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I saw the news about today being the ninth anniversary of Levon Helm's passing, and rather than start a thread about him, thought I'd bump up one. This is it - lots of wonderful stuff in here. What a...

Hmm. Well... I'd say something like these...

Beginner:

Has difficulty making the notes sound clear/clean.
Has problems with timing/rhythm.
Doesn't feel quite at ease or comfortable with...

No, but I saw Nigel Tufnel play an electric guitar with a violin...

OK

http://www.notreble.com/buzz/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jaco-solo-1978.jpg

Man, Jaco could play a real bass very well.

I haven't shared the journey as I am at best a mediocre improviser, and spontaneous real time composition in public is never something I look forward to. Especially when the melody itself is often so...

Yes, there is safe way. For picks I wouldn't waste my time, but for instruments I would: you each purchase the other's item via PayPal. I buy your pick, you buy mine. The net is $0 (minus the fee...

I read your thread title thinking that is an awesome band name! Way better than The Bluegrass A-holes!

OT: Nice MusicMan! Bass & mandolin players, unite! :)

If I was Chris Martin I'd build a nice little pancake out of HPL and own the low end American made market. It's not like they don't know that technology.

I do it for love as well. Entirely.

And over the years I have discovered how counter cultural that is.

It seems that a great many folks who play a musical instrument (and are not in school...

Thanks for starting this thread, interesting topic.

In addition to the rust problem, some days are just bad days, and you are just off. Happens to me all to often, I just try to loosen up, play...

Who wouldn't long to be present, beside the crackling fire on Christmas eve, when Spufman busts out his theremin for a few rousing hours of Christmas carols?

I suspect there is another kind of quality mindset behind these discussions, apart from material and physics. The music that is played mostly with these instruments is all about comforting local...

I get paid in pies. Their deliciousness has not decreased.

Not just for guitar :

Derek Trucks’ 10 Commandments of Jam

http://alanpaul.net/2015/04/derek-trucks-10-commandments-of-jam/

I don't see how this product would be of any benefit for me and I don't plan to put in an order.

I do admire the entrepreneurial spirit though. I think it is commendable that people still sit...

In my earliest days as a budding bassist he was one of the keystones of my playing style. Him, McCartney, Geddy Lee, Jamerson. I learned from the best. Guys that made the bass part an integral part...

This is why I'll never loose another Blue Chip.

There are so many layers to this subject. December of this year will mark 32 years I've been playing fiddle, and during those years I have at times been incredibly intimidated by other talented...

The II (two major, 2 major) is used in all kinds of music from classical, to hymns, to today's popular music. To say that here is no D major in the key of C is erroneous. To say that D major is not...

I, too, have a mate who is non-musical and does not understand my need to make music and own beautiful instruments. But it really is not too big of a problem. I don't really expect her to...

I hear you. But sometimes the reason the left most black key of the three is F# because it is.

IOW, sometimes I am far more creative/inventive because I don't know or I have some contempt for some...

A piano keyboard is a chord theory diagram, if you know the names of the keys. (piano keys not the tonic center)
It still mystifies me why even in the key of C, (supposedly no sharps or flats) if...

I want to thank all you for your valued input. I did not really start playing until three years ago. I must say that the mandolin saves my life everyday. I'm a vet of three wars with chronic...

Of course what's right for one isn't for another. Here's why I've enjoyed having a second mandolin; because I enjoy having mandolins. I bought my keeper eight years ago--no more looking for a...