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Oct-01-2018, 9:33am

JL277z replied to a thread Blues, Stomps, & Rags #22 in Jazz, Swing, Blues, Bossa, Choro, Klezmer, Ragtime

Thanks for posting these, Ranald. These threads often have lots of stuff I haven't heard before, and it's always interesting. :)

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Sep-28-2018, 5:26am

JL277z replied to a thread Impress Your Friends in General Mandolin Discussions

Or an alternate fingering of a partial G6 chord. Or any number of other possibilities. :)

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Sep-24-2018, 2:26am

JL277z replied to a thread I kept up with the Dawg today! in General Mandolin Discussions

Congrats! :mandosmiley:

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Sep-23-2018, 8:43am

JL277z replied to a thread What is Groove? in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

:grin: Would be especially awesome if the more-spry members of said mandolin orchestra did choreographed dance steps *while* playing, like in the...

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Sep-23-2018, 8:14am

JL277z replied to a thread Experimental mandola with internal horn, neutral tension bridge in Builders and Repair

If I'm interpreting the OP's post #11 correctly (the relevant part is quoted below), the bridge footprint is actually much *smaller* than normal: ...

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Sep-22-2018, 7:50am

JL277z replied to a thread "Gracie" in General Mandolin Discussions

So, not because of Star Trek then? :grin: ;) (or direct link) :)

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Sep-21-2018, 4:50am

JL277z replied to a thread Putting fret markers on "binding"? in Builders and Repair

Same here, :grin: except I used an even smaller drill bit (one of the little tiny ones that I ordinarily use for pilot holes and such). As with...

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Sep-21-2018, 4:42am

JL277z replied to a thread On Barcelona public television!! in General Mandolin Discussions

Excellent! :mandosmiley: I don't speak the language, so I have no idea what anyone's saying, but it's very beautiful music and vocals. You're very...

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Sep-21-2018, 4:11am

JL277z replied to a thread When you're extremely bored.... in General Mandolin Discussions

Yep. I totally understand.

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Sep-20-2018, 8:47am

JL277z replied to a thread What's your new fiddle tune? in Old-Time, Roots, Early Country, Cajun, Tex-Mex

Thanks Jim! :mandosmiley: :) Yeah the MIDI sound quality is not exactly optimal. I'm still in the process of getting used to it. A while...

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Sep-19-2018, 8:26am

JL277z replied to a thread What's your new fiddle tune? in Old-Time, Roots, Early Country, Cajun, Tex-Mex

"Western Country", a fiddle tune I will be re-learning after having not played it for a bunch of decades. I wrote my own arrangement in MuseScore...

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Sep-19-2018, 1:08am

JL277z replied to a thread What’s the hardest tune you can play on mandolin? (Or family) in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

Wouldn't know it by your playing, :) the videos you've posted sound pretty darn good. :mandosmiley: Of course we don't know how hard you may have...

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Sep-18-2018, 11:58pm

JL277z replied to a thread Keeping instruments for sentimental reasons in General Mandolin Discussions

The musical instrument I held onto the longest, was a fretless banjo that my dad and I had built together when I was a kid. I kept that thing for...

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