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Today, 2:30pm

Paul Statman replied to a thread Newly installed Schaller tuners in Equipment

Jim~ Your A course strings may be binding up in their slots. Very gingerly drawing the correct slot file through them should clear that right up....

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Today, 5:24am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Week #356 Michael Turner's Waltz in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Here is our collaborative attempt, folks, assembled as an antidote to the invasion of our small isle by Storms Ciara and Dennis! Just the weather...

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Feb-14-2020, 1:02pm

Jill McAuley replied to a thread Your thoughts on Ellis A4s and other modern, upper tier ovals? in General Mandolin Discussions

Yes, mine is a port orford cedar top with a transverse brace!

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Feb-14-2020, 5:35am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Ailein Duinn in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Very haunting, Bertram and Regina. As Simon says (I'm doing it too, Dennis) a serious creative piece.

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Feb-14-2020, 5:31am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Week #356 Michael Turner's Waltz in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Great playing and arrangement, Simon. The harmonies work so well, and I like the different angle you use for filming this clip. It gives a very...

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Feb-13-2020, 9:12am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Week #42 ~ Rocky Road to Dublin in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Nice collection of instruments there, Martin.

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Feb-13-2020, 5:23am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Gow's Quickstep/Bottom of the Punchbowl in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Blue skies and a wee lull before Storm Dennis heads in at the weekend, Simon, so please retain the jumper for the moment! Very kind gesture from...

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Feb-13-2020, 5:21am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Gallop To Georgia in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

David, what a great tune and arrangement. You really drive it along so powerfully and the backing is so well suited to the melody. Really, what...

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Feb-11-2020, 6:29pm

Jill McAuley replied to a thread We have a 3-way race: Collings vs Pava vs Gilchrist in General Mandolin Discussions

Oh, well done! I got the chance to play a Model 1 several years ago and it was an amazing instrument - practically played itself!

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Feb-11-2020, 12:00am

Jill McAuley replied to a discussion the boys of the town in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Lovely stuff Lawrence, and the cittern sounds class! Mate of mine just picked up a second hand Paul Doyle bouzouki and he's loving it!

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Feb-10-2020, 6:07pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Week #356 Michael Turner's Waltz in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Christian, somehow missed your posting back in May, so belated thanks for a lovely version of a lovely tune. Dennis, what a great tone from your...

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Feb-10-2020, 2:26pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion The Blue-Eyed Rascal (hornpipe) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Martin, you always manage to dig out fine tunes, and the book by Paul Hardy is a great resource, so thanks for the link. Here is my attempt at...

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Feb-10-2020, 2:11pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Gow's Quickstep/Bottom of the Punchbowl in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Great effort there, Simon, and very fine picking. I could do with that jumper of yours here just now - we are the midst of Storm Ciara and have been...

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Feb-10-2020, 12:47pm

Jill McAuley replied to a thread Your thoughts on Ellis A4s and other modern, upper tier ovals? in General Mandolin Discussions

I really liked my Collings MT-O....until I played a Girouard oval A - emailed Max the very next day to place an order! One year on since taking...

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Feb-10-2020, 12:33pm

Jill McAuley replied to a thread Just upgraded my iphone for the first time in nine years. :) in Equipment

I use Music Memos for audio capture and have been quite happy with it. The other app I like a lot is "Loop2Learn", which let's you slow down and loop...

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Feb-07-2020, 6:30pm

John Kelly replied to a thread Match guirar chords to Octave Mandolin in CBOM

If you tune in GDAE tuning then do you mean by regular C chord the G 0pen, D2, A3 E open shape on your octave? If so, then you could play standard C...

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Feb-07-2020, 2:50pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Week # 8 - Cold Frosty Morning in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Great point Ginny makes here about quality of sound on different platforms. I use studio monitor speakers (Samson Resolve 40A) and also headphones...

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Feb-07-2020, 12:49am

Jill McAuley replied to a thread Should I be insulted? in General Mandolin Discussions

Using my example of Stella/Mandolin Hating Dog - I played Irish trad music exclusively on the fiddle, mandolin, tenor banjo and tenor guitar: She...

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Feb-06-2020, 1:15pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Pulling Bracken ( Tha Mi Sgith) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Maybe the metronome is the problem, Simon. There are odd snaps there, what pipers call dots and cuts (though the snap played by Scottish fiddlers is...

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Feb-06-2020, 11:41am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Tralee Gaol (also known as the Green Cockade) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

The joys of this newfangled internet contraption, Simon. It shrinks the world we live in and creates friendships for us with like-minded folk who...

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Feb-06-2020, 5:19am

John Kelly replied to a thread Learning to read music for Mandolin in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

As you are a long-time piano player and can read standard notation efficiently, you will quite quickly learn the notes on the mandolin, I'm sure. ...

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