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    Re: Alternative tunings for your 5-string

    Guitars were originally all five string, tuned just like the modern instrument, but without the low E. It was a hundred years before someone added it. Guitar tuning is hard to beat, and a lot of...
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    Re: Alternative tunings for your 5-string

    Does anyone else use flat fifth tuning. I play eight string electric mandolin, and it would work very well for a five string. The stepwise progression makes it easier for both chords and melody. G...
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    Re: Switching to mandola?

    Hi David, I have struggled with my mandola for 18 months. I finally gave up the standard tuning in fifths, and I'm now using guitar strings. tuning: GCEA.
    17 inch scale length.

    I have small...
  4. Re: Left Hand Strength For Female Mandolin Players?

    Hi Carolie, I think we all suffer left hand strain to some extent. I train by doing completely different exercises such as learning to type, piano scales with the left hand, and finger tapping...
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    Re: Chord Chart/Circle of 5ths.

    I'm with the innocent bystander. The mandolin is such a logical instrument that all the stuff in the circle of fifths diagram is right there on the fretboard. Intervals always have the same geometric...
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    I always try to keep that gap in the V, but I get...

    I always try to keep that gap in the V, but I get an ache in the ball of my thumb. I get relief by alternating three positions during practice. The "gap V", #no thumb or palm contact at all, and full...
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    You might want to check the recent thread titled...

    You might want to check the recent thread titled BEAD. #I put it the wrong way round. it should have been D,A,E,B. #This solves a lot of problems, as you just move your fingers over one string, and...
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    Thanks Dave. I'm finding it has to be quite a...

    Thanks Dave. I'm finding it has to be quite a small file. 3rd attempt! #Martin
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    Hi, Can anyone explain how to send a picture to...

    Hi, Can anyone explain how to send a picture to the message board?

    re string tension, I wanted to measure it myself so as not to take any chances. I didn't want to overstress the instrument,...
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    OK, I'll take a picture tomorrow. Martin

    OK, I'll take a picture tomorrow. Martin
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    Hi Kevin, I've been away, hope you get this. I...

    Hi Kevin, I've been away, hope you get this. I measured the string tension by rigging a kind of jig in the shed. The loop,or ball, end nailed to a rafter with a bridge just below it, and exactly 17...
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    Thanks for ;your responses. I find them to be...

    Thanks for ;your responses. I find them to be quite an endorsement as I has not heard of this tuning before. I use sting gauges 12, 18, 28, and 42. They all have a tension of 25 lbs. (total 200lb) I...
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    Hi, I'm new to the mando cafe, apart from one...

    Hi, I'm new to the mando cafe, apart from one posting a few years ago. I now play mandola , and I've chosen to tune it (with appropriate strings) to B E A D. Highest to lowest strings. It took quite...
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    JGWoods asked why the correct guage would...

    JGWoods asked why the correct guage would eliminate the need for compensation. My understanding of it is like this. Bending a string increases tension and therefore pitch. Depressing the string onto...
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    Well I really do appreciate the responses to my...

    Well I really do appreciate the responses to my topic. It's a kind of endorsement, and much needed as several people have looked pretty dubious when I explained what I had done.

    This whole thing...
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    Hi, I am an amateur player with an interest in...

    Hi, I am an amateur player with an interest in the physics of sound, and a tendency to tinker with things!

    I have rebuilt the bridge on my Kuntucky, and to make it as light as possible I...
  17. I have modified the bridge on my Kentucky, making...

    I have modified the bridge on my Kentucky, making it lighter. At the same time I have leaned it back slightly to split the string angle more evenly. It seems to me this will enhance transmission of...
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