One thing I've been doing to relax my practice is to learn the tunes by ear slowly, then practice them with a metronome bodhrán track to keep me in time but make things more musical. This guy Jon...
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One thing I've been doing to relax my practice is to learn the tunes by ear slowly, then practice them with a metronome bodhrán track to keep me in time but make things more musical. This guy Jon...
The plug design in the Uk & EU now have insulated covering on the live & neutral pins to stop this happening & protect little fingers from contacting them when plugging & unplugging.
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You probably ducked a bit of a lemon on that new one.
Someone has stuck a banjo bridge on it and the scratch plate is collapsed onto the top.
Not hard to sort, but might have more issues than...
From that list I'd probably only bother with;
Donnybrook fair
Banish misfortune
Fig for a kiss
Foxhunter's
Going to the well for water
Ballydesmond polka
Toss the feathers
King of the...
Calum McIlroy, the winner of BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2024, performs G Iomain na Gamhna for crowds in Glasgow’s
https://youtu.be/JFTqiVEjK-Q?feature=shared
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A friend put me on to this lovely bit of playing featuring bouzouki, harmonica & drum.
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https://www.tijnberends.com/
I like using the Dogal Calace range for mandoloncello.
There are normal & light versions of round-wound & half-round flat-wound and "traditional" (nylon as "gut")...
As another Irish export my impression is that until the 1990's we were all kind of cobbling along as best we could & acquiring decent instruments normally involved travelling abroad with some very...
I use an iRig HD X with a short 1/4" jack from my Eastman ElRey. (stock shots here)
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That goes into the iPhone for power and to use the AmpliTube modelling app with the iRig headphone out to...
I've been playing about with Amplitube fed from the Ibanez ElRey through an iRig HD X, for home stuff experimenting with sounds, to see what I might translate onto the pedal board.
I've been using...
I really like using the Dogal calace half-round mandoloncello strings.
I'm currently using the RW93 set, but will be trying the HR138 set next month (got to plan well ahead with these ones)...
I think it's more than just the hat, you've got to cultivate the overall look;
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One thing that hasn't popped up here, but which has in several other threads, is the impact of import duties & other constraints on your budget.
As a rough guide your $10k budget will be nearer...
I got Phil Davidson to make me my dream mandolin. We used some very innovative techniques to get where we wanted.
I reckon he's at the peak of his craftsmanship now & often sources his woods from...
Should be some more once I get a gap in the schedule.
As many already know Chris Acquavella (via Trekel) published a suite of 30 etudes dedicated to his students. He also released his CD of 10 of them "Recording Of The Dawn" (Bandcamp & all the usual...
I always use Alison Stephens as a reference.
Her broad strokes have an effortlessness that belie the subtle complexity of what she achieves.
This really comes to the fore when she plays duo-style...
Just for some added context here are some early 1900s examples with their stats, from the "Bowlbacks of note" thread (running at 7388 posts so it would be cruel & useless just referring people there)...
As far as I can see the Felix shouldn't have any impedance matching issues as it offers so many options. (10MΩ, 1MΩ or 10kΩ for channel 1, and 20MΩ, 1MΩ or 332kΩ for channel 2) not sure what you get...
Very nicely done. Thanks for sharing.
Have a watch of this video and it'll give you a real insight into how bowl-backed instruments are made in Naples.
https://youtu.be/erDKCUFru6o
The neck block is often part of the first part of...
Keeping the knuckles towards the nut will give you your best reach without relying on the width of the hand so much. As will keeping the head of the mandolin well out out from your body, and try...
You'd need 5v for the K&K Meridian mics rather than the 12-48v normally supplied by phantom power inserters.
One easy way to do that is to use the K&K Meridian preamp which they sell as a package....
Highest sounding (highest pitch) to lowest sounding is what is meant & used as the normal convention.
Similarly in singing we use SATB for soprano,alto,tenor,bass.
As long as you define it each...
I think Olaf hits the nail on the head when he mentions focussing on the little things.
When we hit a plateau it's often because we have the older, more basic, priorities done and have got used to...