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

Like most things mechanical in music, DUDDUD picking is simply a matter of practice in order to internalize - if you desire to use the technique. ...

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Apr-04-2021, 2:25pm

AlanN started a thread Just got this email from Acoustic Disc in Jazz/Blues Variants, Bossa, Choro, Klezmer

and immediately purchased the HD Flac - wow ...

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Apr-04-2021, 12:59pm

Mark Gunter replied to a thread Three string chords - good and bad? in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

Also, even in solo playing, root can be omitted on many chords. It will be implied in the context of the chord progression, so the listener will...

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Apr-01-2021, 8:43am

Mark Gunter replied to a thread Three string chords - good and bad? in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

Using the bottom 2 or 3 strings to do most of the work (G & D courses with the A course) and using the top two strings (sometimes the A course used...

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Mar-31-2021, 12:57pm

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

Not enough ooo's in smooth...

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Mar-31-2021, 8:56am

AlanN replied to a thread Post a picture of your Gilchrist in General Mandolin Discussions

1998, #419 X-braced One-piece back block inlays bound sound holes

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Mar-30-2021, 8:25pm

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

Bill, it is not the name of the landing note that makes a fifth or fourth; the note names and chord names are relative. A fifth does not refer to a...

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Mar-30-2021, 6:16pm

AlanN replied to a thread Your favorite Tab tune books? in Celtic, U.K., Nordic, Quebecois, European Folk

TAB books/collections that I've amassed over the years, many o.o.p/unavailable: Joe Carr - Merlin's Magical Mandolin Method - Texas Fiddle...

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Mar-27-2021, 10:37am

AlanN replied to a thread Jimmy Gaudreaua in General Mandolin Discussions

He did have an O'Brien (note spelling) F-5, used it on this fine record.

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Mar-26-2021, 5:43pm

Mark Gunter replied to a thread Just tuning. Will it make things better? in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

I highly recommend the book by Stuart Isacoff, Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Greatest Minds of Western Civilization

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Mar-26-2021, 5:06pm

Mark Gunter replied to a thread Just tuning. Will it make things better? in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

Study a bit about music history in regards to tunings - you’ll learn why the true intervals cannot be practically accounted for in any portable...

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Mar-23-2021, 9:14pm

Mark Gunter replied to a discussion Free Blues Mandolin Lesson Videos in group Blues Mando

I’ve been learning the pieces from Rich DelGrosso past couple days

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Mar-22-2021, 1:45pm

Mark Gunter replied to a thread How has the mandolin changed your guitar playing? in General Mandolin Discussions

I continue to neglect guitar in my own life. Once I really got interested in mandolin, the first couple years I hardly ever practiced or learned...

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Mar-18-2021, 7:10am

Mark Gunter replied to a thread Hide glue question in Builders and Repair

Just to say there seem to be the impression in a few of the posts that aliphatic resin glue joints are non-reversible - this is not the case. Most of...

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Mar-16-2021, 8:17am

Mark Gunter replied to a thread A strange contraption for measuring and installing new strings in General Mandolin Discussions

I have grown to detest string changes on slot heads. Applaud your efforts, but this doesn’t make the task appear any more appealing to me :)

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Mar-15-2021, 5:08pm

Mark Gunter replied to a thread Sweep picking on mandolin? in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

Most mandolin and guitar methods and tablatures, and some sheets, use something more like the capital Pi symbol and the carat or (often inverted) v...

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Mar-15-2021, 4:53pm

Mark Gunter replied to a thread Crosspicking vs "the Other Kind" in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

Sherry, you won't find an example like that because you are putting the terms "flat picking" and "cross picking" vs. each other ... but they are not...

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Mar-15-2021, 4:44pm

Mark Gunter replied to a thread Tips for moving up the neck needed in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

Step one: Pick a tune that you really love to work with. Step two: If you don't already know it, learn the melody in first position along with...

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Mar-15-2021, 4:29pm

Mark Gunter replied to a thread How do you think of the fretboard - closed patterns or just notes in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

Both

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Mar-15-2021, 4:16pm

Mark Gunter replied to a thread NVNVNVNV - reasons? in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

Default - not absolute, just default. Why? To set the groove. But this does not apply to some musical forms, necessarily, like jigs,etc. Playing...

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