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This is tremendous stuff guys and gals!
Ill be filling up my bookmarks and go through it!

Thank you all!

I was asking for a method or formula to my madness so to speak. But these examples can help too!

Sometimes i wish music was more formaic and less expressive XD

Dont really care on the genre at the moment. Just trying to learn how to do it and then looking to apply it to some well known hymns and such.
So whatever you got that can help will be more than...

Ive actually been trying to learn this in the key of G from music sheet. Great tune! Cant wait to start embelishing it!

Throwing this out there for you mandolinists with some musical theory background or interest: any good ressources for studying how to create variations for a theme?

Lets hope this doesnt slow down the Jaywalkers album releases ;)

Nicely Done!

It's always good to read up on others progress both musically and technically! :D



Trial and error my friend, sometime it really is the only way. And listen to different...

Nothing for now. Its just a long looooong term project lol

Thanks for that. Might consider one after I upgrade on my KM-150 :)

TWM...Long Black Veil is the ballad in question. Found it in the key of G but I find it a but too chipper...thoughts?

TWM...talked to our Church Guitarist about my progress as he continued to try and get me to start guitar instead(his attempts have failed!) we landed on the conversation of "murder songs" and "death...

Hey John!

That's what sometimes gets me going in my other hobby and personally I just find that knowing there are others out there who are playing and struggling and succeeding makes it a less...

Details! Details!

That's simply awesome!

TWM...I've continued developping a mando side project that I hope will work out. Keep your eyes on this thread for more details in the near-ish future!

Oh...oops....so then they are installed between the bridge and the tail piece?

TWM...got some string dampeners as suggested on another thread. No great practice timd today but will be picking up some nickel creek albums on itunes!

Thanks for this as i would have never guessed these would have been a good buy. Now just to be sure, i assume you put these on the strings near the action? Also, is the intent to get no sound or low...

Thankd guys. Ill give it another listen and see if it is an intonation issue.

Hail to all,

So recently I've embarked on an adventure to learn some Portuguese Fado. Now usually this is played using a 5 paired stringed instrument know as a Guitarra Portuguesa and a Viola or...

TWM...got some practice time in with my new vpicks. I have to say that there tremelo pick is very very good! Got the pointed version and have to get my tremelo's back up to par with a pointed pick...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6gHEIF0rT2w

He's a little weird but very very good. And free!

Great insight Jeff and Mark!
I find myself always having to pick between my many hobbies. But recently mandolinin' has just taken up my priority list. Might be different when World of Warcraft's...

Been playing my KM-150 for over 5 years now and its tone always wins. Show us a pic of your 156 when you get it!

TWM...my v picks arrived!!!!
2 medium sized ultra light pointed picks & a tremelo pointed mandolin pick!
EEEEEEEEEEE!!!!