So I brought my mandolin to a jam session Sunday, first one with the Loar. It was a bit of a struggle, since I just learned some basic chords and have had no practice actually playing back-up. I still don't understand the whole "in the key of" thing to help figure out chords, and I sure am having a hard time figuring out learning to play by ear. It's a skill that I will develop (I hope) eventually. So to get through tunes, I watched the other mandolin picker and tried to follow what he ...
to be held at Marigold Meadows 1212 N. Cedar Street Lewistown, IL 61542 Tel: 641-344-8284 wholeheartedlife1@gmail.com Why Lloyd Loar? Lloyd Loar's parents moved to Lewistown, IL in 1889 when Lloyd was three years old. Lloyd attended Lewistown High School from 1899 to 1903 and began performing in local music programs. Loar went on to study harmony, music theory, orchestration and piano. ...
Updated Jun-01-2013 at 9:15pm by Whole-Hearted (Date added)
So.... i never thought that singing and playing at the same time so difficult. more admire Theresa Andersson
Updated Mar-01-2016 at 1:49pm by Olga Egorova
I've been playing fiddle for a couple months, but was desperately torn between choosing to play the fiddle or playing the mandolin. One of my friends put the idea in my head as well, and kept saying I could play the mandolin every time I mentioned I was going to go out and buy a fiddle. So after much thought, and in my typical style, I said to myself, "F it...I'm getting a mandolin too." Although what I said to my friends was, "I can't find a man, so I bought me a mandolin." ...
Sitting with a musical friend after school one day way back there, and he handed me a bowlback mandolin. He said, "put your hands like this and this, and here is how your fingers go" and I was in absolute awe. He was a lower brass player in the high school band, I was woodwinds myself. But he was also taking violin lessons and could play some mandolin. So I went home full of mandolin dreams and the only thing I had to work with was an old four string banjo my ...
Updated Dec-11-2016 at 9:17pm by JeffD
I picked up this Calace 58-A to use as my new workhorse mandolin for my orchestral playing. It's got a few issues but has a lovely sound even before I've dealt with those. Someone had added a zero fret at one time to make up for a nut that had worn too low with use. I'll be replacing that soon. ...
Seriously, I had no idea England had a Rochester too. But every time I come across an English city with the same name as an American one, like Boston, I think, "Well duh. They had to get the name somewhere," In any case Rochester is a lovely little town that holds a medieval castle and cathedral. They have a folk festival there every year called Rochester Sweeps Festival. I appeared on Sunday the 5th of May at the Busker's Corner. The stage was set up between the castle ...
Just got a cheap 8-string tenor guitar to wait out the arrival of a hand-crafted bouzouki. My question is: If I'm looking to string this instrument unison GDGD (low to high), what gauge strings would I need?
Hey there, everyone! It's me again, the fool. I'm still looking for a mandolin. When I say that, I mean THE mandolin. I'm not really looking to play for people, just for my personal enjoyment, and maybe a few jam sessions with friends. My dream would be an f-style mandolin around $400 that is at least mid-quality. I like the sound of an f-style, but I could settle for an a-style too. I'm cut off from much mandolin community (or was, before this website), and I have very few ...
Hey there, everybody. I'm rather new to the world of mandolins, but I'm in the market, as it were. I'm looking for a nice mandolin for about a $400 price range, and I've set my eye on a Loar LM 220. Any thoughts, any horror stories of consequence? Advice is appreciated.
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