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    Re: Tendon Surgery

    Thanks, but I find that doesn't seem to make a noticeable difference to me (and I tend to have a good diet anyway), and the fact that the doctor can actually see the tendon damage on an MRI scan...
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    Re: Tendon Surgery

    Don't worry - I've not been able to practise much in the last couple of years, but patience is one thing I have had plenty of practice with :)
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    Re: Tendon Surgery

    I might have to start practising writing with my right hand, being a left hander who plays mandolin right-handed! Though for this op they're saying 2 weeks until can write / type again.
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    Re: Tendon Surgery

    Thanks for the suggestion, but I tried Alexander technique, which is all about changing posture, biomechanics and getting to the source of the problem, not just the muscle that is hurting, and that...
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    Tendon Surgery

    After a few years of struggling with hand/wrist/elbow pain, and exploring many options (total rest, gradual increase, anti-inflammatories, Alexander technique, targeted exercises, stretches, etc),...
  6. Re: What a difference a couple of hours make -- a day

    Yeah, and that leaves you in the situation where you've played it wrong maybe 15 times and right once, so you've reinforced doing it wrong far more than doing it right.

    Another thing which can...
  7. Re: What a difference a couple of hours make -- a day

    Just be careful not to overdo it, and make sure you warm up properly etc. I used to practice about 10 hours a day for a while and I massively improved. However, despite always making sure I stretched...
  8. Re: Kevin Macleod, George Duff & John Martin -2016 Celtic Connect

    Sorry, looks like I might not make it now, but all the best for the gig, hope it goes well.


    To be fair, with Celtic Connections I don't think this is the case, as they always make it clear that...
  9. Re: Kevin Macleod, George Duff & John Martin -2016 Celtic Connect

    Somehow missed this when looking through the brochure a while back, but will try and make it.
  10. Re: Is it wrong to correct a poster's spelling or grammar?

    Some advice from 2000 years ago that still seems relevant:

    "From Alexander the grammarian, [I learned] to refrain from fault-finding, and not in a reproachful way to chide those who uttered any...
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    Re: mandolin bicycle

    I use a gig bag over both shoulders - I don't trust it in any kind of other way that might go wrong, and as for it being more vulnerable there in an accident, if I get knocked off my bike, a mandolin...
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    Re: The Slow Downer

    I've tried it and love it but am just waiting for them to make a Linux compatible version.
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    Re: Building ITM repertoire

    I'd tend to back up what Roger said about recording the session if folk allow it (which I'm sure they will), as that way you can get learning the tunes that they play - it can vary so much from...
  14. Re: ASAP Irish Mandolin: Learn How to Play the Irish Way

    Don't mean to be overly pedantic, but the jig of slurs is Scottish I'm sure.
    Not that there's not plenty of drunken players here too!
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    Re: Strap Suggestion Appreciated (UK)

    I was happy enough with this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Levys-Mandolin-Cotton-Strap-Black-/331210501682?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item4d1daf2e32 that I bought 2 more of them for other instruments...
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    Re: Rip off Britain

    Being an Anarchist Communist I tend to agree that we should stick to mandolin related discussion and not politics ;) .
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    Re: Rip off Britain

    Having seen various medical practitioners absolutely free of charge for mandolin induced tendonitis, I've more than made back the extra I pay on strings or on American instruments. I use European...
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    Re: Hand Injury not improving

    Well I'm fortunate enough to live in a country where seeing a doctor is totally free, so have seen a doctor, a physio and an ortho; the doctor seemed to know little about it but said it couldn't be...
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    Re: Hand Injury not improving

    Steve, thanks for the suggestions; i will continue to think about using alternative methods of playing things, but using slide or open tunings isn't really an option for me; i'm playing a combination...
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    Re: Hand Injury not improving

    Cheers steve for that in depth reply; I've been meaning to jump back on this thread anyway to update my progress. I went the whole of november and december, hard as it was, without playing music, and...
  21. Re: ASAP Irish Mandolin: Learn How to Play the Irish Way

    Don't know about that, as far as I was aware in ITM it was more common to pick each note when in bluegrass for example the same thing might be played with hammer on / pull off
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    Re: Just got a Tone Gard

    Just last night was asked, and not for the first time, whether my mandolin had been amplified at a gig where it wasn't. And it's even worth it alone for the fact that there's a bit of air between...
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    Re: Practice Census

    1. What skills are you trying to develop in your own playing? Where do you think you most need to improve?

    Firstly trying to overcome tendonitis(mainly left hand) and work out how to play in a way...
  24. Re: how is lebanese music different from other middle eastern mus

    Just check they're not talking about this Beirut . It could explain why they said "Beirut style" and not "lebanese style".
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    Re: Chord progressions...

    Why don't you write a few progressions that work on the guitar or banjo, then play it back on the mandolin, and do that a few times to get a feeling for good chord progressions on the mandolin.
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