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    Re: Carnivale Of Venice

    Wow, twenty-two variations, and by a composer I've never heard of! Must give this a try in the morning. :)

    Thanks, Jairo (and Sheri)!
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    Re: A Pair of Ceccherini's

    Thank you Tavy for the photos and discussion. A few questions occur to me:

    Your older mandolin has the 'window' peghead with the flower device on it. Is this the one that has the Italian label? ...
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    Re: Gibson "F-3"

    Very cool story! I wonder if our paths crossed back then— I was hanging around Lundberg's in that period. Also Campbell Coe's little shop on Haste, and Denis Grace's on Telegraph. I got my first...
  4. Re: Grappelli style harmonics in swing jazz?

    Yeah, that flurry of harmonics was one of Grapelli's trademark moves. Playing with a bow you can bring out clearly even the higher harmonics (like the fifth and fourth fret guitar harmonics), and...
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    Re: Scala mandokin

    Maybe this outfit?

    http://www.liuteriascala.com/
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    Re: Vibrações - Jacob do Bandolim

    Great stuff! I just tried Andy's track for Bole Bole (it's one of the few I know from his list), and it works really well. Nice clean clear rhythmic playing, if a little more "backgroundy" than I...
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    Re: Vibrações - Jacob do Bandolim

    Wow! That's a great site— seems to have over 1700 nice clean choro lead sheets, plus recordings. :)

    Not to mention good photos of old C-melody saxophones. :cool:

    Many thanks, David!
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    Re: Vibrações - Jacob do Bandolim

    Nice job, Jairo! And thanks for the transcription, Bill-- it's nice to see the 7-string bass licks included.

    Here's a version of Um a Zero I did years ago when I had a quartet with some great...
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    Re: 8va and 8vb

    This makes sense. It's easier to read for guitarists who aren't used to reading up past the 12th fret.

    (But the sound of course is an octave lower than it looks, as with all guitar music written...
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    Re: Using a capo with a mandolin?

    Consider for example all the thousands of jazz guitarists and mandolinists who play tunes in every key up to five flats, chords, melody and improv. It's just a matter of learning the scales.

    But...
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    Re: Going to check out a jam session

    Took me a few minutes to figure out that this N. Y. jazz club Smalls is not the old Harlem landmark Smalls Paradise, where lots of jazz giants played and recorded way back.

    Still— should be a...
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    Re: Little help? Henderson's Recordame

    So Daniel, how did last night's class go?

    We're hoping more :) than :disbelief:
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    Re: Little help? Henderson's Recordame

    Cannonball and Nat in a similar groove, same year. Simpler tune though.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpkN8nR0EEg


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpkN8nR0EEg
  14. Re: Original Embergher mandolin nr 5bis from 1905

    Check out the classified ads here on Mandolin Cafe. That's the place for your ad.

    And there's already another 1905 Embergher for sale there. :)
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    Re: Little help? Henderson's Recordame

    Actually in this case the "relative major" is Bb not Eb. The melody notes and the chord given (Cm 6/9) show us that the key in that passage (bars 5-7) is not C minor (three flats) but C dorian (two...
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    Re: musical notation question

    So the transcription is likely missing a tie between the two E's. Probably just a typo.
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    Re: musical notation question

    A few problems I see: the one-bar excerpt in your first post doesn't show a title, a clef. a key signature (should show a treble clef and three sharps) or a tempo. Nor do you say who made the...
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    Re: Little help? Henderson's Recordame

    First position works fine for the melody. I'd get some of the A's with fourth finger rather than open.

    The sixteen-bar head (with the given chords) moves you through a series of keys:

    1-4: "A...
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    Re: C. 1910 44 rib Lyon & Healy Bowl Back

    Hmm, I can't help wondering (parenthetically) if that was the Flying V I heard Jimi playing at Winterland on a night when he was swapping sets with Albert King. Two Flying V's, two great left-handed...
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    Re: Pick technique

    Picking all down-strokes on mandolin is like playing the violin with all down-bows. It gives a kind of emphasis that is sometimes wanted, and so sometimes we'll see the whole violin section...
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    Re: Clefs are like subnets

    Yep, and All Cows Eat Grass.:)
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    Re: Clefs are like subnets

    Right, and from that eleven-line staff you can derive seven five-line staves, with the top line representing respectively f (treble), d, b, g, e, c, or a (bass). When I was a conservatory student in...
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    Re: New Stradolin Day here at the house

    For comparison, here's the head on mine. (no date stamp, Schaller tuners)

    209687
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    Re: New Stradolin Day here at the house

    Yep, it looks like a good one. Well done!
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    Re: Playing in Position

    Good point, Ralph. On the E strings in third position you should be able to reach every note from G# up to high E with no change of position. (That is, without recentering your hand or sliding your...
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