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I'll check it out, love thouse FJ podcasts! ... and the magazine too!

You find your modal vamps on page 15 and 16.

Yes, that may be so, but it also seems to me that the instrument makes me adapt the music, or choose what to play. One thing I do notice on this one, compared to the others I have, is that it's set...

So, finally, I got it, and have found time to make a short demo video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve5oXqfZZl4

... in the Didmarton raffle, on a ticket bought at Sore Fingers Week back in April ... :grin::mandosmiley:

It's a Davidson Ashbury Deluxe, which I believe is designed by Phil Davidson and made in...

I'll be living in Riesa, Sachsen, Germany (about an hour drive from Dresden) about a year from this fall, and wonder if there happens to be anybody here living in that area, or knowing about the...

I spent a wonderful week at the Sore Fingers Summer School in Kingham, England, in Mike Comptons class. Very inspiring, and a great mandolin teacher. We had lots of fun too, and played a lot. Now...

The Tony Trischka School of Banjo is probably the best resource there is, IMHO.

I have a piano from the 1930's, and my piano tuner tunes it to A=432, as he says it probably never was tuned to any higher pitch, and he doesn't dare to put it under the extra tension of tunig it to...

I can't seem to access an updated catalog, everything works as normal, but the titles that should be added lately according to emails form Homespun and their website doesn't show up in my catalog. Is...

Quite a coincidence, the same day I registered to go to Mike Comptons class at Sore Fingers Week, this interview came up, and made my expectations even greater!

There isnt' one proper name of the chord, or any chord for that matter. The chord notation system is very loose in that matter, and thus often misleading. I tend to look for the function of chords in...

Meine Herren, vielen Dank für ihr Hilfe und sehr gute Ratschlage! Ich freue mich an meine Freundin in Berlin zu treffen, und hoffe dass sie mit mir in Musikmuseum und Aquarium gehen will, und dass...

I'm visiting Berlin, (in Germany) for a few days, Sunday 18th to Wednesday 21st. Are there any tips on where you may hear some good acoustic music, or see and try some fine instruments?...

The way you hold the pick is not theory in my book, it's a practical skill, a small detail (but important) in the practical, physical task of making music with your own hands. You need a pick grip...

Have an Eastwood Mandocaster, and I like it! Did have to shield the body cavities with copper foil to eliminate some electric noise, but aside from that, it's a nice instrument. I do believe that the...

Are you thinking about something like this:
http://www.voxamps.com/images/amplug/th_acoustic_slant.jpg
Vox amPlug

I have realized that I need/want to improve my fretting technique, by keeping my fingers as long as possible on the fret, unless I by purpose want to mute or cut of a note.

To accomplish this I...

I mostly play with teardrop shaped Fender Heavies, and use the rounded "shoulder" of the pick. My grip looks like this, curling the index pretty much:
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In a live setting, the only one knowing a note is "wrong" is you, and MAYBE some of your bandmates, unless you show it's wrong by your own reaction ...

As long you keep the groove going, almost...

In Celtic music (and bluegrass) I've been told that the term "modal" normally means playing the flatted seventh, and in case of modal minor also the flatted third. In the terminology of modes this...

Farmerjones, nicely done! Sounds quite right to me!

Bruce, I think your explanation is very helpful. It's easy to get too focused on the theory, at least for me, and what notes are "right".
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Tonight I found a lead sheet for "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine" and started learning the melody:

http://www.8notes.com/oneills/gif/2024.gif

Now, from the score I figure that this tune is in a...

Tab booklets are include in the download, as pdf files, you can always open the tab from the player, or print it.

The problem with tunes that's played outside of standard A440 tuning is of course a problem and relevant. My main point is though that you should spend some time trying to play along wiht music chose...