"Am I doiung it right?"
"Am I doiung it right?"
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That's actually from the classic 'Fettucine Modern Method of Mandolin', in the chapter on the advanced 'reverse overlap' hand position, mastered by so few.
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I think that's a forerunner of the Townshend Technique, in which the instrument is inverted, held by the neck near the peghead, and swung down to the stage.
Or perhaps the photographer noticed that certain design elements in the mandolin echoed the model's features: the decal near the tailpiece, the dark expanse of the pickguard, and the sound hole symbolize the flower in her hair, the hair itself, and her parted lips. Perhaps ...
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
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A bunch of stuff with four strings
All y'all are so funny. Thanks for the laughs.
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That's not the proper position? That explains a lot!
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
They both look kinda high-strung for me.
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Well how about that, so Hendrix wasn't the first.
You know, these things don't come with owner's manuals ... New owners have to do some guesswork about what to do with them and how best to apply common sense or other means of deducing proper operation procedures.
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
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Wouldn't y'all like to have her hold you like that?
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Hmmm ... yes and no. Physically - upside down, hands misapplied ... not so sure. Emotionally - with that adoring, admiring look on her face ... may well be.
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Inside out
And round and round
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She looks like Janis Joplin and plays like Jimi Hendrix!
Just a gal who was way before her time...
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I believe this is that incredibly rare photo of Ms. El Kabong.
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All the women on this forum are laughing at the men, because they're blind and just don't get it . . .
She absolutely adores her mandolin.
Hey now! Not so fast. A couple of us'ns picked up on that and said so. And it's worth noting these are guys who have been around a while and seen a fair amount of what the world has to offer. Not young whippersnappers mixing up 60s icons. Ain't sayin', just sayin'.
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Yeah, but it was only a couple. They're still laughing.
One can only do so much ...
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
Furthering Mandolin Consciousness
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