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I contribute my inability to learn new material by ear to a lack of natural music talent. Believe me I have tried to train my ear, but beyond the ability to quickly play rhythm along side someone...

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Is it just me? I know many, many posts have been published regarding tablature and dots and players preference for one or the other. But I wonder if it is just me that finds tab to be simple in...

I wouldn't play both at the same time. I would likely use the higher notes for beginning verses and end the last verse with the lower notes.

It all gets back to personal taste. I owned F styles several years ago but began to think they looked "funny". I didn't like the extra do nothing pieces that were subject to breakage (especially the...

Be careful and watch what you wish for. Knowing their history, they may.

I agree completely. All types of music for different likes and dislikes. Mike is one of the best at his style of playing. I appreciate his playing even though I prefer crystal clear notes, chords,...

Best to have the bowl back checked out by a luthier. New strings are a definite but if it has been sitting for years not humidified things may start breaking while bringing it up to tune. Personally...

Well selling person to person works just to demonstrate what a valuable asset the Cafe provides with it's classifieds. Pittsburgh is not exactly mandolin metropolis. A nice fellow drove in from Ohio...

I have purchased several mandolins and sold a hand full via the Cafe Classifieds. All had a 48 hour trial period with agreement that buyer pay return shipping. This has not been a problem and would...

Scott and Galen
Great looking logo on hat.
Perhaps some day on a flat Irish Style Cap?

For me it depends on what I'm playing and if I am playing by myself or with others.
I often do not use it for quarter notes but instead for any note longer than a quarter note as mandolins do not...

If the thread is 15 years old it is likely I would have no memory of it. If the topic is relevant to me I will read as if it was written today.

Keep it in Mandola tuning, C G D A, until you become comfortable playing mandola. Finding music written an Alto Clef for mandola is a hat trick at best. But no worries.
Since mandolin family...

Two tickets for her and a friend to attend a performance by a nationally recognized mandolin player that she admires.

I have had mixed results using different mandolins. Made little difference on my Stiver but a significant difference on my Kentucky KM950 and on a Eastman 305 my granddaughter now has.

Been there and done that. For me the surgery was much simpler than I could have ever imagined. Stitches come out tomorrow. Already playing easier than I have in the last year or more. Back to...

Several threads in the past regarding trigger finger surgery vs. cortisone shots and PT. Yesterday I had trigger finger release surgery after trying for far too long alternative means to alleviate...

Never gave it much thought but have included straps I didn't like in sales of mandolins I thought may be going to a beginner and in need of a strap.

I have seen some very elementary notation written as you described.
An alternative approach I used just last year for my grandchildren: ALFREDS TEACH YOURSELF TO PLAY MANDOLIN. This book provides...

Hit your local Army Surplus store if you have one. It will be durable, large, and not very expensive.

Never learned to play guitar but found it necessary to learn guitar chords from a visual perspective to follow guitar players.

Thanks Ranald. All four are superb musicians with a great stage performance. Had they played all night, I would have stayed.

NEW TO ME BAND based in Cincinnati, Ohio I was fortunate to see yesterday at the Purple Fiddle while on a hiking trip in the Thomas, WV area. Four multi talented musicians that put on a great show....

T Y. I did contact Tony and he has a fit. Appreciate the suggestions. I should have gone to the source right off.