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-OldTime fiddle tunes. Very simple, play it clean, slow and metronome. Then every day you up the tempo.
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Start here, work hard: https://www.mandolessons.com/lessons/fiddle-tunes/by-name/

January 11, 1898, Three Saginaw, MI men awarded U.S. Patent #597352 for a bowlback mandolin with f-holes.

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Hi Guys! Ian Klosowiak here, CTO and product designer here at Klos. Thanks for all your support we are very excited about all the pre-orders, and it's thanks to guys like you that allows us to get...

I’m sure it’s a strip of leather, and yes, that’s exactly right.

It seemed to have some acoustic use as it makes the body a bit larger and adds a little more to the bottom end. Mostly it sounds like a mandolin!

I often hear newscasters prounounce Qatar as guitar.......

I look up, see it's not about a guitar, and go back to my book....

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Two collaborations with Nashenas Naujawan:

'Ani Couni Chaounai' (Traditional Iriquois song):
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'Sindi' (Traditional song from Burkina Faso):
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I play mandocello in the Oregon Mandolin Orchestra, but have played 2nd mando on my F5 Stiver. I do have a Lyon & Healy bowlback that has a nice light sound for Bach--would not work for bluegrass, I...

You can get yourself a custom-built gut-string 6-course baroque mandolino, but they don't come any cheaper than $2K, and not everyone can afford that amount. Play the music you want to play on the...

Scale length is a difference, which would contribute to a difference in sound and, minimally, playability for some hands. But neither of those things make a Gibson-style arch top mandolin unsuitable...

There are mandolin players I know who play with various lute orchestras. They are playing the mandolino, mostly using the plucked finger techniques. Your guitar playing will help you get to grips...

there is no "bluegrass type mandolin"...you can play any type of music on any type of mandolin... Chris Thile plays Bach on a F mandolin.

A type mandolin with a good setup it's an excellent...

Thanks for reminding me of the Alison Stephens e-books, Jeremy!
I had downloaded the Episodes and the Excursions. The Episodes worked quite well, but the Excursions seemed a little hard at the time....