Great resource thanks.
Easy to read, looking forward to using it on my new mandolin
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Great resource thanks.
Easy to read, looking forward to using it on my new mandolin
What a great resource. I learnt so much from reading this and great videos.
Many thanks
Yes Darren is a great teacher as well as an excellent multi instrumentalist. I have had workshops from him before and will be going to a weekend workshop with him next weekend in Nova Scotia. ...
I tend to play Celtic music on the mandolin and recently have started to learn to play the penny whistle. I had not anticipated the way it is starting to change the way I play the mandolin. the...
Wow Nigel, for someone who is recuperating you sure are productive. What a great set of tunes. Hope your recovery is going well. My wife and I have loved the amazing number of tunes you have made...
Just wondering if there is a problem with the forum as I have had nothing but error messages when I try to access it.
Thanks Pete.
It's a flat top so I will try your suggestion. Really enjoy trying to transpose some of the tunes I already play on the mandolin on this instrument.
I also appreciate the pdf's...
I have a Jimmy Moon Mandola with a measured scale length of 16.5"'. The strings on it are quite old and the C strings seem dull. What would be a the size and brand of strings that might be...
Yes they are. Gordon used our mandolin group to help test the use of his book when he was writing it. He is a great fan of Jehtro. I certainly recommend his chordology book as it made the creation...
Would love to try them
Jeff
Received Rob's free e- book also and it is an easy read and I look forward to working on one of my less expensive mandolins to see how much improvement I can make.
Thanks for this great offer.
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What a great chance to hear good music.
Thanks
I like Gordon Stobbe's book
Mandolin Chordology
http://www.fiddlebooks.com/bookcontent15.html
I take lessons from him and find the book very logical and easy to follow.
Jeff
Try this book by Kate Thompson "The New Policeman" It's a story from Ireland about the "fairy people" and each chapter is based on a tune that has the music notation at the end of each chapter. ...
I'm lucky in that I attend group mandolin lessons with Gordon where he uses his book as a teaching tool. It really helped to go through the book plus CD. Well recommended.
Allen Hopkins
thanks for your advice. I'll give it a try and will also put on thinner gauge strings> I believe that Elderly has a mando-bnjo set
I was interested in chordbangers comments on the Rogue Mandolin Banjo. I have a Sonata model which appears to be a clone of the Rogue model. The action is quite high on mine and it doesn't sound...
I recommend a new book by Gordon Sobbe from Halifax, Nova Scotia. His book plus CD titled MANDOLIN CHORDOLOGY which can be obtained at his website. http://www.fiddlebooks.com. Here you can see the...
Try this one in Ottawa. I always go when I visit from Halifax. It's very friendly. uses music and has the tunes on the web.
http://www.siegelproductions.ca/slowjam/
For the past year and a half I have been taking group lessons with Gordon Sobbe in Halifax. Gordon, who is well known in Canada as a fiddle instructor has written many books on fiddling. He has...