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I think that drilling a hole in the fingerboard is cheating.
"it's not in bad taste, if it's funny" - john waters
That lower left chord shape has me wondering what is in the water there.
Let's say I appreciate the humor!
Is the title of this thread a bit...... misleading?
Jim
Dr James S Imhoff
Boston University
Oregon Mandolin Orchestra
1912 Gibson K4 Mandocello; Thomann Mandocello; Stiver F5; American? Bowlback; Martin 00016; Dusepo Cittern/liuto cantabile
Looking at the photo on the lower left and now I get it! THAT’S what people meant when they said I needed to “grow a pair”!
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Pete Martin
www.PeteMartin.info
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www.WoodAndStringsBand.com
Jazz trio
www.AppleValleyWranglers.net
Western Swing music
An old college roommate was born with six fingers on each hand, but, unfortunately, his parents had the extra digits amputated. He played banjo and wished that he still had the lost digits, figuring that he’d be able to play like no one else, maybe even that jazz chord on the lower left!
Steven Grossman tells about trying to figure out a Reverend Gary Davis tune, but couldn’t get the fingering. He later discovered that the Reverend’s broken hand had not been set properly; as a result Davis could doing fingerings not available to the rest of us. And let’s not forget Django…….
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