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Today, 12:37am

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

Working on O’Leary’s Motorcycle at the moment. https://thesession.org/tunes/4603 thanks Gortnamona for this one. Wonderfully rhythmic, rolling,...

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Yesterday, 5:59pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week#467 ~ Banish Misfortune in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Dennis Martin Hayes. :)

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Yesterday, 4:43pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion THE ROWAN TREE - UK PHOTOGRAPHY Part 2 in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks John, and Ginny, it’s nice to get important information about the outside world during lockdown. Today I practiced arpeggios in the key of...

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Yesterday, 2:28pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week#467 ~ Banish Misfortune in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Playing with a really nice meandering atmosphere here Dennis, I like your mix of solid rhythm and then reflection and contemplation. Reminds me of...

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Yesterday, 10:36am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #526 ~ The Star Above the Garter in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Try this John https://youtu.be/i-0KF8OM1pM

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Yesterday, 9:36am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week # 463 ~ Lost Indian in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

It’s cool, I only get pick noise when I have to record something.

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Yesterday, 6:50am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #526 ~ The Star Above the Garter in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Fine playing Kevin, sounds good like this too.

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Yesterday, 6:40am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Carinhoso by pixinguinha in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

I’m sorry Jairo, I meant how do you do your backing track? I sometimes use the iPhone app iReal Pro and cut out everything except the bass line...

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Yesterday, 3:13am

Simon DS replied to a thread The Joy of an OM in CBOM

I almost always play my 20 inch Ashbury 32E OM with mandolin style fingering. Up until recently that included using the little finger on the seventh...

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Jan-14-2021, 5:16pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion THE ROWAN TREE - UK PHOTOGRAPHY Part 2 in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Sorry for lapse of concentration John, I wasn’t fully conscious that you had played a major role. And very nice, as usual. Your recording quality is...

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Jan-14-2021, 4:49pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Danny Boy in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Sometimes the emotions attached to certain songs prevent any new exposure, thanks anyway Gents.

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Jan-14-2021, 3:42pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Carinhoso by pixinguinha in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Sounds great Jairo! Do you have a link to the notation? I'd like to play this. Also how did you do the backing track? And can you post a photograph...

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Jan-14-2021, 3:33pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion THE ROWAN TREE - UK PHOTOGRAPHY Part 2 in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Your welcome Ginny :) (your joyful posts have been missed)

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Jan-14-2021, 3:23pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion THE ROWAN TREE - UK PHOTOGRAPHY Part 2 in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Always lovely music and spectacular images from you Ginny. This one too! You play however you like, it’s true that other times and places the time...

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Jan-14-2021, 4:55am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #537 ~ Sunset over Ayr in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Quite beautiful Frithjof, enjoyable performance. And thanks Mike, pioneering those double stops, it’s actually nice to see all the hard work that...

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Jan-13-2021, 11:03am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #537 ~ Sunset over Ayr in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks Martin, it was because I had five versions of the bassline for this tune and accidentally posted the fast 4/4 version (that I’d been...

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Jan-13-2021, 8:12am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #537 ~ Sunset over Ayr in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Lovely Frithjof, you still have nice accompaniment.

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Jan-13-2021, 6:33am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #537 ~ Sunset over Ayr in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks John, I think it’s the fact that there’s little or no emphasis on each third beat. With a waltz jazz drumbeat behind it then it sounds fine,...

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Jan-12-2021, 12:27pm

Simon DS replied to a thread Adieu to a friend in General Mandolin Discussions

-that’s right, and then think of the maybe hundreds of people who will now consider this (very good) option and put their mandolins on the market....

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Jan-12-2021, 10:29am

Simon DS replied to a thread Hi, I'm new to this in General Mandolin Discussions

Welcome to MC, Bron. Lots of friendly folk here! Here are some strum patterns (from ukulele) -though like many of us you’ll soon be wanting to play...

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Jan-12-2021, 7:55am

Simon DS replied to a thread Anybody fixed this kind of left thumb aggravation? in General Mandolin Discussions

You could maybe give it more picking fore arm pressure with constant slight adjustments? Some people are able to play without any fret hand thumb...

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Jan-12-2021, 2:28am

Simon DS replied to a discussion A Starry Night for a Ramble in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks Dennis, and yay! (let’s hear more of your oboe-like instrument!) :) I found the tune printed out as ‘English Trad, Randy Miller and Jack...

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Jan-11-2021, 7:17pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion A Trip to the Cottage in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Clean picking, great rhythm! I have heard this one before, at least I remember someone saying to me, ‘oh, that’s the Trip to the Cottage’.

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Jan-11-2021, 6:20pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion A Starry Night for a Ramble in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks Martin and nice one yours too! Thanks to you too John, yes I wanted to get that feeling when you look up at the stars and there are so many...

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Jan-11-2021, 6:11pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #537 ~ Sunset over Ayr in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Here’s a bass line track to help in learning. You basically play the root note of the chord for each measure and then a pattern (with waltz) of it’s...

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Jan-11-2021, 3:31pm

Simon DS started a discussion A Starry Night for a Ramble in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Traditional English tune for a change, with a lovely title. https://youtu.be/MSHyN9_Ewi8

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Jan-11-2021, 3:21pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Week #537 ~ Sunset over Ayr in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Well done Callum, I really like the way you use the double stops and sort of alternating bass. If you could make it five times longer that would be...

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Jan-11-2021, 12:46am

Simon DS replied to a discussion Italian tunes (which have no specific names) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Love those La Ciapa Rusa tracks, thanks Brian. Though geographically different and with different instruments, they are quite similar in some ways...

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Jan-10-2021, 3:30pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Italian tunes (which have no specific names) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks! I changed the title to the vid.

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Jan-10-2021, 2:16pm

Simon DS replied to a discussion Italian tunes (which have no specific names) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Good effort Brian. And interesting, the tremolo on a 4/4ed jig does sound experimental! :) Thanks for posting. I’ve just discovered that this Giga,...

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