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Yea i know that some of the perterson tunings are specifically for guitar, but it also has tunings to "sweeten" various other instruments. I tried the "violin" tuning which gives beatless fifths, and...

So, i just got a peterson stroboflip tuner which is great. #I was having trouble getting the strings to be perfectly in unison, and this tuner solved that problem. #Now i have a new problem. #I have...

I have a Givens legacy that is a really cool mandolin that i enjoy a lot. #I am fortunate to get the chance to play a bunch of really cool ( and often hugely expensive) mandolins, and I rarely play...

Yea, you'll want to use your pinky for the 7th fret, putting a kink in your current plan.

I usually switch position higher by shifting after playing a note with the 3rd or 4th finger followed by a shift playing the next note with my first finger same string. Lowering i reverse it and...

I heard on another forum from a nashville studio guitar player that Elvis insisted on using an sm57 for some recordings rather than the studio mics available, because he wanted to "work the room"...

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Lol yea, this isn't contructive, but i was gonna say i'd recomend they take up electric guitar if that's what they like. Why is a kid who likes sytem of a down playing mandolin? I don't get it. Maybe...

Read this topic, scroll down some jmcgann posts a link to a great guide to reading

One thing that you can do on ebay (or any online transaction) is to ask the seller to call you from a listed number at the address he wants payment sent to. Suggest a different address such as work...

I can almost gurantee your playing will improve many times faster than if you weren't playing in this band. Plus it's fun and it's what music is all about to me: connecting with other people -whether...

I have used trial and error. #You can hit the open string or "harmonic" at the 12th fret, and compare it to the fretted note at the 12th fret. #If the fretted note is sharp the bridge needs to move...

Those 2 pics are very similar and i'd go with what worked best, and be prepared to switch as you go on. Both look good to me

[QUOTE]The structure of music is simple, elegant, and necessary (whether understanding is conscious or intuitive[QUOTE]
It really is. #If you can understand a major scale (c is always easiest...

Just do it. #Be prepared for it to sound so so at first. #Another technique is to rip off licks from your favorites, and incorporate them into your solos. #Be aware of the chord changes, and remember...

You might write down, or try to remember tunes that this particular jam group plays(or ask a jam veteran which ones they play most often), and work on those. #Then at the jam you would immediately...

Knowing arpeggios is useful for improvising because if you know the notes of a (as an example) C arpeggio, you can use them to highlight the chord tones when the tune you're soloing through is...

Kentucky waltz (requires tabledit or tefview)

I have the Bill Monroe Anthology too, and it has a ton of tunes, with pretty much all of the classics on it.

I think that fills played vs. a vocal line need to carry a clear relation to the melody of the line you are responding to. It's like a call and response with the vocalist, where you keep a clear...

Learn how to build chords from the scales. #It's easy i'll teach you right now. #We'll use the key of C since it has no sharps or flats. #C D E F G A B C . # Each one of these notes can be used as...

It's coming up on friday the 25th, will you be there soupy? we could meet up there if so and say hi, pick a few tunes.

David Grisman is our father? I knew there was a reason i ended up so hairy.

I would be somewhat turned off by a signature, but if it's not going for sale, and you like it, then do it. You're not in charge of makin me or anyone else happy, you should do what you like

If i were Ricky talkin between tunes i woulda told them all to practice on their own time (aka shut up). http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif # Sorry it's a pet peeve of...