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As for tying it to notation, in 4/4 with an 8th note pattern going, any note that is articulated on the beat will be a down stroke, and any note...

What I have been taught, and has made big improvement in my playing, is keeping the DU or DUD DUD motion going with the pick hand even when you don't...

you’ll know you’re an intermediate player when you get there, because the concept won’t matter to you any more. You’ll know you’re not an expert, but...

I prefer to be the one banging up an instrument myself, rather than to buy it new with banging-up applied at the factory. But a used instrument that...

I have no illusions about what goes on in factories. I've worked in several of them. The only reason I get picky is because many buyers believe...

Thank you, Mark, for explaining this in connection to notation. I suspected some of the connections you mentioned. I will look at my notation more...

Welcome! This place is amazing, isn't it? I'm continually amazed and gratified at the help and support I find here. I began playing the violin...

As promised, wanted to show y’all the new Gravity picks. I like the new colored Golds, just having a hard time knowing what to compare them to. I’ll...

Welcome to the Cafe! As for me, I'd say, like journeybear, the mandolin chose me. When I was about 9 years old my parents took me to a number of...

Ya I like that stuff! I play a lot of boogie woogie, blues and stuff (accordion) and when I get to the mndln I still want to boogie. I like very...

Wee and having said all that! - I've enjoyed my little bowl-back mndln several times over the past weeks. I just pulled it out and YES it is a sweet...

Ten years later, I'll add her solo album The Bright Hollow Fog, which she released last year. It's pretty bare bones, with little accompaniment, so...

The folks at the old Gibson factory never in their wildest dreams considered the amount of inventory control fanaticism that some of you obsess over...

Literally speaking, "intermediate" is a paradoxical term. "Inter" means between (e.g., intercollegiate) or going from one place to another (e.g.,...

Do you really want to adopt and copy the fascistic classical (school system) hierarchical preoccupation with graded levels and accompanying test...

I bought my first used Gibson a 1919 A3 in about 1977. The term vintage instrument was maybe just starting to come into use. Vintage was really for...

Yep! :)) Guess them banjo-haters haven't found out about this yet. We're probably fortunate in this regard due to being very limited by region. And...

All this from a conch player? :confused: Check out the book....you might come away enlightened. And entertained. It does require a few pages of...

The only time it matters is if you are attending a music camp or seminar. Then it helps to know what level of classes are appropriate for you. If...

And whatever became of the guy rattling the bones in my ear at every jam session? Like a sinister clown from a nightmare he just won't go away!

Hi guys, I had forgotten about this thread. The mandolin wS given(with my aunts permission) to my best friend who took it and had it gone through...

Winner is Nicholas Khadder. You know, my old pal Nick, to whom I was so generous in his hour of need ...

Huh. Funny, we stopped getting the promotional posts for this a while ago. Wonder what happened? Not a whole lot of chatter about this here. Oh well!...

Oh, wait ... does the accordion player get killed? :confused: Oh, oh, even better - does the car the accordion player is in with the banjo picker,...

+1 on the Red Violin. We've enjoyed that movie numerous times. Also brings to mind Annie Proulx's "Accordion Crimes" which is highly...

When we were growing up, amigo, vintage guitars were new.....;) Mick

Great suggestion but Elderly does not have one in stock. Ratliff Country boys have gone up quite a bit since then. The A5's are currently $1750 and...