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I'm not sure...check the scale length and neck and see how short it looks. It may be in 4ths or 5ths. I'm curious.

That makes sense! BTW, I'm part German Catholic too...but mostly Sicilian/Italian.



As the organist at our local Catholic church, these are a few of my favorite hymns:

Be Thou My Vision (I...

Funny you suggest that - I'd do the reverse, since the next section begins in the upper range, and the top line of the ending puts one in position for that, whereas the bottom line sets one up for...

No, I'm not rolling my eyes about your Gibson....but I'd rather play your other mandolins!;) :grin:

From my experience, pretty much all bowlbacks should be strung with extra-light strings, with 1st string at .009.

I have no problems with the GHS A240 Ultra Light Gauge: L09 (2) -L13 (2) -LB20 (2)...

That is a classic choice. There's also the Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" in C major which would be a good option for the recessional.

Also other option would be the trumpet tunes or...

Learning the piano keyboard, even just as a music theory learning tool, is very useful. One advantage over the mandolin fingerboard is that each discrete pitch has only a single place to play them....

I'd like to add couple of links too:

https://gurdyworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Massif-Central-Pink.pdf

https://accordeonaire.com/bal-folk-tune-book-project/
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I assume the OP means "Bal Folk" and not Bal musette.

These folks express my feelings - for me I use the built-in pickup on my normally acoustic mandolin just to bring the volume level up to be able to play with jazz horns and amplified guitar, bass and...

This is a particularly good exercise, thanks for posting it.

It's also a good way to learn closed position fingerings.

Oy...bowl back! not the other word

The more one uses the 4th finger in playing, the less unruly it becomes.

Mike I deeply respect your moderation and personal opinions.:)

I agree about heavy electric basses - I've even had my luthier buddy hollow out the back of my fretless J bass. BTW, it sounds...

The big issues with your grandpa's mandolin would be condition, particularly neck action.

I'm one of the folks that plays bowlbacks regularly, mostly Italian music, choro, Klezmer, and classical....

Well, if you leave the ITM and Scottish sessions and go to a jazz jam session, you'll need to be able to improvise!:grin:

But your point is well taken in terms of the musical context involved....

Frankly you don't need a strap with a bowlback...seriously. You can even stroll without a strap.

It's good to hear it on mandolin, as I've heard it as a guitar piece. Thanks for the nice playing.

when it gets to the USA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0Fs7_pied4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqA4IviTEwQ


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRCYp9Lft8c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqA4IviTEwQ

and from my hometown!

Sometimes fruit salad mix is delicious.

That depends on the overall tempo.

Honestly, I like to play as many tremolo notes as possible to give the illusion of sustain...but that's my personal way. I guess I use unmeasured tremolo more...

That would depend on the style and period of the music in question. For styles of mandolin that I play, tremolo expresses something even when used as a default technique - it expresses how long notes...

https://doce-de-choro.e-monsite.com/

This site has a lot of choro sheet music, I've enjoyed using it quite a bit.

Thanks for posting some choro!

Just to compare, here is their slightly...

It seemed to have some acoustic use as it makes the body a bit larger and adds a little more to the bottom end. Mostly it sounds like a mandolin!