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  1. Re: Study: Soloists Unable to Tell Strads from Modern Violins

    That says more about the violinists than it does about the violins.
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    Re: Amazon pup

    Kind of a short cable, though. Only 3 feet. Why do manufacturers decide to cut corners like that? There probably isn't a player alive who wouldn't pay an extra dollar or two for a sensibly long cord....
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    Re: making big money in music

    There's an old joke about the jazz musician who won the lottery. A newspaper reporter interviewed him.
    "Gosh! That's a lot of money! Is it going to change your life?"
    The musician said, "No, I...
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    Re: The way we all go

    The Italians have an expression: "Dolce far niente". "Dole-chay far nee-entay". It roughly translates as,
    "The sweetness of doing nothing". In my estimation, very necessary in our lives from time to...
  5. Re: Earl of Salisbury Pavan (William Byrd, 1612)

    Sweet! Thank you.
  6. Re: Question on 3 and 4 Note Chords and tremolo

    Thumbing the low string on any string instrument will eventually catch up with you and slow you down. Best to not give in to it just for temporary improvement. It also tells the world that you're not...
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    Re: Just A Thougth

    "Tomorrow is promised to no one."
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    Re: fret sizes

    It would seem sensible to select frets small enough that when you "touch bottom" behind the fret it hasn't stretched the string to the point of going noticeably sharp. I wouldn't want to have to...
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    Re: Chris Thile's Bach album

    It isn't the fact that you expressed an opinion, it was the WAY you did it - with a sneering and disparaging attitude. Haven't you ever heard of politeness? Your comment doesn't make the OP look bad,...
  10. Re: From a really good to really great mandolin... what happens?

    Only my opinion of course, but this is what I would call a great mandolin (mandola).

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_hTMelx8vo&list=WL2E079759DCC6B6F4

    TDC/
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    Re: New tool for the shop- a snowflake

    The throat.
  12. Re: Has anyone ever stolen anything out of a mandolin case?

    There's an old saying; locks are for honest people.
    When I was a kid I owned a 1950 MG TD two-seater roadster - they were very rare in the USA in those days. One day I went into a diner with my...
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    Re: Thile Bach CD has Landed

    In today's WSJ, (Fri. 10/25) Thile's Bach performances are "remarked on" by a really good pianist, who said that he really loves hearing Bach on Thile's mandolin because it sounds so much like a...
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    Thile in the WSJ

    Anybody see the nice review of Bach performances by Thile in today's WSJ? (Fri. 10/25)

    Thomas/
  15. Re: Seicento (Kioulaphides), trio sonata for mandolins and guitar

    Nice, Martin! Sweet piece. But I bet you could smooth it out if you recorded it a couple more times.
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    Re: Chords = Hand/finger cramps

    Trouble is, they no longer put quinine in tonic water. Haven't for a long while. It's just sugary junk. (until it's improved with gin or vodka).
  17. Re: Gaetano Vinaccia of via Rua Catalana 96 , Napoli

    You're not anywhere near as thankful as I am!
  18. Re: Gaetano Vinaccia of via Rua Catalana 96 , Napoli

    "Racist sentiment"? Get a life, huh?
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    Re: How I chose my current physician

    I was in an endodontist's chair having root canal done to the sounds of a cello playing Bach in the background. Impressed, I mentioned it at the end. The dentist said, "That's me! I play cello."...
  20. Re: Any tips for working through a clumsy period?

    A banana daquiri is perfect! Lime for vitamin C, a banana for potassium, vitamins B and C, booze to keep the arteries dilated and things in perspective . . . .did I miss anything?
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    Re: Proper Chord Naming: Important or Not?

    The name of the game in naming chords is accurate communication. Confusing variation is exemplified in naming the chord Gm7b5, for example. It's often written as a Gm7-half-diminished (people use a...
  22. Re: Any tips for working through a clumsy period?

    Bananas are rich in potassium and potassium is a myocardial and smooth muscle sedative.
  23. Re: Chris Thile: WSJ Interview...Yup, he's a certifiable genius!

    He must live near me in NYC because he comes to a nearby park.

    TDC/
  24. Re: Strange side-effects of mandolin playing...

    A trigger finger in my right index finger and one in my left middle finger which preclude playing at all.

    TDC/
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    Re: Improvising help! I'm getting desperate!

    I meant exactly what I said. It had nothing whatever to do with parroting others or judging other people's methods. What you suggested in your own words, being "regimented", is something that has no...
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