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Thanks, AlanN, I'll have to keep poking around for more!

Grisman - "O'Banion's Wake" off of the album "Dawg 90"

Looking for some more of this style mandolin playing. Is this considered Gypsy Jazz, if not, then what? Any help and other artists/tunes is...

I have Debora Chen's book, "Standard Notation for the Tab Addicted Mandolinist". It's very good. Straight to the point with a couple of different styles of music, not just bluegrass, fast picking...

Yes, Mando ModeExplorer is great stuff and he's been very helpful outside of his great software too. I just wish he'd develop software that could get my fingers moving the right way!

Hey, Dylan, what's the theory book you've found?

I have a custom Gallatin (maple back, gloss finish, no finish on back of neck, radiused neck, F-style peghead). It originally had the Brekke bridge, but I had them change it out for the Traditional...

Naomi Morse? Fiddle player originally?

I tried googling for Naomi Morrison, but found zero music or mandolin references. Any chance you know of a website or place to hear her music? Does she have a CD or does she play the circuit?

Well, if it hasn't been said before in four-pages of posts, but wood is the original composite. So, I find it reasonalbly safe to say that there absolutely is great potential in a carbon fiber (hmm,...

Back on topic . . . if you're looking for mandolin content in children's music, I second the mention of "Not For Kids Only" by Grisman/Garcia.

Good, I'll send you my copy. Email me privately and I'll ship it to you right away. Consider it my wealth redistribution contribution.

Let me get this straight: hate capitalism, but love to take...

Reading the liner notes I'm not really too surprised to find out this is a "30's labor classic". Yep, labor classic. Apparently the musicians had "gathered together to play this . . . at a few of...

That's what I'm trying to do. Don't waste your money on his CD.

Dan Zanes promotes communism on his latest CD. Be careful . . . unless you plan on raising communists.

As an example of indicating which string to use when playing a given standard notation note, Mark O'Connor's transcriptions for his 30-year retrospective collection indicate zero-fret for G-D-A-E in...

This all depends on what got you into mandolin. Bluegrass, Rock, Jazz have all benefitted from use of mando.

One of my favorite players crosses these barriers in very interesting ways. Matt...

You should also sign up for Brad Laird's Mandolin University newsletter. Once you sign up you'll be able to download previous issues. Issue 10 has some short cuts on how to use/arrive at the Blues...

There's actually a very cool, free, Windows metronome. #It can play just about any rhythm you can dream up (it was designed for Bulgarian beats). #Easy to use.
WeirdMetronome

I too am beginning...

I found an old organ music book for beginners that has the notes on the staff and the notes themselves contain the note name. The book is copyright 1974. It'd be great if there were other books out...

Brad Laird's books, "Mandolin Master Class" and "Mandolin Training Camp" are excellent resources for beginning and intermediate/advanced improvisation. #Master Class starts with Pentatonic and Blues...

Not sure what from you're trying to use, but I find the 'A' closed shape easiest (displays better in something like notepad):
# #BMaj # # # # # #BMin #
# ======= # # # # =======
# |-|-|-| # # #...

If you're at all interested in music theory as it pertains to the mandolin you have to get Mandolin ModeExplorer. #If you already have it, get the latest release, it's a must have.

I've been using...

Listen to Chris Thile live, either via webcasts or Mark O'Connor's 30-year Retrospective album. The kid throws off polyrythmic chops and his signature super-sonic right-hand rythms like nobody's...

Did John just say "gnarly"? Dude! Talk about the 80's. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

Great stuff. I like the idea of writing out the notes needing played denying...

Conrad:

What tablature editor are you using? #Is there an easy way to create the chord chart shown here without having to actually enter the numbers individually?
Fisher's Hornpipe Full Chords
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