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Yesterday, 3:21pm

lowtone2 replied to a thread Want to take up the cello in General Mandolin Discussions

I don't play cello, I play double bass, but the reason I mention the left thumb is that I see cellists converting to thumb position very early up the...

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Yesterday, 3:08pm

lowtone2 replied to a thread Want to take up the cello in General Mandolin Discussions

Or any hatchback. My Mazda 3 hatch can swallow a double bass, baritone and tenor saxophones, and a 2-10 GK combo and still have room for a passenger...

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Apr-13-2021, 10:49pm

lowtone2 replied to a thread Apparently you can play a slow air on a fretted instrument ... in Celtic, U.K., Nordic, Quebecois, European Folk

Irish trad has adopted the instrument, why not adopt one of its most characteristic techniques? Problem solved, sustain for days without electronic...

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Apr-13-2021, 2:05pm

lowtone2 replied to a thread St. Anne's Reel /// Original Performance in Song and Tune Projects

Very nice, and that Northfield sounds great! The T shirt I can take or leave.

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Apr-13-2021, 2:01pm

lowtone2 replied to a thread Want to take up the cello in General Mandolin Discussions

Might as well go ahead and start abusing your left thumb now, getting ahead of the game. You will be needing some calluses.

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Apr-13-2021, 1:55pm

lowtone2 commented on article New Music by Joe K. Walsh - Bluegrass and the Abstract Truth in New Music

Reminds me of Christian McBride's Kind of Brown. It's nice to know that people are aware of these historic collections.

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Apr-12-2021, 11:48pm

lowtone2 replied to a thread stand or sit? in General Mandolin Discussions

BG players could sit and it would be fine. Gypsy Jazz bands sit. Big bands sit. I wish there were a law requiring musicians to sit and avoid moving...

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Apr-12-2021, 11:44pm

lowtone2 replied to a thread stand or sit? in General Mandolin Discussions

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-xWUoE8KLyQ

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Apr-12-2021, 1:48am

lowtone2 replied to a thread Pig Jicking? in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

She demands it of her students. Nothing wrong with that. When you hire a teacher you are hopefully a fan of her playing, and are paying for her...

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Apr-12-2021, 1:34am

lowtone2 replied to a thread Why did Gibson return to Paddleheads after Snakeheads? in Vintage Instruments

I doubt that more than a handful of people even gave those peghead shapes a thought prior to Andy Statman and his beautiful A2. That one had mojo....

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Apr-11-2021, 3:28pm

lowtone2 replied to a thread Pig Jicking? in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

I get what sounds right to me, the right lilt, with duddud, but some phrases seem to want the smoother feel, and dududu works great. But taking Marla...

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Apr-11-2021, 9:54am

lowtone2 replied to a thread Gibson Master Model vs Fern in General Mandolin Discussions

Except that I'm getting gas pains for a MM.

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Apr-10-2021, 2:02pm

lowtone2 replied to a thread Pandemic Reading in General Mandolin Discussions

Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000W939JI/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 I read everything, including...

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Apr-08-2021, 3:20pm

lowtone2 replied to a thread Terminology Question in General Mandolin Discussions

Bye

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Apr-07-2021, 3:38pm

lowtone2 replied to a thread How to practice Circle of 5ths in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

It's really the circle of 12ths. Or 11ths, depending on whether you go CW or CCW.

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Apr-07-2021, 1:10am

lowtone2 replied to a thread Sebastian de Grebber, Dutch Mandolin Chamber Orchestra in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Sebastiaan has recently uploaded a few very pointed tutorials. Maybe he's open to student?

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Apr-06-2021, 1:14pm

lowtone2 replied to a thread Where’s the easy-does-it method? in General Mandolin Discussions

For me, and not everyone thinks so, mandolin was very hard. Excuse me, is hard. I'm making progress now, but once I abandoned the instrument...

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Apr-04-2021, 9:41am

lowtone2 replied to a thread Absolute Silence in Equipment

i wonder if a violin mute would work? Be thankful you're not also trying to get in a couple of hours of baritone saxophone practice.

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Apr-02-2021, 5:43pm

lowtone2 replied to a thread Aaron Weinstein's New Apitius yorkville mandolin in General Mandolin Discussions

The mini-Gretsch! Aaron's little finger has its own postal code.

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Apr-01-2021, 3:31pm

lowtone2 replied to a thread Jazzy tunes with good melodies in General Mandolin Discussions

I think Dexter's Cheese Cake would play well as a samba.

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Mar-31-2021, 10:53pm

lowtone2 replied to a thread My favourite things. in General Mandolin Discussions

What's that U in favorite about, mate?

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Mar-31-2021, 10:50pm

lowtone2 replied to a thread Easiest Jam Tunes to Memorize in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

I use both. You can use notation as a shortcut to learning, but one way or the other you have to hear it to remember it. Use both.

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Mar-31-2021, 6:14pm

lowtone2 replied to a thread Easiest Jam Tunes to Memorize in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

I won't suggest tunes, but will give you some good news: The more tunes you memorize, the easier it becomes to memorize and remember tunes....

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Mar-31-2021, 9:29am

lowtone2 replied to a thread Artistworks question in General Mandolin Discussions

Just mentioning other teachers who are on Patreon or otherwise available for lessons, and i assume, one on one video lessons. David Benedict ...

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Mar-31-2021, 8:01am

lowtone2 replied to a thread Jazzy tunes with good melodies in General Mandolin Discussions

I love Afro Blue. And Wave.

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Mar-30-2021, 8:22am

lowtone2 replied to a thread Right-hand Exercise Based on Snare Drum Rudiments in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

I would buy a ticket to that! It might be helpful to add string skips to the exercises.

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Mar-29-2021, 10:54pm

lowtone2 replied to a thread Looking for some insight into microtonal mandolin in General Mandolin Discussions

Not pleasing to me, but I think that if you listened to that tuning long enough it would begin to sound normal.

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Mar-28-2021, 12:45am

lowtone2 replied to a thread Mandolin Players in Los Angeles in General Mandolin Discussions

I'm sorry, but you aren't Joshua David Bell, are you?

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Mar-27-2021, 4:02pm

lowtone2 replied to a thread Hewlett on Octave Mandolin in Celtic, U.K., Nordic, Quebecois, European Folk

O'Carolan sounds great on the OM, i think.

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Mar-26-2021, 12:43am

lowtone2 replied to a thread Jazz Players in Jazz/Blues Variants, Bossa, Choro, Klezmer

And remember, you can play just about anything over the dominant chord, as long as you resolve it (Unless you're the bass player or comping). In...

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