I'm not the best piano player so this took me a hot minute to learn but I'm pretty happy with it. I love learning both sections... I feel like it gives me a better appreciation for the piece....
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I'm not the best piano player so this took me a hot minute to learn but I'm pretty happy with it. I love learning both sections... I feel like it gives me a better appreciation for the piece....
This took me longer than I’d like to admit to learn both parts lol. The mandolin part wasn’t too bad but I’m not a great classical guitar player so that part took me a minute to learn.
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Really fun tune in the key of g. I can’t remember where I first heard it but I remember I loved it lol
https://youtu.be/eDMzn0PM_2M
I had this build a few months back and have been meaning to make a demo video for it... I just couldn't figure out what song I wanted to do. I think I'm happy with this one. Anyways, link below :-)
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learning the piano part on this kicked my butt haha but i eventually got there :-) Link below
https://youtu.be/AYjYsJm2Rng
So my main mando was back at the factory for a few months getting some work done. I got it back a little less than a month ago and wanted to do something special so i thought I try to learn...
I took a little break from my 1001 Irish tunes project to work up this Ray Charles Classic... link below
https://youtu.be/etwEwxyhh2w
Thanks for the reference! I'm sure to some degree I'll always be a bluegrass player... and I'll probably always sound like one to some extent but maybe by the end of all this all get the feel down :-D
haha right! I'm not sure I really thought this through :-P
So, i'm on day 19 of my 1001 Irish tunes... somehow this one was more challenging than it should have been lol but I got it done and i'm pretty happy about how it turned out. Link below.
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Hey all! This one is my favorite so far. It's a really straightforward melody which meant I could arrange it a little bit more than the others... I was still limited to one day to prep it lol but I'm...
So far so good... I'm up to 9 days in a row :-D Anyways, for day 9, I'm doing pipe on the hob. It has more long notes than any of the other ones I've tried so far so it's a good way to work on my...
Yeah the collection is separated into tune styles so it'll be a while before i get out of the jigs but that may be best... hopefully it will help me really develop the right hand techniques over...
So I’ve decided to use the slow down in live music productively and create a new challenge for myself. I’m gonna try to go through chief O’Neill’s legendary 1001 Irish dance tunes. Here’s my video...
https://youtu.be/Hsk65-Y-G7s
I used to spend a lot of time on this arrangement. And I revisited it a couple days ago and finished it up. Let me know what you think... link below
https://youtu.be/gm3dtR4v6x4
I hope everyone is having a great Easter. The link to my new vid is below.
https://youtu.be/WiA-WM4PE74
With all the extra time on my hands due to the current pandemic, I decided to try to tackle a tune from on of my favorite mandolinists, Matt Flinner. Let me know what you think!
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The awesome folks at Thomastik-Infeld were so kind and sent me a couple sets of their flatwound mando strings when they heard I used them at Winfield. I restrung my mando and made this vid for them...
Haha sorry to make you anxious! imagine how I felt!!!
Thanks! It really is a good tune to work through. Its actually a lot of fun at lower tempos.
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Thanks! I appreciate it.
I'm still working on improving speed and dexterity... So on new years, I thought I'd start learning flight of the bumblebee... Its a great time for speed and dexterity. Anyways, the link is below.
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Almost forgot to do a cheesy Christmas song! Luckily my wife has been playing Charlie Brown Christmas music all week lol so I did a medley. I posted the link below.
https://youtu.be/jJKhSjOMBro
I picked up an upright that needed a bunch of repairs tge night before thanksgiving. After i got it all fixed up, I learned this tune! Let me know what you think. I put the link below (if you're on...
The people at fishman offered the m300 mando pickup as part of the prize package at winfield. I though id do. Quick demo of it. I put the link below. Not a bad little pickup. Especially when you pair...