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    Re: Keeping up with the Fiddlers

    Busy weekend. I've been taking note of everyone's excellent advice, but haven't had a chance to weigh in.

    I'm in a learning environment, so there are mixed abilities among all the instruments,...
  2. Jimi Hendrix: Little Wing Part 2 (9th chords)

    https://youtu.be/UA4YkLvoDAU
  3. Re: Ordered a Northfield F5S, Received a Big Mon Wide Nut by Mist

    Hi guys,

    I’m keeping it. I’m working it out with the vendor and it will end up being a pretty sweet deal.

    Just so you know, after they contacted me earlier in the week, they said that their...
  4. Steve Morse, Rob Wasserman, David Grisman 1985 Merv Griffin Show

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BsZvQDGAuU
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    Re: To Speed Neck or Not to Speed Neck

    Heat and humidity from living 20+ years in Florida convinced me of the value of speed necks especially on my '56 F-12. The F-12 had a black painted finish on the neck that was extremely sticky so I...
  6. Re: Learning a Ronnie McCoury solo everyday for the month of Janu

    Ronnie McCoury Month | Day 5: Little Cabin On The Home

    Always fun to see what Ronnie does over a standard bluegrass number. This one has Monroe DNA all over it!

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    Re: thin sounding treble strings on Collings?

    All,
    I put on some EJ75s a couple of days ago and it did make a huge difference. The instrument has no more "blattiness" and is louder. But, it did lose some of the responsiveness (especially to a...
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    Re: Approaches to Practice...

    I'm at the learn-a-fiddle-tune-then-record-it stage.Then post it to those super friendly SAW guys, then learn-another-fiddle-tune... and on.

    Always with a metronome, of course.
    While I'm learning...
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    Re: Mando and Fiddle duo's

    https://youtu.be/D7N9qnFQU5E?si=BMCfJQZ81hBqYlSG
  10. Thread: Arpeggios

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    Re: Arpeggios

    That is a very powerful technique, and a ton of fun. I learned arpeggio shapes "keyed" to one finger. Put that finger on a note, and one can play the major and minor arpeggio for that note. I use my...
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    Re: Double Stop Lessons

    Thanks for all the kind comments so far. I've released another video today and this time we take a look at finding our triad arpeggios in G,C and D and our pentatonics using the double stop shapes we...
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    Re: What flavor Bluechip should I try?

    I know all too well about regrets. I have owned a guitar for over 25 years and a fiddle for close to that and never really learned to play either because I put too much pressure on myself to be good....
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    Re: Double Stop Lessons

    Alright, second video in this double stop series is up and running. We take the G major double stop shapes we learned in the first lesson and apply them to C and D.

    GickuZACBPw
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    Double Stop Lessons

    Hello folks. It's been a while since I posted on Mandolin Cafe but I thought some of you would enjoy some of the free resources that I am sharing over on YouTube and my Patreon.

    First video in my...
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    Re: Rough Fret Edges

    Indeed they do... for a price.
    We can make our own by simply grinding safe edges on standard files (flat, triangular, other).
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    Re: Rough Fret Edges

    Like John said. They make specialty files for this purpose. Stew Mac sells them, others too probably. Said files have a safe face without teeth that rides on the fretboard without scarring it while...
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    Re: Rough Fret Edges

    Or fret sprout from being under humidified in a previous life (seems unlikely if it's originally from Florida, but it's possible).
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    Re: Help for stage fright & essential tremor

    My performance anxiety is very much affected by how I visualize the outcome. How I manipulate my expectations.

    If instead of being afraid of screwing up, I envision people liking what I have done,...
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    Re: The After life of trees

    Viva fui insylvis, sum dura occisa securi, Dum vixi tacui, mortua dulce cano. (I was alive in the wood. I was killed by the cruel axe; living I was silent, dead I sing sweetly.)
    Baccio Bandinelli c....
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    Clefs are like subnets

    Not having much formal musical training, but quite a bit of IPv4 training, I was always scared to death of reading anything but G clef.
    While trying to study Bach Cello Sonata #3 in C, I first...
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    Re: Improv From Scratch

    The latest video in this series is Monroe Style Phrases


    https://youtu.be/4AfDWMT5Wyc?si=sDQ9ypEEfe-MX5VA

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    Re: 90% of us can’t do this.

    Yes I can and do smile when playing and singing any number of instruments/genres. But I started playing and performing music almost 50 years ago and have had several conductors, band leaders, etc....
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    TSA mandolin incident

    Was flying today and had one of my mandos with me, an f-style, in a soft case.

    After it went through the X-ray machine, the TSA agent operating the X-ray said "Sir, what kind of guitar is this?"
    ...
  24. Re: Tiny adult wants to learn bluegrass!

    I spend 95% of my chording/accompaniment time playing double stops on the G and D strings exclusively. For example, a 75XX G chop chord, 52XX C chop, and 74XX D chop. I leave out the higher strings...
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    Re: Sad news

    So sad to hear this news. Jesse was one of my heroes, a friend and mentor. Another giant of the mandolin has left us. Rest in peace, Jesse.
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