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No matter what instrument is being played, string or wind, I'm singing the melody in my head.

Well, it sounds different 😁

I've been told I use "un-just, ill-tempered tuning." It's a personal preference.

Here is some heretical advice. In crafting your practice routine, it is valuable to keep in mind that "perfect" is the enemy of "good". A perfect routine that discourages constant application, either...

Equal temperament has to do with the relationship between all of the notes. "Averagely out of tune" is in relation to other notes. There is no one note that is "in tune", and conversely, any note can...

I did the switch to the Elixir nano-web and love them.

It looks like a Gibson "Sam Bush" model. It has the flowerpot headstock inlay, the block inlay on the neck and the cut off florida at the end of the finger board.


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Yes. Learn how to ignore your mistakes and get back on. Chances are it bothers you more than it bothers the audience.

My son is a professional jazz bassist. When he was starting out at about 12 years old, he would learn the melody and chords, and then his teacher would ask, "What do you hear inside?" Then my son...

This is something you learn by doing. The more you try to sight-read, the better you'll get at it. The goal, ultimately, is not to read notes one at a time and play them, but to see whole chords and...

I'm with dhergert – can you sing what you want to play? Can you imagine what you want to play in your head, and play what you're imagining?

Ya, learn all your scales and chords and arpeggios so...

I agree it sounds more like Scottish/Cape Breton articulation than Irish. I don't hear any rolls or crans. What I hear are fingered cuts and what my fiddler S.O. would call a bowed "scratch triplet"...

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As much as I lust to play really fast, deliberately slowing down is the biggest thing ive found to improve tone. That, and being relaxed. I try to listen to the quality of the notes im playing, and...

Start listening to and practicing with horn players, like Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue....

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Pava works in the Ellis shop and builds a great mandolin.

I doubt you will find a Heiden in your price range.

Good luck with your...

"I play mandolin...
and I can tune...
If I have too...
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...but I had to come share. I worked out a Sarah Jarosz break. It's from She Left Me Standing On The Mountain. I'm playing something that Sarah Jarosz played. Of course she recorded it when she was...

Yes.

Don't lump me into the everybody becasue I don't agree.

I quit taking my music that seriously a long time ago. That's made it more fun. A lot more fun.

I love the purity of this video. Tim and his Nugget mandola leave nothing else to be desired. A man, his mandola and a great song written by J.D. Hutchison.

Enjoy!
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Play it daily.

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In my opinion, when enough of the melody is supported by full chords to make the overall impression of the piece sound accompanied.

excellent description.