Actually, gradually stretching *is* possible.
I suggest you play it 5 frets up, as a C chord. Put your fingers down and play it slowly (not chop) to be sure each string is fretted cleanly. Take...
Actually, gradually stretching *is* possible.
I suggest you play it 5 frets up, as a C chord. Put your fingers down and play it slowly (not chop) to be sure each string is fretted cleanly. Take...
HI Folks, I am joined here on this Steve Winwood classic, as recorded by Blind Faith, by fellow Mandolin Cafe member and You-Tuber, the very talented Timothy Sweeney aka "tmsweeney". Timothy is...
I've reviewed this thread on shifting vs position playing. It references the Sierra Hull video which shows a simple shifting technique.
I'm looking for additional strategies and exercises for...
For larger jams, here are the ones I know about or have gone to:
Sunny's Bar in Red Hook (Sundays) -- a fairly advanced jam with good players, at least a dozen at the three I went to
The...
Today I'm celebrating my old side-kick "Crusher" on its 100th birthday. We're both getting up (and hangin' in) there. I made up a new tune for us to play together, "Crusher's Cruise". I'm also...
I think it’s important to work on one thing at a time. What really helped me was playing a lot of right hand exercises, with a metronome.
The hardest thing about mandolin, for me anyway, is...
Ha! :)) Arkansas does get a rap for being primitive (relatively), fairly or unfairly. President Bill Clinton is from there, and whatever may be said about him, he was brilliant - Rhodes Scholar, Yale...
Here's a little comparison video. Using a clean Tascam DR7 as a microphone into a DSLR. Thanks for the Listen!:mandosmiley:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwM7Abmdnxc
I made this playlist on Spotify that anyone can add to:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1VraDwx57KN0YxmG6gqN9z?si=ZKS0IwTQSDOgRf2gX1dusA
It is meant to be the start of playlist of mandolin...
Nice Case. Colors look great together.
Adam
Beautiful case congrats!
Just a quick video I made for the start of the new year on the right hand and working up speed.
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If you have any burning mandolin questions let me know, i want this new video series...
Our son was visiting a bit over the Christmas holiday and before he left this morning, I was able to put a mandolin into his hands for a little bit and we recorded this at home yesterday. This...
I've had my mandolin for a month and a half now. I has been frustrating for me because, while I am no great shakes at all as a guitar player, on mandolin I am very much so a beginner all over again....
The thing with chords is that they can be as easy or as complex as you desire, and the easy ones can be just as effective at their job as the complex ones. Personally, I prefer closed chord shapes,...
This first video is labelled wrong. It's actually an M model and identified as such at The Mandolin Store
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vn9O3bxtoQ
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Arpeggios are just playing the notes of a chord individually, one after another. From a theory prospective the basic chord (called a triad) are based on scales. Chords are made from every other note...
Indeed, the math in music shows the way. Chord construction leads the way to the melody. Arpeggios , whether major, minor, diminished , augmented or extended .... playing the scale patterns based on...
playing along with The Dave Brubeck Quartet's "Blue Rondo a la Turk".....this is where's it's at after one week of practice....it's not perfect but it's a fun work in progress.
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More for anyone interested. Includes the video below and how it came to be in our sole possession.
And a Happy Independence Day to American friends.
I am pretty new to the mandolin and to the cafe. I thought I would make a post. I reached out to Don Paine, to build me a mandolin. It is now complete and should be on its way today. In the way of...
Some examples of "teaching the basics" you'll see a lot when questions are asked:
Left hand position & technique:
Keep the left hand relaxed
Angle the fingers like a fiddler would
Don't choke...
Here is where a little theory can help a lot. The key is the home note, the note the song or tune wants to end up with. One of the reasons for changing keys is as you said to fit someone's voice. ...
I love this video of this cellist explaining why this piece is so very iconic and brilliantly composed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIge2mYdTtM