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Cafe Archives

The best to offer from past years of the Mandolin Cafe. Some of this information was originally published on the internet as early as 1995.

  • Free Mandolin Cafe Case Stickers
  • Mandolin Magazine Archives database
  • The O'Carolan Project
  • Favorite Spoofs
  • Texas Swing Mandolin Chords
  • Vintage Mandolin Postcards
  • Are You A Bluegrass Redneck?
  • 2006 LoarFest Panel Discussion sound files
  • Virtual Monroe Visit
  • Standard Notation
  • Mandolin Glossary
  • Pat's Chord Shapes
  • Daniel Coolik's Mandolin History of Mandolin
  • A Brief History of the Mandolin
  • Vintage Gibson A Guide
  • Homer & Jethro's Playing It Straight
  • Homer & Jethro's It Ain't Necessarily Square
  • Homer & Jethro's Kellogs Ad
  • Miscellaneous Homer & Jethro Pictures
  • Random Bad Bluegrass Band Namer
  • Guide to Mandolin Chords on this site
  • The Last Page on the Internet

Archived Lessons

  • Octave Mandolin by John McGann
  • A Django Reinhardt Style Mandolin Lesson by John McGann
  • Texas Style fiddle tune chord progressions by Pete Martin
  • Four-Finger Closed Position by Ted Eschliman
  • Vamps. Creating Energy with Diatonic Triads by Ted Eschliman
  • Vamps. Expanding The Diatonic Triads by Ted Eschliman
  • Vamps. Scurry Dominants by Ted Eschliman
  • Vamps. Circle Of Fifths by Ted Eschliman
  • Vamps. Minor Modal by Ted Eschliman
  • Modes made easy by Niles Hokkanen
  • Pat's chord shapes by Pat McClintock
  • 12 Essential Jazz Chords
  • Two-finger chords
  • Texas swing
  • Swing guitar
Sponsors

Special thanks to the Mandolin Cafe's primary business partners.

15-20+ Years

  • Elderly Instruments
  • Collings Guitars and Mandolins
  • JustStrings.com
  • Mandolin World Headquarters

10-15 Years

  • Eastman Mandolins
  • Ellis and Pava Mandolins
  • The Mandolin Store
  • Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
  • The Music Emporium

5-10 Years

  • Carter Vintage Guitars
  • Kentucky Mandolins
  • Morgan Music
  • Mass Street Music
  • Sylvan Music
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