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Just got a new old mandolin, wondering if any of you knowledgeable folks could help me correctly identify exactly what I have. From what tiny bit of research I've done, seems like an...

Hey John, here's what Jesse plays on the intro from the original recording. Absolute bear of an intro at that tempo, he's such a hoss! The fingerings are mine, Jesse may make a couple of these...

Unfortunately, nowhere to purchase either, although you can stream AIA on Take's bluegrass channel.


https://youtu.be/67LNck_WB90

Hi there, H, not sure what those numbers mean, they're certainly not fingerings. Here's how I play it based on the notation in his Mel Bay book.


https://youtu.be/ZkVKLFDVZOY

Hey Friends, hope you all are well. New vids and a brand new youtube page for my local swing band here in Boulder. We currently have three subscribers:), so any yt love you could throw our way...

Calace is in the shop, so the Ellis will have to suffice. Trying not to forget over here.


https://youtu.be/OmfQjMqhjeI

Johnny's solo from that album.


https://youtu.be/DiaoUtUplYc

I wish I could have met Jethro. Bet we would have been buddies, although I'm sure he never met a mandolin player he didn't like ('cept ol' Bill:) ). I have been lucky enough to have some time with...

Melody and solo from his album Art in America.

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Hey, thanks John! Odd that you would post the exact chords that I would use:)(actually way better than I would come up.with). Yeah, we all get closer to Jethro by studying Django, hope everyone...

Hey Friends, long time no see, hope you all are well. Transcribed this last year for Steve Smith's mando camp, made a youtube video after and have had a few requests for the transcription. Thought...

Hi Scott, I play F5 Special #380, completed in early September 2016. This mandolin was the first place prize at the 2016 National Mandolin Championship at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS....

It does make three for Solly, first person to catch Dave Peters!! Big congrats to Solly, wish I could've seen that.

Hi Mitch, nice playing! And very cool multitrack/video editing! Your pick grip / the way you plant your wrist and move your hand / etc... is not that big of an issue, IMO.... The main technique...

Funny, we both have names that can be inverted and still work. Hope you're well, Martin!

Hi Jairo, the g__ means down stroke, so down stroke through both notes of each eighth-note grouping in 72.

In 73, the tremolo notes only have one slash through the stem, which means eighth-note...

Hello Jairo, In the first exercise, my understanding is that you play the notes separately with down strokes. Like this:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsNopHP9VwM

And the second exercise,...

A bittersweet new acquisition, I inherited a beautiful old Gibson A Jr. from my dear friend Nancy Thorwardson. I'm honored to have been chosen to be a caretaker of one of her instruments, I'll make...

The pattern is the Hokum Bow, most famously used in the tune Orange Blossom Special. Reproduce it at a basic level on the mandolin by playing three-note groupings across two strings:

D D A - ...

Hey Bill, although I was a pinky planter when I first started crosspicking, I've never used the circular index/thumb movement that Jesse uses. My pick grip has always been stationary with motion...

One of my Regis University students will be graduating this semester, and he's worked really hard on a big-time senior recital. Paganini's 2nd Caprice, Calace Prelude 2. He's also composed a piece...

Today is my six month anniversary of being the caretaker for this beautiful mandolin. It's been played every day, and I must say it sounds better than ever right now. Huge thanks to Tom Ellis for...

If you're playing bluegrass, I would avoid the three finger approach for G. Your job in that context is to be a snare drum. Hard to do that if you have a loud open bass string ringing. Even muting...

If you're playing without sound reinforcement in that combo, my bet is that you're definitely going to be "drowned out" on an acoustic instrument. Even a small amp (if you have a pickup on the...

Hey BidMuddy, thanks! Yeah, it's the main camera on my new phone, no mics or processing / effects. The phone is a ZTE Grand X Max 2, just a mid level Android. But the camera kicks butt, super...