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very cool 5-35!

Thank you for all this info, so far I'm not finding a lot of info unless it's from someone who owns/plays one.
Such a cool little instrument.
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Oh, that's all right. This is sort of a break while waiting for any of the suggestions to work out, or someone else to offer a suggestion that does the trick. A bit of a palate cleanser, so to speak....

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Congratulations! You and the Mandolin Cafe team have created something really special, and valuable. I know I'm not alone in appreciating how much this means musically and socially. One of...

You've got to check out the recent hour and a half show filmed at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum which is now on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCKUUSntqWQ

Some legendary...

Johnny Nash, reggae singer who did I can See Clearly Now died yesterday,
Along with Eddie Van Halen. Helen Reddy and Mac Davis died earlier in the week.

It is a tough week.
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Hello all. I appreciate the prayers and concern about my dad, Dennis. I just wanted to make sure that everyone is aware that we are still open and functioning as "normal." Sure, it's a little...

When I first watched John’s video of this tune it brought me to tears. Saddest presentation imaginable.

Fingerpicking on OM with a drop-dead gorgeous vocal. I hope it’s on the list for her next album.


https://youtu.be/OkiiXCbWq1Y

Happy birthday, Ted!

Ask Olga ! She's wonderfully enthusiastic about using her Octave in DuoRo & solo.

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Tim O’Brien uses an octar really effectively to support his vocals, but those tend to be more percussive than regular OM’s.


https://youtu.be/6Hl1YNvWzi0

My good buddy Steve Roy & I have a duo, Steve & Dave Play Dead, which is what we do, and we did it as part of an online fest we are a part of, Dead to the Core, this past weekend. We are the only act...

Not the worst point to start. Steeleye Span comes to mind...

I have brought both my mandolin and octave mandolin to play in church music groups for about 15 years. The church music I've played has been really diverse, from classical, to spirituals, to...

I'm going to recommend that you actually learn that familiar music from guitar on OM.

As an example, let's say you put on a greatest hits album from the Doobie Brothers' guitar-centric era. Get...

Talking of Mattie, here’s a cracking song with banjo, I think he’s alternating to the fifth of each note whenever it’s a quarter or more, or maybe it’s my imagination!


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A course on the octave by Mr. Natural:

https://www.mandolinshealtheworld.com/categories/20200601

Martha Scanlan put out a couple of nice albums over the last 8 or 9 years. I've followed her as she writes a lot about places I love.
https://youtu.be/b8HPPu7DBKU

What's wrong with novelties? The OM is at least as good for song accompaniment as the guitar, it can be fingerpicked, it can be wet-tuned.



Melody playing with lots of doublestops is what I do....

I love the octave for playing Scottish music, particularly pipe marches and a lot of Scottish and other fiddle music, where the octave's extra sustain is a valuable tool - it works quite well on slow...

Agree -- I would also check out players like Sarah Jarosz, Sierra Hull, I'm with Her band (for different voicings). All master players and worth listening to!

I only recently dove down the mando rabbit hole but have played guitar for a few years. I'm not a stellar player but I have fun. I love bluegrass & TIM and dabble with both but my passion is blues....

I’ve been playing the octave for about a year now and have deliberately tried to play just melody -and metronome melody at that. I know where the double stops are but I wanted to be firmly on the...

Bill Cameron Explores that nicely here https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/150313-Its-All-Over-Now-Baby-Blue-on-Octave-Mando

There are others on many of these forums doing "cool" things...