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Great stuff, Frank. I left a comment over on the SAW Group too!

Along the lines of Aaron's thinking, I would recommend the piano keyboard which is a wonderful visual aid to seeing chords, with its layout of groups of two and three black keys dispersed among the...

A very atmospheric piece, Jo. Lovely blend of flute and oud. Have you added in reverb or did you record in a very active audio environment? Great sound anyway.

Hank Williams lives on in those performances, Frank. Just going now to wipe my eyes!

The picture by Harley Marty of the refretted mandolin looks like it now has fan frets, so the bridge is not necessarily off in the photo, but angled to compensate for the fan fretting, Charles E. ...

This is a tune I got over on the SAW Group, posted first by John Williamson, and it just took my fancy.
It is by Northumbrian musician and composer Archie Dagg (1899 - 1990) and the title is the...

One of the staple of my fiddler buddies around here, Colin. It is often used as a sort of competition piece by the young players on their high-speed battles! Also known as The Glasgow Reel, so some...

Ranald, thanks for letting me sleep on in my Scottish time zone! Hope you find something of interest in the SAW Group, Garrett.

You must have had a good porridge breakfast before playing this old classic, Dagger! You seemed to be really enjoying it (tune as well as breakfast). Great stuff, and I was singing along to what I...

That is indeed a piece that would be a great learning aid, I reckon, Toomas

This is a lovely Scottish slow air composed by Charles Grant, a 19th Century fiddler and composer from Morayshire.

My version is on octave, mandolin and guitar and based on an arrangement got from...

Many thanks, Mick. Bothies traditionally were basic farm buildings where the workers were housed, a bit like the bunkhouse that featured in so many of the cowboy films I feasted on as a youngster. ...

This is a James Scott Skinner fiddle composition I have adapted to octave mandolin and guitar. The Queen in the title is Victoria, not the recently departed Elizabeth, who passed away very near to...

A great tune and arrangement, Colin. Very fine playing too!

Experiment too with different picks. A heavier pick can make you play more lightly as you feel that it needs less picking power to get a good tone. At least I seem to find that! Bren mentions...

Good to see (and hear) the fingers still working their magic, Dagger! I am assuming the porridge and honey breakfast preceded this set? Great seamless transitions too.

A great tone from that instrument, Jo. The composition really reflects the mood you create with the superimposed tidal ripples.

My mandolin and guitar version of the tune Winter Sky by the Danish/Irish trio Kasir.

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A lovely slow air composed by the late Gordon Duncan, an amazing piper, whistle player and composer. My version is on mandolin (my own-build ten string tuned DGDAE as suggested by Dagger Gordon) and...

Fine arrangement and delivery, Dagger. This one is on my list (as a song rather than instrumental) for a Burns evening I am taking part in on the 2nd weekend in February organised by the local...

Musescore is free to all users and not just in a limited version. It does everything you seem to be looking for and also can import .abc files and produce standard notation from the imported .abc. ...

Great arrangement and playing of this very popular tune, Colin. As Bren says, it is a staple in so many of our Scottish sessions over here and always enjoyed by both players and audiences.

My own experience (self-taught and not having heard of DUD DUD before finding the Cafe) very much tallies with Dagger Gordon's as he posted above. Maybe there is something about being Scottish here?...

A pleasant seasonal offering here, Toomas. The hybrid picking works so well on those tunes.

What a lovely video and idea. The dancers are such fun!