Similar response. And, freak coincidence, I also have been playing open back banjo for a couple of months with some help from Adam Hurt. I never got banjo before but clawhammer is very interesting.
Similar response. And, freak coincidence, I also have been playing open back banjo for a couple of months with some help from Adam Hurt. I never got banjo before but clawhammer is very interesting.
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Very cool. Will check out your site.
DUDDUD ... that’s the ticket for jigs. Ditto for gigues. DUDDUDDUD for slip jigs. Play the accent on the downbeat — ONE 2 3 FOUR 5 6 etc. This is dance music. Work in the triplets and ornaments...
Super cool. Thank you so much! I’m assuming that’s a floating pickup? Off to read more about this interesting mandolin ...
Flynn Cohen has a really interesting Mandolin Monday post today no doubt most have seen. Can somebody knowledgeable please explain what's going on with "microtonal" frets? It's a little like...
Caleb Klauder did an AMAZING presentation on double-stop playing yesterday in a webcast. In a nutshell, if you slide the G chop chord up so that you're in the fifth position (I think) with your index...
I've been thinking a lot lately about getting a banjo. (Feel free to tease me. I have it coming.) I'm thinking an open-back. I know I'm not interested in the whole Earl Scruggs to Bela end of the...
Ha ha! Yes. I bought a name mandolin from one of the great dealers present here and it just didn’t have any undertones or character. Very strange. I bought it via their website. It had been in their...
The only thing cooler than this tune and Nancy's playing (and Norman's) is that a gem like this from 2011 would pop back to the surface of the comments feed this morning.
I decided to finally delve into some of the extended features in Logic Pro that as a mandolin player I've never before felt compelled to explore. It's some pretty amazing software.
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Lovely! How is it tuned?
My first mandolin was a ... not a Gretch but some other Chinese-made American-branded plywood contraption I bought for $200 after drinking two martinis with my friend Tom. I have to say I thought it...
The other day I told my wife I’d decided to change the pick I use, from a Blue Chip CT to a Dawg. She not only knew what I was talking about, but wanted to know my reason for changing and was...
Collings instruments to tend to be particularly consistent and good, in my opinion. I did have an MF that was pretty thin sounding. It was whatever the most bare-bones entry-level F is. I bought it...
I have not heard of Eva before now but thanks for pointing her out. She's a monster! I could totally see her playing with Mike Marshall.
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I had the virus. It wasn’t a big deal, and I’m 65, have asthma and am rehabbing a heart condition. If your health isn’t compromised with other serious issues your chances are very good you’ll be fine...
Huba huba. Love the dark stain.
Nice. Like the exotic intervals. That's a good sounding Sobell mandola.