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    Re: Keeping up with the Fiddlers

    I sometimes get sleepy when I play too slowly.

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    Wake up!

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  2. Re: What are some of the best Mandolins that you all have played?

    The Vega Mandolin:
    https://thesession.org/tunes/2548
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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.
  4. 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: Keeping up with the Fiddlers

    I think when they say relaxing they mean efficiency of movement.
    In a sense it’s trying to be as lazy as you can, while still playing every note as cleanly as possible.
    It’s what happens when you...
  6. Re: an audience that is engaged with the performer

    I really like his time signature changes.
    I've been playing a bit of 7/8 time recently (half a reel, half a jig) and it's such a liberating thrill to jump from one rhythm to another and then back...
  7. Re: Has anyone played in Ireland Jam Sessions?

    Have a look here: https://thesession.org/tunes/popular

    How about learning a nice Cape Breton tune off by heart, and that’s your go-to tune?
    Sarah’s Mandolin:
    https://thesession.org/tunes/18028
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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.
  9. 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: The Entertainer

    Here you go, this is in C major though it’s not exactly right, good luck!
    https://abcnotation.com/tunePage?a=trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/by/Colin_Hume/Entertainer/0000
    ...
  11. 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! :)
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    Re: How do you play “split” beat

    If you always change the font on this type of TAB to New Courier then it all lines up. :)
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    Re: How do you play “split” beat

    Actually you could just strum it - for a certain style of music. The strum would be a down stroke with arc to hit both strings.

    I remember seeing a great guitar performance by a Brazillian doing...
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    Re: How do you play “split” beat

    What style of music is this?
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    Re: Peghead Nation Video Courses

    Jim Richter’s great with Blues licks: https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/164752-Jim-Richter-Mandolin-Blues-Lick-of-the-Day

    I did some Peghead courses and I like them a lot.
    My advice to...
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    Re: Peghead Nation Video Courses

    The simple fiddle tunes are great practise.

    It’s strange because you don’t need to completely ‘memorise’ tunes to play them fast, though it helps.
    What I’ve found is that I have most tunes in my...
  17. Re: Won an auction for an Eastwood Airline mandola - any tips?

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  18. 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

    Good luck, speed improvement does have flat-spots, have you tried pushing the pick instead of swinging it?
    And fret fingers spread out lying almost on top of their respective frets, ready to simply...
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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
  25. Re: Learning A Sierra Hull Solo/Fill from 'Cuttin' Grass' For Mar

    Thanks! After Sierra’s break the whole band almost stops in AWE!
    Love Sturgill Simpson’s Breakers Roar. https://youtu.be/9qUqMAIelLY?feature=shared
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