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    The book is great. It manages to go in depth on a...

    The book is great. It manages to go in depth on a variety of topics, is hard enough to be motivating without being discouraging, and it opens up my fingers, mind, and ears. I don't think you can...
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    Do you have a link to the Best Practice software?...

    Do you have a link to the Best Practice software? That's a minimally selective google search term :-)
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    I started paying attention to my flying fingers,...

    I started paying attention to my flying fingers, especially my pinky, on descending scale passages. I had been doing FFCP (everything but the fourths and leading tones), almost OK, keeping my fingers...
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    very nice This link gets you a little closer...

    very nice
    This link gets you a little closer
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    The book "Beginning Mandolin"...

    The book "Beginning Mandolin" by Greg Horne leads into bluegrass by first explicitly discussing blues; There are a couple nice tunes that he explains. I am looking forward to applying Defyngravity's...
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    That Oustrousko album (Buddies of Swing) is one...

    That Oustrousko album (Buddies of Swing) is one of my favorites. Thanks for reminding me.
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    I used to be a bicycle commuter, and I remember...

    I used to be a bicycle commuter, and I remember reading a cool article on that, which said that the only thing you really need to be a bicycle commuter is a bicycle and a job.

    I think the only...
  8. Thread: Touch

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    On a similar note, I am noticing that in trying...

    On a similar note, I am noticing that in trying to keep my pinky finger from spazzing out on descending scale passages, that it helps me to imagine that a magnetic force is holding it a few...
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    What is the "K" position? I don't have the...

    What is the "K" position? I don't have the Fretboard Roadmaps book.
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    Here...

    Here
    is a nice exercise for the fourth finger. I've only tried it a few times, but I think it is the way for me to stop the feeling that my fourth finger is like the pizza dough flying through the...
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    Here...

    Here is the page leading to the Dounis material. I couldn't get to the PDF either; perhaps there is lilmit to the number of people abel to download at once.
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    This reminds me of the physician's definintions...

    This reminds me of the physician's definintions of:
    1) "alcoholic" - anybody who drinks more than I do

    2) "promiscuous" - anybody who has more sex than I do

    This question seems related to...
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    1. I picked up a mandolin for the first time...

    1. I picked up a mandolin for the first time about 18 years ago, put it down forever about 4 years ago and am a beginner again now (for about 3 months).

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    3. I've had a few lessons, but...
  14. Thread: Memorizing

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    re-reading the thread... what is the "Wolf Press...

    re-reading the thread... what is the "Wolf Press Bach mandolin book"?
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    that was really nicely said.

    that was really nicely said.
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    I have the planet waves one with the string...

    I have the planet waves one with the string nipper, it was about 10 dollars. It wiggles a little on the tuning pegs, but it is still usable; it has two slots , one sized for acoustic guitar and the...
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    I am a beginner, nearly done with the first...

    I am a beginner, nearly done with the first volume in the Mastering Mandolin series, and it is pretty incredible. There is so much great learning material out there that I want (and some of which I...
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    Thanks for the link to the other discussion!

    Thanks for the link to the other discussion!
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    The first few seem very applicable to mandolin ...

    The first few seem very applicable to mandolin

    Dounis
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    I'd like to see a nice book of etudes and...

    I'd like to see a nice book of etudes and exercises, including some scale patterns and arpeggios that are a complex and interesting (i.e. more than broken thirds). Ionian Mandology is pretty deep;...
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    Does anybody know any nice exercises for finger...

    Does anybody know any nice exercises for finger independence?

    I keep my fingers down on ascending scales, and I do a warmup chromatic thing, one fret per finger, four frets per string, moving only...
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    Where is it?

    Where is it?
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    Nice...

    Nice
    My wife is asking me to do the same ("shuddap and get a new case already!")
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    My experience with teachers has not led to great...

    My experience with teachers has not led to great breakthroughs or even reduced frustration. They have showed me some things to practice, but nothing particularly related to me personally. I don't...
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    I lived in Lansing for a year, in fact I took a...

    I lived in Lansing for a year, in fact I took a position there in large part specifically to be near Elderly. The store is great, lots of great CD's for a great price, as well as the instruments....
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