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Excellent news. Definitely keep networking and reaching out to as many established players, composers and their students as you can.
You might want to check out Anna Shivazappa for further...

Hi Jo, I think you could possibly look at just using short self-tapping screws to add straps. a single length of webbing might be most secure.
To prevent inadvertent opening if you snag catches,...

I use the black Snark tuners on the bowed instruments. I have some red ones but I've found them more power hungry even though I never use the mic.
Anyway the black ones are good enough for most...

For fully flat-wound you could try the Dogal red tag flat-wound , or if you want a bit more oomph, you could try the flat topped Dogal HR136 set in 'forte', I had some of the mediums on a bowlback...

The exercises in Getting Into Jazz Mandolin will sort this out for you it's a MelBay book too

As you're coming at things without a teacher but already well versed in reading and violin playing I would recommend you use The Mandolin Companion
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I keep thinking about getting a Del Veccio Dinâmico




not saved up the £800 + taxes that it would cost though....

I asked Phil Davidson not to use one on mine so he sawed the block for th neck in two along it's length and sandwiched a 3mm carbon fibre plate in the middle. Then shaped the neck and dressed the...

Yes I meant to lag that up Jim but forgot when it came to the actual post. It's just as hard to read from the real copy.

They are quite a satisfying bunch of exercises, I can see why it became a...

Lovely bit of twiddling here...

I recently acquired a copy of "Forty progressive studies for the mandoline, Op. 50" by George H Hucke from the BMG collection. As I hadn't seen a copy available I have scanned it and uploaded it...

Excellent, thank you for all your hard work.

I do on my short scale bowlback mandoloncello. I have to unwind and remake tge taper further down the string. (I put the string in a vice just above the nut position then undo the windings and remake...

If you notice there's any residue you might want to try some brown paper with a towel (for weight & contact) on top to draw it out. just swap it out to give a fresh surface until there's no more

I'm another who needs a good bright 'clang" out if a set of strings.
I've been using the DR MD11on my archtop Davidson (which are Phos Bronze but very bright) and the Dogal Calace roundwound...

As a contrast I ordered three sets of Dogal Calace strings from Thomann & they only sent one set. As soon as I explained the situation to hem they rectified it without any quibbling and I had the...

I have found it best to accompany my little finger with the third finger where possible. Two cello basics help with this. always extending backwards from an advanced position where possible. For...

do you mean a mandolinetto like on these pages?
http://minermusic.com/mandolinetto.htm

if so they do come up for sale occasionally on ebay so saving a search with the term is worthwhile

I use a narrow plectrum because I don't want the slapping noise that comes from a wide plectrum. I want as much of the energy as possible from the plectrum to go into moving the string. This becomes...

Thanks for passing on the sad news Brad.
It's good to see the effect he had on people and the affection he inspired.
I am very grateful to have encountered Ivan via the Cafe and benefited from...

I had to go to my PC to open the example. I think you might mean the cran which is quite common in Irish playing & you'll probably find folks on TheSession agonising over ot on several threads there....

This issue has been run into by quite a few classical mandolinists over the years.
If you read about Alison Stephens you'll see she had to enter Trinity as a trumpet player with mandolin as her...

For what you ask the playing of Annbjørg Lien is worth exploring as an initial focal point.

Just got to say that this happened is so cool. Must be like being tossed in a stormy C

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