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  1. Re: Complete Noob - Discovered Grandpa’s bowl back mandolin !

    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....
  2. Re: Has anyone played in Ireland Jam Sessions?

    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....
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    Re: Strap for bowl back

    Frankly you don't need a strap with a bowlback...seriously. You can even stroll without a strap.
  4. Re: Como llora una estrella - Venezuelan waltz

    It's good to hear it on mandolin, as I've heard it as a guitar piece. Thanks for the nice playing.
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    Re: Italian Mandolin music being forgotten ???

    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
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    Re: Italian Mandolin music being forgotten ???

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

    and from my hometown!
  7. Re: Steve Morse, Rob Wasserman, David Grisman 1985 Merv Griffin S

    Sometimes fruit salad mix is delicious.
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    Re: Thoughts on tremolo

    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...
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    Re: Thoughts on tremolo

    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...
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    Re: Vibrações - Jacob do Bandolim

    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...
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    Re: Hawaiian mandolin

    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!
  12. Re: Opinions on the Thomann (or other cheap) mandocellos?

    Some mandocellos were strung with a single bass string as an option to avoid rattles from 2 thick, loose strings hitting each other.
  13. Thread: 8va and 8vb

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    Re: 8va and 8vb

    actually there is a 2 octave up marking, 15ma.:

    https://dictionary.onmusic.org/terms/5-15ma

    "Abbreviation for quindicesima or "at the fifteenth." This indication is found above specific notes...
  14. Re: Convince me of the value of strict DUDU picking?

    THIS:)

    It helps to be able to accent either the up or down stroke. It allows for more phrasing posibilities!
  15. Re: Tenor guitar mentioned on an Italian Journal of 1846!!!

    Chitarra a terza could be a "terz guitar" a.k.a. requinto, a guitar tuned a minor 3rd higher than the standard tuning.

    https://blog.andertons.co.uk/learn/terz-guitar
    ...
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    Re: Using a capo with a mandolin?

    Re-tuning - or scordatura as it's called in the classical world - is a legitimate violin technique, be it in folk fiddling or in playing certain pieces of violin music.
    ...
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    Re: Vintage or modern Calace Mandolin?

    Indeed - I've seen some lovely Roman style mandolins, but they are not for me with that narrow neck. (not to mention that Roman pick!) I'll stick to Neapolitan designs.
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    Re: What's GDAE and audible in a session?

    That's pretty much my experience too. The rhythm section has one player per instrument - and the "front line" will vary depending on the number of players as the play the heads and take solos....
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    Re: What's GDAE and audible in a session?

    Add another vote for GDAE tuned tenor banjo!
  20. Re: Is "Mr Sun Plays Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite" bluegrass

    From the POV of a being jazz players - and as one that does not consider themselves a Bluegrass "picker" - I'd call it string band jazz. Sure, they look more like a banjoless Bluegrass band, and...
  21. Re: Amplifiers/pdeals for playing in an electric band

    The larger speaker and more clean headroom of a Deluxe Reverb might sound better with that type of band, at least from my experience.
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    Re: Caliper precision vs. what's on the box

    Yes, errors are rare - but:

    When I was working in the wholesale/jobber level of the music biz, dealing with almost all of the major brands, it was commonly known that string manufacturers would...
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    Re: Using a capo with a mandolin?

    Part of that is both instruments have tunings that favor modes using the open strings, particularly DADGAD.



    THIS!

    Use a capo as a tool, not a crutch.
  24. Re: Convince me of the value of strict DUDU picking?

    It's not quite so cut-and-dry...please read on



    Well, that is indeed basic knowledge anyone needs to have to play mandolin well.

    It's not all-or-nothing in Gypsy jazz playing; depending on...
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    Re: Silent Night (for solo mandolin)

    That's a lovely arrangement, I appreciate it.
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