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If you think Bill Monroe had limited, as in not very much, technical ability, I doubt that you have studied and played Bill Monroe. Speed is one technical aspect, there are others.

And one more thing while I’m ranting...if Michael Cleveland shows up at a jam (oh, please?) and I can’t play time behind him, I will put up the instrument but I am not going anywhere.

Fast tempos are a feature of bluegrass. No, not every tune.

Bluegrass was never dance music, and yes Bill Monroe but together and directed the first Bluegrass Band.

The internet is full of...

Mike Black is who I would call if looking for an oval. You might find a great old Gibson, but getting a great sounding mandolin with no issues from Mike is a sure thing. To clarify, I don't have an...

He has giant hands, which are just about the right size for mandolin playing.

Why don't we shoot for Bluegrass Stomp as the mandolin feature? Since about 5 or 6 people can play Rawhide up to tempo.

Nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

I hope that's right. I play sax and bass too, and those don't bother my hand, but my hand is affecting how I play those instruments.

Just a prop, but she keeps good time with it at least.

Yes, thanks for giving it a name, I think that's right. Some kind of repetitive motion injury, now I have a name.

I have taken several breaks from playing mandolin, gets better, but then as soon...

Didn't want to start a new thread, so... I'm getting a lot of left hand thumb pain at the base of my thumb, after buying a new instrument with taller frets. I am accustomed to playing fretless...

If Mike Bub is on it, for starters, you know it's going to have the groove if nothing else.

I wonder if the intent is to play that duo style?

i might as well pile on too.

Katie knows.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yJtNh0TMpM&t=24s

I hope he's awed.

Another option would be to put on a new fingerboard with modern frets and keep the original with original frets. I think that's probably overkill for an '20 A-4, but it has been done.

Put a button on and use the Levy's.

What? Can you post an example of something played in this tuning?

B to Gb might not be a 5th, but Cb to Gb sure is.

I thought that as long as I didn't plant everything would be great, but I am noticing a big improvement with the fingers curled both in tone and fluidity. Curled vs open and lighly brushing the top....

And another way to explain it...there’s only one of each letter name in a scale in diatonic western music.

For example in the key of B, it would be B C# D# E....Not B C# Eb E..

Any number of artificial dominants, yes. In bluegrass probably triads, anything else they would usually be at least 7th chords, and often altered or even subbed. Bass players think of them as just...

It's also useful to think of the functions of the chords. Of course the I is tonic, a resolved sound with no tendency to move. The iii and vi chords can also function as tonic. The IV chord functions...

For a while he was doing shows with more of an R&B slant, with a horn section and STAX/Muscle Shoals feel. I don't know if he recorded anything like that. He is a creative force.

I try to be...

You could say the same of any guitar, I guess. How many versions of the Les Paul are there, even without custom modifications? Someone changes the bridge saddles and it's no longer a Les Paul? That...