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I was listening to this song today and decided to do a full transcription in both standard notation (which I find easier to read) and tab. The recorded versions differ (minorly) in different spots,...

Hi,

Hope it's OK for me to post this here (and apologies in advance if not).

I've been really missing jamming over the past year, and backing tracks haven't quite filled the gap. Either...

This is an unusual and effective mandocaster application I think.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmJlD5Tdaro

I like the group Dead And Company, with John Mayer on guitar, which I think has revitalised the Grateful Dead (the group still includes Bob Weir and the two drummers, but not Phil Lesh ) and they...

Was sorting through my Youtube videos and realised all sorts of videos were listed in the tenor guitar playlist. Well, its all sorted now, so follow the link below for half an hour of tenor guitar...

Really dig solo mandolin recordings.

Or go for something a lot different. Solo screeching electric mandolin ala Master Alex Gregory's 13 13 Jokes for Heavy Metal Mandolin, hosted on the Cafe's MP3 page.

Here's his "Heavy Metal...

I just checked iTunes and was pleased to see that my solo mandolin CD - Deer Tracks (for solo mandolin) - is listed. They've created a nice little page that includes four of my CDs and also links to...

I have a release waiting to be listed at CD Baby, of unaccompanied 10-string. Any day now. Title will be "5 x 2".

Selections include Bach, Choro, Folk and Jazz.

Baron Collins-Hill released a solo mandolin album of Old Time tunes. Good stuff here:

https://mandobaron.bandcamp.com/album/old-time-mandolin

Previous thread from 2012....

https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/85940-solo-mandolin-recordings

Jethro Burns, "Tea For One". Great album.

To my ears, the best solo mandolin recording in any genre is Gertrud (Tröster) Weyhofen's album of the 10 preludes by Calace. Here it is on Spotify.

I like it. Just a 23" scale, so it would certainly work in GDAE / GDAD, but that low C course has a sense of Authority, doesn't it?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipDp_DRFoFY

Eddie on mando

Starting this as a companion thread to the "why mandolin" thread.

I started mando as an easier guitar with a unique voice, but over the years have had many unexpected and pleasant surprises about...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHe7dwLAzSo

Have you taken a look at this video? It was made for the Cafe's profile of Michael Daves who teaches Bluegrass Vocals for ArtistWorks, but it's a great guide to building a bluegrass mandolin solo.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6m4KKE1WJs
Tab

while we're talking about Eastman Octaves, what are people using for straps on this OM?
are you tying off on the head, around the body/under fingerboard, or did anyone install another strap button?...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSseN0A3kRw

I love my electric octave (GDAEB). It has a sound very much like my favorite electric guitars, but
A) I don't have to deal with the nonsensical tuning of a guitar, compared to the mandos clean...

in my experience on the 5-string electric, I'll usually "comp"(grab chords for accompaniment) in the mandola range of the five, lower four C-G-D-A. i've heard my friend and electric mando hero Paul...

Hi folks!

Here's a little composition for octave mandolin that I just recorded with my Weber Bitterroot F4.

Hope you like it!


Isaac

This has been a difficult time for many folks; probably more than many of us realize. I’m glad that you reached out. To reach out can take a lot of strength.

Isolation comes in many forms:...