No.
No.
"Put your hands to the wood
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The rhythms of the rain, locked within the rings
And let your fingers find The Music in the Wood."
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No. I have a Phoenix Bluegrass mandolin but mainly play Bach sonatas and partitas on it.
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- Ed
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Our mistakes weren't quite so easy to undo
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Actually, no. "Plurality" refers to a group with the largest number of members if there is no majority. If given only two choices, there will be a majority and a minority. But if this survey were expanded to include definition by genre, yes, bluegrassers might very well prove to be the plurality. But since the choice is either/or, that's irrelevant.
FWIW, as an example, a few times a presidential election has been won with a plurality of the vote, due to the effect of a third (or fourth, fifth, etc.) party candidate drawing enough votes that the winning candidate had less than 50% of the votes cast. He still was the winner, even without a majority. This occurs fairly often in Europe, where many countries have numerous parties. Famously, in the 1992 election, Ross Perot received nearly 19% of the votes, and Bill Clinton won with only 43% - a plurality.
Now, this response reminds me of what I keep forgetting to mention: classical players must represent a considerable minority here, even though not many have piped up.
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Mostly.
It’s what I’ve been paid to play.
I have done some more “folky” stuff too but, not a lot.
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No Bluegrass for me...in fact, I think the reason it took me so long to come around to realizing I actually liked the mando was that the only place I heard mandolin played was in all the BG music my father listened to as I was growing up, and I was NOT a fan. When I took up guitar just a few years ago, I started meeting folks who played mandolin in all the other genres, and I really liked it. So here I am...
I don’t think so, so that’s probably a no. As a recent arrival to the mandolin, I’ve been learning mostly fiddle tunes and old time music as many new players do.
As I improve I would like to explore other types of music such as classical and jazz but probably not bluegrass.
No. I tend to be more jazz oriented. Depends on my mood though.
No. I'd describe what I play as "Americana", which includes bluegrass, classic country, and singer-songwriter, as well as blues. The relative distribution of these various genres depends on the folks I'm jamming with. Currently, maybe 20% of the songs I play with others would be considered traditional bluegrass songs. But how I play doesn't change much depending on how the song is classified.
Yes, it's been a while (10 yrs?) but when I played mndln it was typically BG. I only played for a couple or few years though.
I think the mndln does best in a BG setting. I play many other styles, but play other instruments for those..
To be or not to be, that is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous chopping or by taking up arms against a sea of banjos and by opposing them end them.
When bluegrassers get together I play it. There is less of it all the time where I live. The band I play with does polkas, waltzes and old standards for people to dance to. I never imagined playing that kind of music but it has been great fun. At home I play whatever gets my attention.
Yes! I try to play bluegrass along with all the other stuff I try to play. I love the instrument in many settings but it works far better in bg than anything else per me.
No.
Folky bluesy rootsy Americana.
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Yes and no … that is, you are correctly making a fine point about the binary nature of the informal poll posited by this thread, but considering the cafe as a whole, the bluegrassers appear to win the plurality … and yes, all this has been discussed before in these parts.
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As we inch our way up to 100 responses, my latest accounting reveals something remarkable. With 91 "votes cast," at 70 nos to 21 yeses, we have the exact same ratio of 10:3 or 3.3:1. I find that remarkable, and so I remark.
I'm not sure my point was all that fine. Painting with rather broad strokes here - not exactly brain surgery with a monkey wrench, but something like. I never thought there was any doubt that bluegrassers would represent a considerable minority, since the history and future of the mandolin and bluegrass are intricately intertwined. I am pleased to discover how many players have embraced the variety of capabilities of the instrument.
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
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I suppose if the question was do you play some Bluegrass on your mandolin most would say yes.
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Don't worry about the spelling, everyone will misspell it anyway - club owners, writers, advertisers, even your fans. And mispronounce it, too. People might call you "Bro" for short, but it should be pronounced "bra" (the hipster way to say "bro") to go with "Bron," akin to "brontosaurus" (that's how I hear it, anyway). But if you can live with that level of misunderstanding and misapplication, go for it. You'll make your mark on history as the musician with the most unpronounceable name. Well, maybe not. There are cultures with languages that really look daunting. Still, this isn't "Tom Jones."
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
Furthering Mandolin Consciousness
Finders Keepers, my duo with the astoundingly talented and versatile Patti Rothberg. Our EP is finally done, and available! PM me, while they last!
- Ed
"Then one day we weren't as young as before
Our mistakes weren't quite so easy to undo
But by all those roads, my friend, we've travelled down
I'm a better man for just the knowin' of you."
- Ian Tyson
I'm not even sure what that means hahaa. Streaming music and the availability of pretty much every genre has been at our fingertips for many years already.
Here's a gem from the man himself from 2013 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXDL6_3gFu0
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