Please don't tell me that they made lamps out of dogs...
Please don't tell me that they made lamps out of dogs...
Take the G chop and move it one set of strings basswards.
One should add that the ToneRite is only the latest in a long line of commercial attempts to "open up" instruments mechanically or sonically, but without the bother of playing them for years. ...
We have a uke player at our jam and it sounds great, it's always loud enough, he helps us immensely to keep the beat, it's great backup.
I came upon a mandolin pretty much by accident. I was...
I've played the flute for about 5 years before I came to the Ukulele and the Mandolin. Both the later instruments are soooooooooooo easy compared with the orchestral flute. I don't mean those...
The only thing that works for me is repetition. I do have a good ear, but it STILL takes a lot of repetition for me to get a new melody reliably under my fingers. The older I get, the more reps it...
My personal "minimum skill set" is to: A) recognize when I don't know what's going on and then; B) refrain from making bad noises, at least that aren't fully drowned out by the nearest player.
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You are not personally responsible for every note in the chord. There are others, banjos, guitars, other mandolins, who will obligingly play them. Just play the notes you can.
My dirty little...
I'm sure I have seen that chord progression in the game of life?