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JonZ, Evan is alive and well. He continues to perform and teach. He did a concert at my home a year or so ago while he was on a concert tour. The music biz is a tough one. Evan is obviously in...

Ald,

It depends on the context of the piece. Evan does use rest strokes when playing quarters and frequently 1/8 notes depending on the tempo of the piece. In duo style, no rest stroke for...

I have the same problem. I tried Pledge with no success. I thought about changing the ends with new ones, but rubber is rubber and I doubt that it would work. I play sitting down with 'Amber' in...

ald,

Here's Evan's response:

Hi, Tom...


Clarifying meas 17: 3 slashes through a quarter-note always
means unmeasured tremolo in my materials unless specifically
noted otherwise, or...

ald,

I've only got the Joyful Variations handy so, if we could narrow down were "section 17" is then I can take a look. There are 243 measures + repeats in what I've got. Are you referring to...

With the materials that I have, Evan uses the standard notation for tremolo. What material I have is all measured tremolo.

Mad

Hey, Bruce. Evan does this in shorthand for to save space. He uses the standard notation of 2 lines meaning 1/16 notes but he includes a base note in line with the lined quarter. The start of the...

ald,

It would be helpful if you could provide an exact reference to the exercises you are referring to. If you are talking about lessons 8 & 9 of the duo style book, then I'll provide an...

One correction to my note. I should not have referred the 1/16th note patterns as base + triplet. Technically that is incorrect. That pattern is all 1/16 notes. Sorry. Mad

I'll take a shot at some of this. the 3 lines through a note is short hand for saying use the same note pattern that was used previously. So, if the pattern before had 8 notes, then the note with...

Like David said, keep them fingers down until the last minute. The Bach Cello Suites Suite I and II Preludes provide excellent opportunities for legato practice. I've found that the Prelude to...

Draino,

You might want to take a look that this thread: http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?72286-Evan-Marshall-featured-artist-in-current-Mandolin-Magazine that the OP mentioned
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Me too, Ivan. Great observation. Ascending and descending scales in steps, in thirds, whatever.

Mad

Jon,

As was pointed out earlier, that technique wasn't used on all difficult passages but just those that seemed to refuse getting under the fingers. Evan suggested this approach for 1 passage...

Jon, the way that Evan explained it to me was that it helps to "uncage" the brain. That is to say that there are some passages that the fingers refuse to "get" no matter what practice technique you...

Ed, I've got to sympathize with you. I spent 1 1/2 years working on the light-fist technique at Evan's insistance. I found that I could not tremolo for the life of me with that grip. So, after...

I've found that it is difficult to find a classical mango instructor but not impossible. There are none where I live so I do Skype lessons. If you look on this site under instructors, you will find...

I don't know if this helps or not, but... I've been at this reading thing for two years. I started playing and learning to read at the same time. I don't play by ear, don't use tab. I have gotten...

Thanks all for the responses. I've traveled with other shaped cases, but not with a Calton. I've not had problems finding overhead or closet space in the past. I also don't "hide" the fact that I...

If I can't put the Calton in the overhead compartment for some reason, will it fit under the seat in front of me? Any one done this?

Thanks

iPad. No clip on required. :)

Like Brent mine get ridges with flakes that will grab strings. I use an emory board to smooth the surface, not to file away the callus.

yankees1,

I'm a beginner, so my routine is a result of input by my mandolin instructor. Here's what he told me:

Scale Studies;
Detail work on unfamiliar material;
Detail work on familiar...

Jim, lots of different approaches to this here's what I do daily:

1. measured trills for 2 octaves, ascending in scale degree, descending in thirds for the key of the day - I change keys every 2...

Hands.... hands down although I do have a digital quartz for timing the food on the barbee and exercise. Other than that hands!

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