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Today, 12:48am

lflngpicker started a thread Quite ill with a trach and a feeding tube in General Mandolin Discussions

I am missing the cafe but had a serious breathing emergency. I will be in a rest home for some time learning to breath and eating from a peg tube. ...

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Yesterday, 5:38pm

Simon DS replied to a thread fast-acting pocket audio recorder in Equipment

You can actually do that with an Iphone, and with one hand, and without looking. One click on the home button (beeps as confirmation), swish to the...

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Yesterday, 3:53pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Whitehorse Breakdown in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Really nice, not too fast yet still breath taking! I want to learn how to play like this... And Happy New Year again to you guys!

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Yesterday, 2:40pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion St. Anne's Reel in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Fine playing and lovely sweet second tune John. Both sounding very Scottish too (or dare I say Northumberland). :) Frithjof thanks, yes it was I who...

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Yesterday, 9:19am

Simon DS replied to a discussion St. Anne's Reel in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Later I actually played this perfectly (for me), quite a few times (promise), but by that time the scaffolding crew (the following act) had decided...

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Yesterday, 7:19am

Simon DS replied to a thread New original: Beaufort West in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Nice playing there young man! :) Yes the noise of that strong wind could get to you after a while. A long time ago, on two different occasions, I...

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Yesterday, 6:48am

Simon DS replied to a thread Position playing or shifting? in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

I’ve posted this before, but I think it’s a great example of shifting up the neck. Enjoy!

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Yesterday, 1:20am

Simon DS replied to a discussion St. Anne's Reel in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

I like the different rhythm Ginny and John and thanks, I’d forgotten that I was trying to learn this. Soon to be posted. I’m not into speed...

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Jan-21-2020, 4:52pm

Simon DS replied to a thread Gilchrist Masterpiece! in General Mandolin Discussions

-I’d fix your roof AND your garden for one of those! :)

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Jan-21-2020, 4:43pm

Simon DS started a thread When you give a metalhead a Greek bouzouki in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Interesting to see the different approaches, strengths and weaknesses

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Jan-21-2020, 4:32pm

Simon DS replied to a thread Position playing or shifting? in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

@JeffD yes what I really like about shifting, now that I’m beginning to learn it, is that you can play multiple groups of notes that form repeating...

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Jan-20-2020, 1:19pm

Simon DS replied to a thread Score for Slavator leonardi: Souvenir de Sicile? in Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

This it?

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Jan-20-2020, 12:54pm

Simon DS replied to a thread Position playing or shifting? in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

Thanks Mandocrucian Here’s Study 5 of the piano at musescore (can be played as accomp.) https://musescore.com/pannenberg/etudes-impossible-study-5...

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Jan-20-2020, 11:49am

Simon DS replied to a thread Is this too junky (ebay find lol) in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Actually, serious advice, I’d say that if the mandola is going to be part of your life, if you’re going to take it and work hard at becoming a good...

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Jan-20-2020, 5:46am

Simon DS started a thread Dave Olney rests in peace in General Mandolin Discussions

DAVID OLNEY

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Jan-20-2020, 1:33am

Simon DS replied to a thread Is this too junky (ebay find lol) in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I’m always looking for my mandola, I play it, leave it on a bed, sofa, in another room and then I want to play again. The wonderful thing about...

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Jan-19-2020, 11:33am

Simon DS replied to a thread How Chris Thile spends his sunday in General Mandolin Discussions

PDF of the article:

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Jan-18-2020, 3:42am

Simon DS replied to a thread Position playing or shifting? in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

I can’t imagine an advanced player who can’t master the 4th finger, though maybe bouzouki players would fit into this category? I play mainly the...

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Jan-17-2020, 2:07pm

Simon DS replied to a thread I wonder where you are tonight in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Well done Diptanshu! Nice to hear the singing, especially in harmony with the mandolin.

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Jan-17-2020, 11:14am

Simon DS replied to a thread Pre NAMM discussion in General Mandolin Discussions

The NKLS Mandolin is here! Speculation over, just heard that a very big and well known guitar manufacturer has spent a lot of money on research and...

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Jan-17-2020, 9:14am

Simon DS replied to a thread Please allow me to introduce myself... in General Mandolin Discussions

For Tab you can try a search for ‘pdf’ here on the site, Thesession.com too Mandolessons.com Learning the mandolin is a life’s work but well...

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Jan-17-2020, 8:33am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #513 ~ The Valiant in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Martin, Gelsenbury and David doing us proud, as they say in little old England. All well played! David wonderful images and suspenseful...

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Jan-17-2020, 8:21am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Roxanna Waltz in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

A noble tune CC!

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Jan-17-2020, 8:06am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Tumbling Tumbleweeds in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks for posting this Mark, and really good to see you posting, well played and I really the sharps and flats in this one. And again Martin, nice...

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Jan-17-2020, 8:04am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Sjutti Schottis/Böl Olles Schottis in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Great again Martin!

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Jan-17-2020, 8:01am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #192 ~ Auld Lang Syne in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Another enchanting vid, thanks guys and Happy New Year to you too.

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Jan-14-2020, 8:32am

Simon DS replied to a thread Pre NAMM discussion in General Mandolin Discussions

News is that Gibson are going to build a huge new mandolin factory on the West Coast?

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Jan-11-2020, 5:05pm

Simon DS replied to a thread 10-year mandolin anniversary in General Mandolin Discussions

It’s been 8 months of reasonably hard work on the Octave for me and though I could play the mandolin before that, I couldn’t actually record a single...

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Jan-10-2020, 5:01am

Simon DS replied to a thread Tied notes in TablEdit - How? in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

Happy New Year Hank. :) I don’t use Tabledit, I usually write this out as a text file and play it with a free abc browser. (Tunebook SD) You could...

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Jan-09-2020, 4:50am

Simon DS replied to a thread 10-year mandolin anniversary in General Mandolin Discussions

Congratulations Gelsenbury! And many thanks for all the work that, over the years, you’ve put into Song a Week Social group.

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