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Today, 10:22am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #535 - Waltz of the White Lilies in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Ha! :))

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Today, 8:25am

Simon DS started a thread Florida Man Saves Gunnar (no mandolin content) in General Mandolin Discussions

No mandolin content but it did make me think of one of our regular posters, Gunnar. Notice during the vid, the man in the water stumbles a couple of...

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Today, 8:06am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #535 - Waltz of the White Lilies in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Fine, competent playing Martin. I like the calm determination you have here. Frithjof I could write, ‘the metronome is a selfish dictator who...

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Today, 4:38am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #404 ~ L'inconnue de Limoise (mazurka from France) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks Martin, same here, I arrived at the other thread with my tune to post and I thought, yes I know we’ve done three or four French tunes in the...

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Yesterday, 4:05pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion L'inconnu de Limoise in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks Christian, yes it’s a lovely true story of some construction workers who were digging to build a new motorway. They found a shallow grave...

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Yesterday, 2:46pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion L'inconnu de Limoise in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Here’s some .abc X:1 T:146. L'Inconnu de Limoise R:Mazurka C:Jean-FranÃ§ois "Maxou" HEINTZEN (1957-) S:Trad. Magazine, Hors sÃ©rie...

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Yesterday, 2:33pm

Simon DS replied to a thread In search of a mandolin... in General Mandolin Discussions

I’d say put about 7,000 back into your pocket and buy a temporary A style. A Weber? Play it like crazy for 6 months, take lessons at Gryphon once a...

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Yesterday, 2:14pm

Simon DS replied to a thread WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals... in General Mandolin Discussions

With the size of my octave mandolin I was looking at twice the harmful exposure.

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Yesterday, 9:47am

Simon DS replied to a thread How to remember tunes? in General Mandolin Discussions

When I think of the times I ‘go wrong’ in a tune, it’s mainly because for a short block of notes my fingers want to go somewhere and my reasoning...

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Yesterday, 9:21am

Simon DS replied to a thread Sierra Hull’s E-Tune in General Mandolin Discussions

Thanks a lot Mark. Yay Sierra, what a great tune! I’ll have to try and learn it some time, but what I love about this tune is that even just...

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Nov-21-2020, 10:43pm

lflngpicker replied to a thread McClung Armrest in Equipment

Great know, Doug! Thanks for your post.

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Nov-21-2020, 11:23am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #24 ~ Rights of Man in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

I can’t stop myself Bertram, when someone’s nice to me I forget what they were like yesterday, completely forgotten! :)

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Nov-21-2020, 11:14am

Simon DS replied to a discussion L'inconnu de Limoise in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Here’s the ukulele improved version: https://youtu.be/Q72b_3AQncY And here’s one of my ‘lift’ secrets. I like to call this one ‘Play a...

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Nov-21-2020, 11:02am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #238 Eleanor Plunkett in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Yay Dennis, thanks, that’s a nice version!

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Nov-21-2020, 8:50am

Simon DS replied to a poll Poll for Song A Week Social Group Week #535 in Song and Tune Projects

There’s nothing quite like an inspiring Slow Air. We have slow airs south of the border too, with words or lyrics. This one was beautiful.

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Nov-21-2020, 7:25am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #24 ~ Rights of Man in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

here] Here’s the ukulele improved version: https://youtu.be/Q72b_3AQncY And here’s one of my ‘lift’ secrets. I like to call this one ‘Play...

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Nov-21-2020, 6:25am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #24 ~ Rights of Man in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Ha, ha, I haven’t got any likes for my food vid yet. On the contrary, I’ve lost 2 subscribers! -hmmmm, forget practicing mandolin, I think I’m...

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Nov-21-2020, 4:23am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #535 - Waltz of the White Lilies in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

So that’s how it’s done! Beautiful playing there John. Hearing it a couple of times, it’s started to grow on me. To my ears, it seems to be a...

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Nov-21-2020, 4:10am

Simon DS replied to a poll Poll for Song A Week Social Group Week #535 in Song and Tune Projects

Good advice as usual from Mr. Kelly. I wonder if this tune could be played as a Slow Air. -but my metronome wont go that way. :) Something on...

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Nov-21-2020, 1:42am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #238 Eleanor Plunkett in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Fine playing Martin, nice mix of instruments, I should say ‘mélange’ and make it sound like old music terminology. Belle mélange d’instruments, c’est...

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Nov-21-2020, 1:33am

Simon DS replied to a thread Not bad, I have seen worse in General Mandolin Discussions

Pain Perdu, it’s scrap bread soaked in a sweet milky omelette mix, fried in butter with powdered sugar and cinnamon on top. Can’t play a...

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Nov-21-2020, 1:09am

Simon DS replied to a discussion L'inconnu de Limoise in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks Ginny I wondered if the ukulele volume wasn’t high enough. No I live in a medieval stone floor building in an apartment partly above an...

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Nov-20-2020, 5:03pm

Simon DS replied to a poll Poll for Song A Week Social Group Week #535 in Song and Tune Projects

Drum machine it, Mike. Nail it with decibels.

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Nov-20-2020, 1:26pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #24 ~ Rights of Man in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks Mike, the trick I’ve found, for me at least, is to always record the backing instrument straight afterwards. That way I can still remember...

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Nov-20-2020, 11:19am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #24 ~ Rights of Man in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks Gentlemen. Yes, being a metronome fundamentalist does occasionally pay off! :)) Bertram, ‘sinister’ was the feeling I was looking for, but...

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Nov-20-2020, 7:30am

Simon DS replied to a discussion L'inconnu de Limoise in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Seeing as I live over here I thought I should at least post a couple of French tunes. Octave mandolin on this one, expertly backed up by a little...

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Nov-19-2020, 9:06pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #24 ~ Rights of Man in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks Ginny, it takes a while, the beard comes off tomorrow. :)

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Nov-19-2020, 4:54pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #24 ~ Rights of Man in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks Frithjof. The whole story is that I’ve been unwell for a couple of weeks (not the plague), better today, couldn’t record so went weight...

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Nov-19-2020, 2:59pm

Simon DS replied to a thread Harmonized scales in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

You could also go and check MandolinCafe.com They have a Tabledit library (it’s a limited free software that will play abc files) and other TAB in...

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Nov-19-2020, 1:58pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #24 ~ Rights of Man in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Zombie mandolinist! https://youtu.be/CbjvXZG7PZ0

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