of rock songs...really cool if your're into it...talk later...have a good'n
    complete rookie on mandolin, i need help, intermed. on guitar

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    right on every1, thanks for the help. ive been playin for about a year but all im workin with is "big rock candy mountain" and Christmas songs... thanks for the songs yall pointed me to, it help a lot.

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    Check out former Blood Oranges member Jimmy Ryan. He plays his Flatiron and a solid-body 5-string on his and other artists' rock and alt.country oriented CDs.



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