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    Re: Robin Williamson mandolin

    I'd seen this thread back in December, but just recently came upon this nice piece from FBJ on Robin in 2011 -...
  2. Re: Paul Hostetter's website is available ....

    I didn't know Paul was from the Detroit area (before my time) and that he'd taught at Fava's - where I studied classical and jazz guitar in the 70s. Fava's was "The" place.
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    Re: Help on counting this phrase

    Ya it's where everything comes from - from shuffle to rock 'n roll - jelly roll said it's the basis of jazz. Afro-caribbean music is extremely prevasive in American forms. Definitely my favorite.
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    Re: Help on counting this phrase

    All the rage of samba and bossa in jazz in the 40s, 50s, 60s, this is your characteristic application - it's a variant of habanera, a popular and widespread form of tresillo/cinquillo 'cross-rhythm'...
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    Re: Want to take up the cello

    I started playing cello a few years ago - primarily to continue playing the Bach Suites that I'd quit playing on guitar due to wrist/hand issues. Cello - left hand - is more ergonomic than classical...
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    Re: Beato Interviews Bela!

    https://youtu.be/BolkY1SUhGo?si=67xaPzeogz0UudSN ..
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    Re: Joni Mitchell Mandolin?

    Sounds to me like a tsymbaly or equivalent -
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    Re: Locking your mandolin case

    Came in handy ... kept my pot in there :mandosmiley:
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    Re: Using a capo with a mandolin?

    Just a bit of added info: Contemporarily, solo flamenco guitar, or toque, employs standard use of capo to provide added "brightness" to the sound. Of course, it also assists in playing fast...
  10. Re: Convince me of the value of strict DUDU picking?

    Time is everything. Have you seen the AD interview Beato did - if you have "rock steady" as TX2AK mentioned, you can fly. The more you can feel the beat, pulse, the farther you can fly.

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  11. Re: Convince me of the value of strict DUDU picking?

    I studied with formal teachers at the beginning (age 10), including a classical foundation. This was guitar, but I deploy the same principles, derived from classical pedagogy, to every instrument...
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    Re: 10-string mandolin

    Acquiring an excellent 10 string (bandolim) got me back into playing some mndln again. I'd not played much or any mndln for several years - as I'm not playing those folk genres these days. But as I...
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    Re: Flatiron Festival F in Classifieds...

    I knew who you were talking about immediately. I live a few blocks away. I often have problems with the way they describe inventory: lots of hyperbole, but often leaving out essential information.
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    Re: Eight Is Not Enough

    10 string mndln and citterns for me too.
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    Re: Which kind of Mandolin you play ?

    I play a 10-string Araujo bandolim. I play primarily Brazilian music, solo, on mndln, so I rarely if ever play 8-string mandolin.
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    Re: "That Banjo Thingy!" (OM Content)

    Heresy. "Everyone" (99.9% of the GP) knows it's a little guitar thingy.

    But have some empathy. When you're packing that LGT in a round-bodied banjo case, even folks relatively in-the-know are...
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    Re: Repair Questions - No MC

    Oops, nevermind then :whistling:
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    Re: Repair Questions - No MC

    If you were trying to sear a roast you were in the middle of, you're lucky you got off with just a broken spatula...
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    Re: Double Time vs. Half Time

    You're correct - we merely call it 'double-time.' We can divide the beats any way we wish - for example Latin music is in fours, but the signature syncopation is rendered by playing 'unequal'...
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    Re: Bandolim case (or case to fit a bandolim)

    Mine's from this place: https://www.kgbcases.com.br/

    ..although it's not plastic - old school hardshell, nice - came with Brazilian instrument.
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    Re: At what temperature does a mandolin melt?

    Hey thanks. I picked it up this morning. Fedex did what they said and did well with that. Problem was with seller - who said, "You should have received auto-generated . . . in your spam folder..."...
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    Re: At what temperature does a mandolin melt?

    I checked my 'spam' folder - which i never, until now, check - and see that I'd been sent an email 4 days ago that my mandolin was waiting for me to pick up at the warehouse :( This prbly the result...
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    Re: Not a mandolin at all, but interesting!

    Ed used to send us emails demonstrating these instruments, but I don't recall if I've ever heard one 'unplugged.' At any rate, fantastic instrument.
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    At what temperature does a mandolin melt?

    I was surprised this morning by a note on my door from Fedex - stating that I wasn't available to accept delivery of my new mandolin :( So it rides the Fedex wagon all day in what is expected to be...
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    Re: Andy Irvine is 81 today!

    Here's another nice piece from apparently May this year


    https://youtu.be/ZvlaCZuwsIw
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