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  1. Thread: mandolin tabs

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    mandolin tabs

    Where are the mandolin tabs and lessons that were on this site? I can't find them.
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    Re: Fiddler in Band DINGED my BEST mandolin . .. !

    This is why I would NEVER buy an instrument that expensive. I would have a heart attack. I try to get a good playing solid wood instrument...but to spend thousands on it I would be terrified. If I...
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    Re: Beginner question

    Petimarpress.com is really good at helping you to get the basics that will allow you to relax a little...and not develop bad habits...he goes into detail and shows you how to do everything in a way...
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    Re: Beginner question

    check out http://www.petimarpress.com
    He has excellent basic instruction on how to hold the instrument, how to hold the pick, and when to pick up and down.
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    Re: Christmas list??

    How about the Sam Bush videos?
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    Re: favorite mandolin instructional material

    Yes, I like Bert Casey...I used some of his lessons, and I used some inexpensive video instructions http://www.smpvideos.com and I started with beginners mandolin and bluegrass mandolin and those...
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    Re: favorite mandolin instructional material

    Yes, Petmarpress is excellent basic instruction!
  8. Thread: lessons?

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    Re: lessons?

    Regarding jamming, I attended the slow jam at Grey Fox and learned so much from that! The basic review of I, IV and V chords, the minor VI and how to anticipate the chords in a song was a great...
  9. Thread: lessons?

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    Re: lessons?

    Maybe you could find folks who play what you like to play on craigs list....describe what it is you like to do and see if you can find someone who likes the same music.
  10. Thread: lessons?

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    Re: lessons?

    Why can't you do duets on skype?
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    Re: switching from the two-fingered death grip

    Must have been my guitar lessons that taught me how to hold the pick...when I picked up the mando I just used the same grip. It is very hard to change a habit that you've used from the start.
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    Re: switching from the two-fingered death grip

    I've never used my thumb and 2 fingers on a pick, always just the thumb and index...
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    That pinky finger!

    OK I'm working on this one. When I play Sorrento I have to use the pinky...I have a hard time when I am on the 3rd string playing fret 3, fret 5 and fret 6....now for these I am using middle index...
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    Re: question on tremolo

    Thanks...thinking about it...I use wrist and some arm...but it feels like I really tense up when I do it. Is it normal to tense up more when doing something like tremolo? Sometimes it comes off half...
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    question on tremolo

    OK, when you do tremolo...do you move your arm or do you move your wrist...I seem to have a hard time doing tremolo on the fatter strings. I am confused about tremolo.
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    Re: Christmas Music - Standard & Tab

    Thank you for this Christmas mando tab!
  17. Thread: tremolo

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    tremolo

    OK I'm learning an Italian tune, Sorrento. I'm looking for some tips to strenghten my tremolo.
  18. Re: Don't like those smooth sensuous curves? Here's your mandolin

    Horrible looking thing. Funny it's still posted there.
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    Re: right hand problems

    Well it sounds like when you changed your method...in a way you had to start over.
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    Re: right hand problems

    BEST LESSONS so CLEAR
    Also check this out....this guy has very clear GREAT lessons online on basics and in this video he goes over the picking. If you can check out the 2nd video as well...excellent...
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    Re: right hand problems

    Have you checked this out in lessons in Mandolin Cafe? Maybe this will help you:
    http://www.mandolincafe.com/pick.html
    Also, there is a DVD for $15, well 2 DVDs, $15 each, at...
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    Re: right hand problems

    Get a simple song and practice it very slowly...would be my guess. Slow down and practice what is giving you a hard time. Good luck!
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    Re: Cielito Lindo tab

    Thanks I never knew what Song and Tune Projects was about, but it seems like folks are posting videos of themselves playing tunes. I am looking for tab. right now I am not looking to record myself...
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    Re: Cielito Lindo tab

    That book looks great but $24 is a lot of money...I also need tab for Torna Sorrento, an Italian song that is not in that book but in another book....I just bought some tab books cant' really afford...
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    Torna Sorrento

    Does anybody have a tab of Torna Sorrento?
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