Some months ago This topic came up in a conversation with Marla Fibish - an internationally known Irish mandolinist. Her suggestion: “no need to play all the notes” - just play the important ones.
Some months ago This topic came up in a conversation with Marla Fibish - an internationally known Irish mandolinist. Her suggestion: “no need to play all the notes” - just play the important ones.
I wasn't intending to make a video to post here, however I made a video for my Facebook friends for St. Paddy's Day. It turned out well so I put it on Youtube, and so maybe I should post it here...
Sadly, this is one of those tunes that is probably getting a bit tired and worn, but only because it's one of the most rocking reels ever written. If Led Zeppelin would have composed a reel, this...
Haven't had an after breakfast tune for a wee while. This is Jimmy Shand's classic tune The Bluebell Polka. It was very popular when I was young, indeed it was a great favourite of my mother who...
Is that a resonator tenor guitar? Great playing, and great idea! I love the combination of playing music whilst sharing a recipe. The internet needs more of this.
This is my version of this beautiful Air...:mandosmiley:
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I had a quiet moment today. I grabed my guitar and in the spirit of the moment recordet what I was feeling and thinking about:
on earth peace, goodwill toward men
I´ve been thinking about folks...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSqwpIKRGJQ
Here’s a video of my buddy Bruce Carveth on English Concertina and me on my Northfield Octave Mandolin playing ‘Monkey on a dog cart’ on the downtown mall...
The porridge thread is certainly lengthening with all the talk of enzymes and other scientific things I am sure my granny had no knowledge of, and as a native Gaelic speaker the words would not have...
Hi Bertram,
Thanks. It was (in true Scottish style) porridge and tea. I have it every day. Works for me!
Cheers!
I quite often do some practise when I'm finishing my breakfast. This is a Scottish jig called The Lads O' Dunse, played on my powerful wee Collings mandolin.
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In late September last year, I nearly chopped off the index and middle fingers of my left hand with my table saw. The blade cut cleanly through the tendons, bone and nerves,leaving only some skin and...
nice afterburn on the electric
I wouldn't be surprised if there are band members out there right now making less on a gig than some folks are paying for tickets. There's money out there, but it rarely trickles down. Not sure how...
P.S. Sorry Bertram, I didn't realize the audience here was so tough!
Postage stamps should be collected. Instruments should be played. Get off my lawn, Gibson. :grin:
Thank you SO much! I've wondered about that for the longest time in the back of my mind, but never thought to look it up. What a relief!
I remember an old joke. Two cats were watching a tennis...
Thank you everybody, especially Bertram Henze, for the inputs on a tenor resonator guitar.
I bought the same model that Bertram plays in his videos, the Royall '29 Triolian resonator (mahogany...
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Bren said, "...an Eightsome Reel or Orcadian Strip the Willow is a very forgiving thing. Athletic young women just grab me and hurl me around." I was compere at a Robert Burns event locally here...
Schrödinger’s Banjo.
Until he is observed he both is and is not playing the banjo.
Maybe it is a superposition of a mandolin and a banjo
(Sorry, I couldn’t resist)
The fairy
I was on my way to band practice when I saw a fairy fall on the ice.
I went over and helped her get back on her feet & she was very grateful.
The little fairy said
"Thank you...
My goodness! The floodgates have swung open and a torrent of tittilation has washed over the land. Methinks thou all doth protest too much, and this hath the aroma of sour grapes. Couldst be thee are...
There is such a thing as an instrument for free that isn't worth the price.