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Sad news, goodbye Robert.

Lost one of the greatest lyricists of all time. The article says his favorite lyric was from Ripple, “Let it be known there is a fountain that was not made by the hands of men.” Dawg played on the...

J, I've got some favourite Monroe tunes, like "Old Dangerfield", & "Evening Prayer Blues," (& many others) but for getting into the Monroe style of playing, i'd listen to the "Doc Watson & Bill...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdE8VRQqahs&lc=z22vdf0b4wijsvnvaacdp43buu0o4xud4ftnma2retxw03c 010c

Received Pick Sampler #2 in the mail yesterday! What a surprise to come home to, will have lots to do this weekend. Many Thanks to Jpugh for sending.

Can't wait to really get into them this...

I have a 1994 that I bought in 1999 at Mandolin Brothers.It has tone bars and is sounding really really good the last year.

In Englewood, NJ (my old homeplace) ca. 2002.

Awesome.

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Evidence?

I'm still pretty new at the mando myself (just 14 months in), but I recently read something that might be apropos:

Someone asked Bill Monroe how he played so fast.
"I'm not fast; I'm quick," he...

Marty is actually in the Smyrna/Mableton area just south of Marietta. He's great to work with. There are also guys that work on Mandolins at Atlanta Violins (which is ironically in Roswell). Another...

I'd highly recommend getting in touch with Marty Jacobson, on the northwest side of the city, near Marietta. I took mine to him last week, and he did a superb job setting it up.

Would this chart help you?

When I was learning how to play the mandolin, my mother made me learn how to read notes. Though I really “can’t” read notes now (well, I can, but it takes to long), I...

On an iPhone, you can summon up the "helper" app on the phone just by saying, "Hey, Siri!"

What this means is that the phone is continuously listening for you 24/7 ...

Just because you're paranoid DOES NOT mean they are not talking about you. For me, that YouTube stuff is like my refrigerator telling me I'm out of milk.........don't want it.

Sitting on my mandolin, making a song from scratch.

Start by hammering out a basic chord melody, working vocal counterpoints into, considering lyric design, yadda yadda...

Now, that's all fun...

You have to hook your new Snark up to a tonerite and let it run a few months in order to get the more vintage type tuning.

I've taken a metronome and started slow, then ratchet it up more and more, little-by-little until I just can't do it at all. I practice some little piece that I struggle with. It helps a little, and...

That looks positively lethal :mandosmiley:

Welcome to the forum jmcturnan. There is more than one way to play an F chord on the mandolin, and the only hint you give as to which one you are speaking of is that you mention index finger on the...

Video links and PDF files here:

1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_e9m-KqsBE
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2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CodmFqb_Jw
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3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJpt7CDk8lY...

Hi Dad!! :grin:

Think of your “repertoire” as a big circle on a piece of paper. Now inside that is a smaller circle that I call “active repertoire”. This means a piece you can always play no...

Warmup. 10%
Technique practice, scales, new scales or chords or inversions. 30%
New repertoire. 30%
Old repertoire. 30%

This is based on an Evan Marshall workshop about effective practice.
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This is how I pick out mandolins.

I would try some other picks that are 1.3-1.5mm and made of a stiffer plastic.
I am fond of the Dunlop Primetone
Lots of folks like the triangle shaped ones with a grippy surface:...

Someone asked this question awhile ago and I made a video for them on a song they were working on. This is a method of creating a break I learned from the late great Butch Baldassari. Once you do...