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Well, so much for sleeping tonight!

thanks, great stuff!

I feel your frustration. there is a great book on Guatemalan Marimba that is just about impossible to purchase. Inter-library loan was the only option. (Marimba is one of my other passions in life)
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Thanks!

This is a great start!

are there any resources for things that are not public domain?
I've look at individual publishers... a bit of work tho, would rather someone else do it. :-)

C

Rock on! :cool::mandosmiley::cool:

A little something I worked up based on the 1 finger 2 frets rule.

https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/members/53556-Carl23

Feedback welcome. Happy to make this a community project!

thanks,...

About sausages and needles...

A few years ago I had a great conversation with an Oud playing friend of mine about sound.

I described something I did with djembes that he applied to the Oud....

How I approach it...

Find a bunch of tunes you like... say between 5 and 10.

Start with one or two as everyone is saying. but rotate through the others as sight reading. (not really sight...

Exactly what I need to work on. I've played this on vibes for like forever. I really do not think about the voicing and patterns any more.

On the mandolin however.... :confused:

Really sucks...

I have this great book for Vibes that I am using for approaching jazz

It has a list of recording recommendations for each chapter. So I am listening to a lot of jazz vibes. (not a bad thing in my...

the interesting thing about this chord is that it is comprised of a set of 5ths, a whole step apart.
In isolation this is extremely ambiguous, but in the context of the chords on other sides, you...

I'm just reading out of the Schirmer.

Of course I've tried reading the 3 part inventions. some of them are even theoretically possible... at 1/32 of tempo.

:-)

great technical exercise, have...

PHOTOS!!!

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quick grab (at work) but fairly accurate, flattens a bit when I sit down.
I do tend to have my elbow out from my body a bit more than this.

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My wrist is bent a bit...

Mark,

I'll see if I can get a photo.

I try to keep my thumb centered between fingers 2 and 3. sometimes it gets up between 1 and 2, especially if I'm working on arpeggios.

My thumb slides up...

Thanks Mark,

That second video is really good.

I've ended up playing like a classical guitar (which I tried for a few months years ago).
Contrary to MMs demonstration.

I tried the...

I recommend playing all modes within the same scale.

If you are reading, the best option would be C as the changed notes would be obvious.
I would not try to think of the equivalent major scale,...

I really liked this explanation:


https://youtu.be/IdhVC0DzfFY
Link... embeded video not working.

https://youtu.be/IdhVC0DzfFY

I think ergonomic considerations are really important to help...

There is also an interesting ego check in.
When do you "outgrow" your instrument?
On one side you do not want your instrument to hold you back, on the other is Willie Nelson's "trigger".
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They should be beaten with a drum stick! (mando is too sensitive)

:))

C

Rather than "learning every fret of the neck" I work from the G string, set my root note, then have at.

So far I've worked on Major, Minor, and double harmonic minor. They are basically just...

Interesting point about strict reading and stylistic changes.

In West African percussion, it is generally assumed that notation is inaccurate.

After playing for a long time, I automatically add...

The ability to read classical mandolin pieces?

:-)

In the "favorite Electric Mandolin Albums or Artists?" thread there was this video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RQirZW085I

First of all ... WOW. Very cool stuff.

So, my question......

This aught to keep you busy...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_progression

Using the I IV V vocabulary is a huge help looking in to this (also a good way to start adding chords to your...

In addition with what is said above, my first suspicion is always hand position.

Might not be bad to show your hand position to your doctor or a physical therapist.

In the end I would take Dr....

David,

good stuff. still working on straight alternating... DDU/DUU etc are on a list for me to work on... a very long list.

:-)

carl