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Great thread here, interesting observations about music and entertainment and how things have changed over time in addition to those about the Bob Wills style. After reading Scott's comments I was...

not to my knowledge.Certainly none of the Swing Low or Bye Bye Blues tracks used the Washburn.

a lot of those were done with his late 1980's Gibson F5L

What style of mandolin music do you like? Bluegrass? Choro? Blues? Swing? Jazz? Classical? Old-Time? Newgrass? Avant-Garde?Electric?

Barry can do it all.

a very happy memory for me is watching...

Is there a truss rod in the re-issue?

There are many ways to look at improvising, and I really like the term you've coined: "melodic freedom noodling"! Here are a few ideas in response to your question, I hope any of them are helpful..
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Hi guys, Don Stiernberg here, the guy in that video from 28 years ago...

Jethro Van Burns had an F5L that Gibson gave him, I'm pretty sure that's what he uses in this video.Not sure what year it...

Gm9, a/k/a G-9 or Gmin9 or Gmi9 could also be 7-8-12

I agree the mandolin's place in jazz music is not assumed as it is in other styles. I always point out that there are well established traditions of jazz violin and jazz guitar. The mandolin being a...

Thanks for posting Jim...great to see all those horn cats playing with Howard in the key of A natural. And not a single capo!

Got to watch Howard at one of his regular NYC gigs recently. After...

Jerry,
as you put the word out you may want leave out the word "country", just focus on "Swing", maybe not even say "Western Swing"....(?)...jazz guys who are new to the style play differently...

not much to add here, but a couple tiny things may cause you to see things from a different angle...

The D7 returning to Gm is part of a minor cadence. So that D7 can(should?) be altered: D7b9,...

not much to add here, but a couple tiny things may cause you to see things from a different angle...

The D7 returning to Gm is part of a minor cadence. So that D7 can(should?) be altered: D7b9,...

Perhaps interesting to note also would be how many instrumentalists are striving to make their instrument "sound like a voice"or make their improvisations "sing" or "tell the story"...

...to salute the great Johnny Gimble, on his birthday!

I'm going to listen to some sides where he solos for the millionth time, and most certainly react as always: "How does he do that?", or...

The Asleep at the Wheel and Leon Rausch release from 2010 "It's a Good Day" has Jason Roberts on electric mandolin on half of it's cuts. I think it's fair to say that Jason plays fiddle and mando in...

Wonderful.

Dear Mandrian,

1. Em7 and A7 do sound the same because they share tones, both having been drawn from the parent tonality of D major. Their similarities may be even more striking on the...

What a great record!

Bravo!

Didn't Bill Monroe hire Sonny Osborne when Sonny was 14?

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It concerns a DVD of a concert at Randy Wood's shop near Savannah GA with Tony Williamson and myself on mandolins, Jeff Autry on...

for bluegrass, 10-7-8-5 lo to hi with fingers 4-2-3-1. the 'chop' chord...

for other things, and bluegrass, 5-7-8-8, with fingers 1-2-3-3

sometimes in chord melody it's nice to have the...

i've seen Mike Compton play the grass on an oval hole and of course it sounded great. Red Rector was another. Still wanted to mention that in addition to the volume thing you may want to consider the...

John's response is as usual very thorough and thoughtful. The idea that it's a lifelong pursuit might be the most important. Add to that it should be fun and is very rewarding in the realm of...