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  1. Re: Strategies (or contraptions) to tame the flying fingers?

    Yes and also be aware that the finger flows at speed can be very different from slow playing.
    At speed you're pushing rather than swinging the pick, while fret fingers spread out and are simply...
  2. Re: Can you recommend an inexpensive beginner-friendly mandolin?

    Get your mando a good set-up.
    A $3000 mandolin with a bad set-up is a monster! :)
    A cheap mandolin with a good set-up will be a friend to you.

    There’s a great free book on DIY set-ups by Rob...
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    Re: post a video of yourself

    It's official. Happy Springtime guys! :grin::mandosmiley:

    Here's a little old winter tune, soon just a memory:


    https://youtu.be/iMJDtLdkJ-k?feature=shared

    Let's hear your Spring tunes!
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    Re: I miss the Classified Guitar posts....

    Are you joking?!
    Here are just a few of the animals you may encounter if you go outside! :(

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    Re: Keeping up with the Fiddlers

    There is also the pulse effect where the less experienced fiddlers feel that the beat is slightly in front of them, so they speed up - to catch up.
    So the others speed up etc.
  6. Re: Curious about the 2024 Venice Mandolin Festival

    https://mandolin.academy/

    Although I’m not religious (at all), this sounds pretty cool.
    They appear to be proactive and even share pdfs and mp3 files, presumably in order to practice before...
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    Re: Mendel octaves..

    Thanks for posting the Joe Mendel vid Chuck, those are some nice chords on that octave, I really need to practice arpeggios in this style.
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    Re: Has anyone played in Ireland Jam Sessions?

    Ah improvisation. Well most people who learn a tune ‘just like that’, third time through are improvising.
    First time through is picking up the key or mode, total number of measures, the first note -...
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    Re: Has anyone played in Ireland Jam Sessions?

    Welcome!
    One bit of helpful advice: when in Ireland don't ever call a tune a song, unless it is.
    Have fun! :)
  10. Re: 1st post on the forum, here's my lovely Portuguese Bandolim

    Welcome! :)
    This is your vid:


    https://youtu.be/sX3a9KIRwNY?feature=shared


    You could try using mandolin or fiddle fingering by turning all fingers 45 degrees to the fretboard (all the...
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    Re: post a video of yourself

    The Crown at Portpatrick.
    It’s woodshed time, with a lovely mazurka written by Nigel Gatherer. (Portpatrick is in beautiful Scotland).

    Here it’s 200 feet below the snow line near a little village...
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    Re: links to abc/gif or pdf files?

    Sorry, some but not a lot of lyrics:
    https://abcnotation.com/searchTunes?q=quebec&f=c&o=a&s=0
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    Re: Overcoming halted progress and frustration

    There’s more! :))

    Mss List | The Village Music Project https://www.village-music-project.org.uk/?page_id=84
    Traditional Irish music on The Session https://thesession.org/
    www.simonwascher.info...
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    Re: Overcoming halted progress and frustration

    Here's one transcription:
    https://www.folktunefinder.com/tunes/117159

    It could be a pick direction issue.

    Take a tune that you know really well (at a muscle memory level) and learn it with...
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    Re: Happy Birthday Doc Watson

    Happy Birthday Doc.


    https://youtu.be/PUn-mHfTTJA?feature=shared

    https://youtu.be/PUn-mHfTTJA?feature=shared
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    Re: New Mandolin Cafe Hat

    To avoid disappointment, be sure to drill out the rivet after having removed the cap.
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    Re: Demonstrating a mandolin

    Slow rhythmic flowing scales too.
    And slow, two string jumping, descending arpeggios with feeling and strong mature passion.
    Think Russian (or Ukrainian) and Italian music schools.

    -or Sierra...
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    Re: Lutherie as an art form

    Don't make me laugh! (thanks Denis). :))
    -I pride myself on occasionally being a low level player too.
    And I occasionally enjoy low level Art.

    BTW I believe that the lunar lander that traveled...
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    Re: Technique adjustments

    It may be different education systems but I have a huge amount of fun learning specific skills and listening to academics explain them.
    One analogy of learning a skill may be the Tai-Chi slow...
  20. Re: Anybody Got a Copy of Ranieri Method Vol 1 and 2?

    Jairo, mi amigo, I think I made a mistake. :(
    How many people are going to open those PDFs, interesting though that there are, and then say, 'darn it! NOT volume 3 Simon!' ?

    I feel so bad now...
  21. Re: Anybody Got a Copy of Ranieri Method Vol 1 and 2?

    Not sure if this is it...
    https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dxkekj8sl2nspoz6a70mw/IMSLP428406-PMLP695238-2016_Ranieri_V3_-1.pdf?rlkey=c55blw0rwyz5umaa0gnubzlwd&dl=0
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  22. Re: Developing a lighter touch on the pick and strings

    Learn any tune in 7/8 time. https://youtu.be/GGr0BSYaWR4?feature=shared
    You have to use irregular emphasis at least twice in each measure, on pairs and triples. It makes you constantly assess your...
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    Re: Book: Aim for The Heart by Andy Irvine

    Sorry I should have said welcome to the Cafe! Welcome!
    For the TAB it’s an issue because - without going into the whole TAB/notation debate - when a lot of musicians play up the neck it’s not that...
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    Re: post a video of yourself

    Here’s another tune that I like quite a lot!
    Rain on the Woodpile by Rob Harbron of Leveret.

    It doesn’t flow so well under the fingers (yet) but I’ve included some great artwork from Jasper...
  25. Re: Could I leave mando in car in winter while skiing?

    This is the craziest thread I've read for a long time.

    Why on earth would anyone want to go skiing when they have a mandolin to play?!

    -what is wrong with people?! :(

    It's like, can I stop...
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