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John Abercrombie from my favorite part of his career. While he didn't tune it like a mando, he is performing on electric mandolin for the first song in this video. After that he switches to the...

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I thought I would share a project that I am getting started on. I'm converting a short scale Teisco-style 60's or 70's bass into a double octave mandolin. It will be tuned in 5ths starting...

I'm also very curious about this instrument. I found a video of someone who knows his way around a dola playing it:


http://youtu.be/SPrb3f3APfc

To my ears, it sounds great.

I spent a wonderful hour at Specimen Products about 10 years ago. The owner approaches his instruments as sculptures and makes some really interesting instruments.

I found the aluminum...

The Andy Statman Trio show in Oberlin, OH was great. Andy spent about half his time on clarinet, half on mando. The trio has great chemistry together.

-Joel

I've loved Andy Statman's music for years and he doesn't tour much, so I wanted to make sure people know about these dates.

He's doing a free afternoon masterclass and evening concert in Oberlin,...

Thanks to the 15 people who came to the workshops & the 60 who came to the concert. Thanks also to Harmonious Wail and the Matt Flinner Trio for the great sets. It was a ton of fun!

-Joel...

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On Saturday November 8th, Mechanic Street House Concerts in Cleveland, Ohio will be hosting 4 hours of workshops with Matt Flinner & Sims Delaney-Potthoff. There will be workshops on topics...

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There is going to be an afternoon of workshops and an evening concert with Matt Flinner Trio & Harmonious Wail in Cleveland, OH on November 8th.

Both the concert and the workshops should...

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On Saturday November 8th, Mechanic Street House Concerts in Cleveland, Ohio will be hosting a concert with The Matt Flinner Trio (chamber grass/new acoustic) and Harmonious Wail (gypsy swing)....

Mel Bay's "Gypsy Violin" is a good resource for gypsy music for mandolin. It pulls together gypsy tunes from many countries. It gives the chord names and melody lines and comes with a good CD. It has...

I'm doing the course, too, and am amazed at how well Gary can teach though the videos. The idea of inventing melodies instead of practicing fixed scale exercises is great. I also like the way he...

Trepanning Trio

Been with them for a year. Not a trio and we haven't trepanned anyone...yet.

Thanks for sharing this. I listened to the sample track and bought it right away. Really great!

I got it from CDBaby because that is the service that puts the most $ in the artists' pocket,...

A few years ago I got about halfway through the Andy Statman jazz tapes. It felt very informal and was mostly taught by ear, which I thought worked well and made it like an in-person lesson. It...

Wow! Love Jake's rhythm playing. Thanks for posting the videos!

Articles about jazz being dead seem to equate living and popularity. Is jazz popular? No. Is jazz dead? Absolutely not. Jazz is now an art music, so its vitality should be judged by the quality and...

Off topic a bit, but I've been enjoying a tweak of the New Standard Tuning.

Instead of the high G, I use a B that is equal to the B in the usual guitar tuning, which is the fifth of the E but...

Thanks for the tips, everybody!

-Joel

Thanks for the advice. Are you thinking between the cover and the top of the strings? There is a piece of felt between the tailpiece and the bottom of the strings.

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I have a The Loar 220 and it has an odd buzz in the tailpiece. When I play a D or A loudly, I get a yucky sympathetic vibration from the tailpiece cover. I tightened up the fit of the cover,...

Hurrah for Chris & our 8-stringed friends! I think it is great that MacArthur Foundation has made a choice to recognize people earlier in their career so that they can catalyze on the recognition and...

When I played with a Dawg pick, I found that I could pick closer to the bridge before notes got tinny. Its like the sweet spot on the mandolin shifts closer to the bridge, which may help with volume....

A little off topic, but I finally downloaded the latest Melonious Quartet album and it is great! In addition to the usual MQ magic, there is some cool use of e-mando.

You can get MP3s from this...

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By the way, you can see a great set by them on Music City Roots. You can watch it at...