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I came to mandolin by way of percussion, and have given quite a bit of thought to tuplets, artificial rhythmic groupings, etc.

Dobrek, you're on the right track for playing accurate time. The...

Awesome music. Please enter me into the contest.

On a similar note today I stumbled across this in a shop near my office, for $80, including the gig bag! An Epiphone Wee Vee. 19" scale. On a lark, I strung it with a .65 bass string tuned to a...

Agree 100%.

Additionally, I taught public school band and chorus for 5 years, and trust me, at least at my school, the kids that were involved in music programs put in a lot of time. My son, who...

Just a thought, but for the music to sound, feel, and just be organic and authentic, I would think that the practice has to be at least somewhat organic and authentic too. All the structured methods...

As a career percussionist who picked up mandolin after the fact, the only remark I would make is that it's kind of funny to see comments to the effect of "I'll play with a drummer as long as he...

Wish I was that clever- unfortunately, I just misspelled it. Love the haiku response, very nice!

Mandolin haiku
are cool and sometimes random.
Refridgerator.

In my experience as a music major, practice was not a mandate. It was just a necessity- the workload was such that you just had to practice a helluva lot to stay on top of things.

I don't think...

The Mike Marshall books are good, as well- particularly the Chord & Improv books.

Good stuff- thanks for the info!

LOL guess I missed that one.

Here's a tip I learned from Gary Burton in a jazz vibraphone masterclass that helped me a bit to organize modes in my head better. Most times you see the modes organized according to corresponding...

I think my real issue is the bass line- roots and fifths in the correct register seem hard to come by on an 8-string mando. My 5-stringer gets me down to the low C, but even then, I find it...

I have the FFCP book, and honestly, while the concept is brilliant in my opinion, I think the presentation isn't the most user-friendly. I'd like to see a few more tunes and melodies using the...

wow- alot of good stuff here!

Somewhat of a newb question here.

When playing a bossa nova, unaccompanied, what do you guys do for rhythm? Do you play like a guitarist- fingerpicking and thumbing the bass? Or just pick the...

Thanks for the suggestions- all look like excellent resources.

Hi everyone,

I've been playing mandolin for about a year and have kind of hit a wall. I'd ideally like to take some lessons, but can't really afford that right now, so am looking for a...

Ugh, found a couple of errors in my tab. The revised version is attached for anyone interested. BTW this was meant to be an arrangement to accompany singing the tune, not a solo mandolin version. ...

By popular demand (err...more like I'm unemployed and have way too much time on my hands :crying:), here's an arrangement of the theme to Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp. It's my first attempt at...

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That's probably true of all types of art- not just music.

I think it has alot to to with the growth of the artist, as well as their own personal maturity. It seems that some artists egos grow...

I'm a drummer in a prior life, and I forget who said this, but it was in an issue of Modern Drummer years ago and applies here, I think. One of the old guard jazz drummers (maybe Roy Haynes- I'm not...