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Sorry to put this here. I know it doesn't really belong, but I'm trying to find a board member. A while ago I was talking about selling prices for my Rigel A Natural. Someone messaged me expressing...

I hear Alexander Technique can help a lot with musicians tensions of all sorts. I keep wanting to take a seminar or a course in it, but Alexander Technique for musicians is not like yoga classes. You...

Oh I agree that there's stuff on both side. I've said that if you want to learn the stuff written in standard, you learn to read standard, but I'm a teacher of young children. When conflict arises, I...

I have to say, I read some of the posts in the Mair thread and I can see why tab only readers might have gotten a little miffed. Some of the posts sounded a little like my folks when they were trying...

Regarding beginning mandolin players and the resources that are available to them. I recognize that my situation was not the norm. I came to the mandolin knowing just as much about theory as my...

Here's what I see as 2 major facts in this issue.

1. Tab is easier to learn. This coming from someone who learned standard and can't sight-read in tab, it is easier to learn. I would love to say...

I don't write a lot, but the best stuff I write is on long car trips. Train trips don't work as well because people look at you funny when you sing bits over and over. I usually start with the lyrics...

I'm planning on getting an octave when I can afford one. I love his mandolins. Right now I'm just trying to make car payments and save up enough to get me through the summer of no primary employment....

I would highly recommend Walt's Gypsy Mandolins. #They are in the same range. #They sound incredible and Walt is fantastic to deal with.
Go here: http://www.gypsysmusic.com/
-Katie

I might ask Walt over at Gypsy Music if you could try one of his. I haven't played his mandocellos, but his mandolins are an incredible deal. He sets them up really well before he sends them, they...

I'm thinking of seling my Rigel A Natural. It's in great shape, but I've been playing my Gypsy Vagabond so much that I feel that like the Rigel is getting neglected. Also, I would like to get an...

Yeah, what you said. It's all about the context of the music. It's a little like that whole "Eats shoots and leaves" deal. If you ignore the fact that punctuations totally don't fit into theis...

I would guess send a copy to someone who can review.
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Katie

Here's what I do and why. I play throuh a tune first without a metronome. This is because a lot of the tunes I'm playing right now are out of portland collection and I don't necessarily know how they...

Very astute.

My gypsy mandolin made it through a tough summer with flying colors. #Here's a picture of me in costume with it. #Next year I'm getting my own scheduled music set even if it kills me.
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Katie...

Sounds like a pretty little air to me. Something with a little Irish feel to it, but not so much as to make it definiteively Irish. It's very sweet and I like it!!!
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Katie

Slightly off topic, can anyone suggest a good online tutor on strings? I'm not looking for info on brands, just an explanation of how different strings produce different sounds and why certain...

I really want to learn this song, but I've only heard it once and then by someone who was trying to remember it. I've got the lyrics. Does anyone know the chords? Also, does anyone know someplace...

Damn. Well thanks for the chords. Every time I play it, I'll think of him...well I'll try, but I'll probably only be able to picture Benny Hill running around like an idiot...especially since...

So I'm working on a little project and I need some help. I need the chords to the Benny Hill theme song. I'm covering melody on kazoo. Don't ask. Anyone know where I can get this kind of info...free?...

I will second the Eric Bogle songs, though does anybody know his lesser known "Banjo" and "Bar Harbor?" They're on his Color of Dreams album and I usually have to skip them cause I can't listen....

Hey, I'll be moving to Duchess County, NY in June...a quick drive down 84 from Connecticut. I just might try to make some of those jams in the fall. They do run in the fall, don't they?
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The Ballad of Sweeney Todd-That counts right? Maybe I'll have to find a way to make a mando accompaniment for that just to prove that it counts.

The Ballad of Ann Boleyn

Tom Lehrer's Irish...

I think my friend Rick plays at Bodles sometimes. I'm in Wappingers Falls. Really close to Poughkeepsie. Less close to Nanuet. Not too far from Chester. I'll probably check things out after I get a...