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Anyone play in a Mandolin and/or Guitar Orchestra?

I asked a question about one and was encouraged to give them a try. I'm a little unsure I can keep up but the point of contact was very...

I'm about to splurge on a set of viola strings (cheaper than my last set, but more than my Helicore standby). I might go for it and finally give these a try for my mandolin. They're less than a...

I'm so happy I could cry.
What I thought was a scratch in the picture might have just been a finger print or something - it's perfect - I am a cynic so when I saw the one I wanted for a price I...

I used to think banjo jokes were the viola jokes of the folk/bluegrass (or otherwise non-classical) world. i.e. exaggerated concepts as a lever for humor. Then I discovered Rhiannon Giddens and now...

I don't know anywhere as much about instruments as 99% of MC-forumites, but I have a flute and a viola and if I ever really feel like playing a lot in the evening, I start with the flute, move to the...

I've told this story a million times in a million corners of the Internet, so I apologize if I repeat myself.
I played the viola for 30 years and then had a terrible car accident and hurt my bow...

How many of us need someone to make an instrument equivalent meme?

I have not purchased a single instrument since this started - but man is it getting hard.

I'm not even that good - I'm on...

It was fun! And I was middle of the pack so it was fine.
At one point he let us decide for ourselves if we'd play melody (which I can do because of classical training in my first life) or strum...

idk if this is weird, but 30 years ago at orchestra camp my quartet coach gave us Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - we were insulted. She said if we proved it was beneath us she'd give us something better. ...

Jeff D - I think it's set up right - my teacher is the tech at the shop so he's tweaked the bridge before when I was having trouble tuning. Whether it required something minor that he could do in...

I understood a little of this and then googled a bunch of terms from it - so thanks - I learned something :) (still don't understand it all but understand a good deal and learned something - it's...

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Thanks all!

The "look inside" glimpses on Amazon got me interested in the Cassia Harvey and Marilyn Mair suggestions.

I had been away from music for about 10 years. I used to play...

When you make it look like vector multiplication, it gets my hopes up - maybe I can figure this out....

I'm not very active here, very streaky. But I appreciate the "just jump in" encouragement the stalwarts share with us beginners.

If, like me, you are also a cartoon of an uptight music nerd who...

Thanks for letting me know! :)

Because I have 4 kids (only 1 halfway through college, 3 to go), 3 of them play hockey, 1 plays the cello, I have a mortgage, I'm in a PhD program (not music) and already have a 3 hr/day commute for...

Thank you - unfortunately, I don't know how to transform it to abc format with the free software.

I was a viola player in a previous life, and just picked up the mandolin in the past year. As a kid, I took enough piano to keep up with the band-geeks in theory class. This was my favorite piano...