In case any of you were curious as to the look, here's what the arabesque soundholes look like drawn onto a (roughly traced) F5 shape.
I think Bertram Henze was right about the style not quite...
In case any of you were curious as to the look, here's what the arabesque soundholes look like drawn onto a (roughly traced) F5 shape.
I think Bertram Henze was right about the style not quite...
The lighter the instrument, the better the sound! (Now you know why banjos sound that way!)
Over the last few years I've acquired a mandolin, a viola, three pennywhistles, a recorder (that fits on a pennywhistle head), two ocarinas, a trumpet, a bass, two guitars, a mandolin, a ukulele, and...
Looks like someone went through the door. And took pictures.
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*Disclaimer* I'm no expert but I might be able to help anyways *
For general melody playing I think you want to move your palm away from the mandolin neck, and cradle it only in the space between...
Will "The Mandolin" suffice?
The mandolin, in bluegrass, also provides that characteristic bluegrass "chunk" on the off-beats, known as "chopping".
Keith, I completely did not mean to be spiteful or question your character with this post of mine: honestly that was in no way in my mind when I posted this, and I apologize for not clarifying that...
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but don't ouds have double courses...? (no offense meant to you at all by the way, Marty)
I've found that once I can't get my A strings in tune it's time for a new set.
Play something else for a while, look at new tunes in new genres to learn on various instruments, then eventually it'll circle back and you'll hunger to have that mandolin in your hands again.
I think it has something to do with the placebo affect...
We could make a IAS (Instrument Aquisition Syndrome) social group here on the Cafe! :))
I think each new instrument adds to my knowledge of how to do new things on other instruments I might not have thought of before.
Wonder if they made those with a scroll and points...?
If you like that kind of music too tinwhistler.com is a great resource if you read standard notation.
I know a lot of mandolin picks are symmetrical and have all three sides rounded like the shoulders, and that's about where my knowledge ends. I for one prefer the pointier end.
'Gee' look at those fingers! ;)
I think Bouzouki or OM might also be good possibilities.
If the Scottish army was allowed to march to war with bagpipes in order to frighten away the enemy, shouldn't the American army march with banjos...?
Amen to that!
Of all the cafe posters there are three I would most like to meet (there were so many great people that could fit here I had to choose just three :confused: ):
Allenhopkins- From everything I've...
Winner: Phantoj!
The answer was "music"
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