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  1. Re: Role of Octave/mandola/MCello in non classical music

    I'm going to say it's based on what the individual prefers and what their situation looks like.

    Me, for example, I play solo or with my husband. I cover mandola and octave mandolin; he has vocals...
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    Re: Halloween Costume

    Huh... so... BlueChips are not actually blue. Did not know that.
  3. Re: Looking for simple Mandola and mandolin duet music.

    If you're on mandolin and she plays chords on the mandola/tenor, basically, any sheet music that you can read that lists the chords will work. That's easy enough to find.

    The reverse can be...
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    Re: Mandola Hard Cases

    Agreed -- plenty of semi-rigid gig bags can be had if you venture into the ukulele world. I went with Fusion:...
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    Re: Your favorite course of strings?

    G on the mandola
    D on the mandolin

    Which leads me to wonder if it has to do with position/mechanics or... not sure how to describe this... where the tones lay in relation to the others within...
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    Re: Any Mandola Mains Here?

    My main instrument is the mandola. But I certainly wouldn't call myself a professional by any means and I definitely hope there aren't any videos of me playing it out there!

    In terms of written...
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    Re: Ever have a bad set of new strings?

    Yes, I had a set where the loop ends unwound as I attempted to tune it up. At first, I couldn't figure what was going on. I'd get a string up to pitch, then it would go flat, then very flat much too...
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    Re: New Ann Arbor (area) Mandolin Orchestra

    Great; thanks.

    I play CGDA and have 30-some years of reading sheet music where middle-c is right there in the middle. If you have software to transpose treble to alto, that would be brilliant.
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    Re: New Ann Arbor (area) Mandolin Orchestra

    Wait... what... Just spotted this post now.
    Any room for a mandola?
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    Re: CGDA and standard notation

    Or viola...
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    Re: Torn between two mandolas

    One made my Peter Coombe. It managed to fit my hands just right and produced the tone I was looking for.

    I've been back a few times since. There was an amazing Vega lute mandola there for a bit....
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    Re: Torn between two mandolas

    I auditioned a few mandolas at Elderly. I found the Collings (there was an MT and an MT2 - 2 of one and 1 of the other when I was there) to be too bright for me. Not sure if the brightness could have...
  13. Re: Why did you choose the mandolin over another instrument?

    Choosing the mandolin over other instruments?

    Well... I played viola since 4th grade so I was quite familiar with all that goes along with that. But all the fidgety little things about it started...
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    Re: MANdolin or mandoLIN?

    It's pronounced "fiddle"
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    Re: Who's your favourite CBOM player???

    I ran across Dominique Riviere's Foggy Dew (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4f7voIo-XU&fmt=18) some months ago and have taken a liking to his arrangements - a number of which he's posted on his...
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    Re: How to make things difficult!

    Ah heck... What can I say? Lefty was in charge of (mis)typing those letters ;)
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    Re: How to make things difficult!

    My history of playing the viola, tells me that right (bow) hand has the harder job - getting the bow placed just right parallel to the bridge, but neither too far from it nor close to it; the angle...
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    Re: Do Tuners Add Tonal Quality?

    Okay, I'll bite. Changing out a strap improved the tone of my mandolin. After changing, I no longer needed to hold the mandolin in place whilst fretting and picking. And, with the strings running...
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    Re: Flat vs. Radiused

    Strikes me that this might be an area where the answer depends a lot on the individual's experience and body mechanics.

    For example, Jeff noted

    I have the opposite experience: a double-stop or...
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    Re: Music Stands for Playing Outside?

    The low tech non-memory solution is: choose whatever stand you want, play in daylight, and use clothespins to hold your sheet music in place.
  21. Thread: Beater Mandolin

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    Re: Beater Mandolin

    How about the Hora mandolin? I have the mandola version...seems pretty sturdily made, has managed to survive the past 1.5 years being dragged in and out of the home in freezing and sweltering temps...
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    Re: guilty of liking mandola better than mandolin.

    Naw... you're cool. Much like a viola, the mandola is a superior instrument to its smaller, higher-pitched cousin.
    There's no need for that high e-string. Entirely unnecessary.
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    Re: unpleasant "aftertaste" on a Rogue

    Didn't have a chance to pick up supplies over the weekend. So hanging on to the sock for now ;) A real thing of beauty.
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    Re: unpleasant "aftertaste" on a Rogue

    Thanks All. I didn't have the right materials at hand last night, so I wove a sock through the strings between the bridge and tailpiece. It did cut down on the unpleasant noise, though not entirely. ...
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    unpleasant "aftertaste" on a Rogue

    I have a Rogue mandolin – the inexpensive one that comes as part of the mandolin / guitar two-fer deal. It’s an endearing little sprite of a thing that’s easy to fret and, initially, sounds okay. But...
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