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I think one important point about scales is "don't always play them in a
linear sequential way". By this I mean don't play: do re mi fa
so la ti do and straight back down the scale. Practicing...

Here's one from John Hartford's first record:
"I've Heard That Tear Stained Monologue You
Do There By The Door Before You Go"

Maybe these folks have students?
http://www.google.com/search?q=jazz+guitar+sacramento&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

Here's a bit of Harrell's version
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002KORO3K/ref=dm_dp_trk6?ie=UTF8&qid=1346696519&sr=1-1
After the first two melodic chords, you play DADADADA (notes) which aren't...

In my own experience, any jazz guitarist who is into swing
can play western swing. Most of those guitarists aren't into
country music *at all* though. Some bluegrass, country and
rockabilly...

http://www.yourchords.com/270949/Django-Reinhardt/Shine-Chords/
http://www.amazon.com/Shine/dp/B001UAXB32/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345489807&s=dmusic&sr=1-1

"I can't read music, so fiddles won't work at this juncture."
Niles commented about this, so I'll agree and say,"This is
a missed opportunity." If you have time, inclination and a
teacher, learn...

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Not sure if this has been posted.
Here's John playing with a local gypsy swing group.
Click on the top row of video icons. "Diminushing"
is on mandolin. The rest feature him on guitar....

Johnny Gimble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PegzRBXF32E
Randy Elmore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-kXZI7q9vM
Jason Roberts/Paul Glasse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OljQj3-orvE

I've had violin students who try to mash the string down on to
the fingerboard. We usual do the same kind of exercise Pete
demonstrated in his video. My "pearl of wisdom" for violin:
You can...

Some favorites:
Duetto Giocondo--Baroque Music For Mandolin And Lute
Lichtenberg, Caterina & Silke Lisko--Duo Galante
Artemandoline Baroque Ensemble--L'Arte Del Mandolino Barocco
Schneider,...

Tiny Moore as Ranger Roy with his monkey Anna Banana
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I knew John for about 25 years—especially in the mid 1980s
when he’d play some of my local swing and bluegrass gigs.
Has anyone ever played both jazz and fiddle tunes so well
on any instrument? He...

I'd suggest playing the melody of the song for the solo. Working it out is a really
good exercise. Even if you don't get it exactly right. [Having some variation is a
good thing.] IMO memorizing...

Jazz violin player Claude Williams was also in that category.
When he died in 2004 at 96, he was the last musician to have
recorded Jazz in the 1920s....

How amazing to develop a way of playing and have it become THE way to play...

Fantastic! Love the music and your playing.
Sure--guitar is a better solution for that sound.
I love translating violin moves to electric mandolin and playing
Western Swing arrangements with it....

It might be useful but for me it didn't work at all.
There is a potential trap in acupuncture
with the cost, and "do you believe in it enough
for it to help you etc." Not talking about being...

Hi John,
I'm in the same situation as you, and also very into western swing.
Acoustic mandolin is no longer possible but I built an electric mandolin...

"A nuanced figuration of articulated tones resembling a string of pearls..." :^)

I had a couple 1950s Nashville based songs with Buskirk as a side man.
...but lost them :^( He was playing his mandola through what sounded like
a Fender amp. The music was extremely flashy and...

Good chart, but for total beginners I've taught
"2 finger" chords first. More folk than Bluegrass,
but a good place to start. Here's a version from the net.
[This person left a few out ie. A=...

Tiny fronting the Camellia orchestra
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Click for a larger version...

Swingin' on the Strings - The Ink Spots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fN7IScKpFY

This is fun: Banda Do Lua Boys - Brasil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utUWlUt1uS0&feature=player_embedded#!
...

If its just a few tunes, write the note names of the
intro and tape to the side of your mandolin:
My Little Darlin' (D string) F#GABAGF#D

Running the notes on stage usually reminds me, but...