This type of fiddle tune was developed as accompaniment for dances--quadrilles, contra dances and set dances. If danceability is your criterion, the proper tempo according to the old books is from...
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This type of fiddle tune was developed as accompaniment for dances--quadrilles, contra dances and set dances. If danceability is your criterion, the proper tempo according to the old books is from...
You will be a much more versatile musician if you can break the Down-on-the-downbeat Syndrome. Half of the fiddle tunes are more easily played up-on-the-downbeat; Soldiers Joy comes to mind. Most...
Washington was a brand name used by Slingerland. Slingerland made mostly banjos, but also handled guitars and mandolins. They likely farmed out a lot of stuff, and good luck on finding out who made...
Any time you feel that the mandolin is insufficiently challenging, try a concert zither. As Martin points out, the fretted strings are tuned like a mandola; however they are reversed, so you can get...
The generic term for this kind of instrument is "Columbia Zither". They are quite common, but ones in really nice shape are not. To get an idea of its value, try "zither" on eBay.
Alan
Good mandolin banjos were made by Gibson, Vega, and Bacon, mostly before 1940, and prices for one in good to excellent playing condition run $500 on up. Unlike a mandolin, the tonal quality and...
It is a common misconception that the MB-2 is a non-Mastertone MB-3. I quote from the 1926 Gibson catalog:
---"Has a 10 1/2 inch rim. Gibson Mandolin-banjos are made in three models---styles MB-0,...