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  1. Re: Thin Lizzy song: a step into the unknown for me

    Thanks for the reply, but you've lost me. If the A string is taken down a semitone, then your opening notes are G# B G# C#. I don't see any of those notes in the D minor scale.

    I like the...
  2. Thin Lizzy song: a step into the unknown for me

    As some of you will know, I have previously tried - with reasonable success - to produce a mandolin tablature for a couple of rock songs, but in each case based only on the vocal.

    Producing a...
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    Re: Going to California

    I've seen Boot Led Zeppelin in concert, and they did play this song.
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    Re: Tips/advice please

    Do you have a metronome?

    Here's one: metronome website
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    Re: The Warning - amazing song by young girl

    And I'm sure you could sing brilliantly in a foreign language when you had just turned thirteen.

    The Warning recently signed a record deal, and also went down a storm on The Ellen Show.

    ...
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    Re: The Warning - amazing song by young girl

    After a lot of hard listening, here is my assessment of what Pau sings:

    I can’t break down the boundaries: F C D# F D# F G G#
    Can’t put the past behind me: F G G G# G G# G
    I just can’t believe...
  7. Thread: Music or Tab

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    Re: Music or Tab

    I did not know the song Dream of the Archer, but have just listened to it. My inexperienced ear seemed to pick up the notes E and F# (above C4), as well as a chord which might have been E - not...
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    The Warning - amazing song by young girl

    The Warning are a rock band from Mexico who have recently gone viral with their cover of Enter Sandman. The band comprises three sisters who I believe are aged fifteen, thirteen, and ten,

    I am...
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    Re: Musical mnemonics

    I now have a mnemonic for a minor scale, and fortunately it is not defamatory: take some time to savour the taste.

    Yes, I know - the one about Take That is more memorable.
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    Re: Inspired by Jamie Lynn

    So I've finally got round to trying to identify a mandolin tablature for a JLS song, and I've opted for Big Bad World.

    I'm pretty sure it's in a minor scale, and I've opted for G because so far as...
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    Travis picking on four strings

    A neighbour has recently told me about the travis picking system. I looked it up on YT, and found mostly guitar videos. I found one mandolin video, but it assumed that its viewers already knew...
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    Re: how does this CL scam work ?

    Can I make it any simpler?

    You are invited to pay cash to someone as part of a scam. This person may be the scammer, or it may be someone to whom the scammer owes money. If you are paying money...
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    Re: how does this CL scam work ?

    I did not use the term "their money", and it is rude of you to imply that I did. Also, my logic does not require the cheque to be real. It merely requires you to pay money in cash to someone you do...
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    Re: how does this CL scam work ?

    I do understand the nature of the scam, except that the scammer can ask you to pay the cash to him or to a third party. If you pay the cash to a third party then you may be breaking the law - at...
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    Re: how does this CL scam work ?

    It depends on exactly how the scam works. You have something for sale. Someone offers to buy it from you, but offers payment in a cheque for more than the sale price. They ask you to pay them the...
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    Re: how does this CL scam work ?

    I don't know about other countries, but if you fell for this scam here in the UK, then you might be in breach of money laundering laws.
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    Re: Camille and Kennerley

    They are an inspiration not just to harp players but to players of melodic instruments generally - and of course you can get a perfectly good mandolin for a lot less than six thousand dollars.
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    Camille and Kennerley

    I have known about Camille and Kennerley for a while now, but have only just taken an interest in them. They are harpists who cover rock songs. Not all of their covers work IMO, but their Metallica...
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    Re: So I bought a keyboard ...

    I have been sitting cross-legged on the floor trying to learn a simplified version of Fur Elise on my keyboard. I feel like Schroeder.
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    So I bought a keyboard ...

    Today I bought a four octave electronic keyboard in a charity shop for £9.99. It runs from C2 up to C6.

    The mandolin is still my favourite instrument, but I will learn music faster if I have more...
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    Re: Smoke on the Water

    That does make sense, yes - A# rather than B. I was working on a scale, which is why I used the B.

    I have looked at guitar tabs before now, but I wanted to try to work out a tablature for myself...
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    Re: Smoke on the Water

    I began by watching a tutorial for the guitar which began with an Em chord. That was what prompted me to use the Em scale.
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    Re: Smoke on the Water

    On reflection I realise I made a couple of mistakes which I have now corrected, although I'm still not sure about the fire in the sky line.

    Iconic riff: D2 D5 A0 D2 D5 A2 A0 D2 D5 A0 D5 D2 (played...
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    Re: Smoke on the Water

    I based it on an Em scale, although I also make extensive use of C# and G#.
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    Smoke on the Water

    I have been trying to work out how to play Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple on my mandolin, and the best I have so far come up with is this:

    Iconic riff: D2 D5 A0 D2 D5 A2 A0 D2 D5 A0 D5 D2...
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