That's an excellent deal to work face to face with one of the finest mandolinists of our time!
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That's an excellent deal to work face to face with one of the finest mandolinists of our time!
Intervallically, they are the same, but mandolinistically, the mandola is like a transposing instrument. In other words, if you use theory as a guidepost for your playing, and are used to thinking...
Agreed. In the USA, I don't think there is a lot of "musical editing" that goes on in the publishing houses.
Well, not everyone is as music theory-aware as others. The idea that "accidentals should agree with the chord symbol" is a concept that requires a pretty good knowledge of harmony. "Standard...
Yep, losing the high end of our hearing is one of the 'perks' of being an older male ;)
Tiny was an underrated genius musician. His lines are amazing, and really sound like they'd be at home coming from the tenor sax of Lester Young.
Ivan- have you tried angling the pick slightly? If you hit 'flat on', you'll get more click than if you push the thumb knuckle slightly forward, and 'glide' into the string. I use a 1.5mm Dunlop and...
..and Scott, as always! ;)
Bravo, Joe and Barry!
Yes, it's a great book, as are all of Mick Goodrick's books. The now out of print Mr Goodchord series is a goldmine.
One direct thing from the Advancing Guitarist: Play a standard tune up and down...
Work out your dom 7's where you voice 3rd and 7th on bottom two strings (there are 2 positions from each chord). Then, figure out where the root and 5th are on the top strings. Then, try b9, 9, #9...
Tab Reader's Guide To Standard Notation (free!)
A minor triad from the 5th of a chord will give you the 5, b7 and 9 of the chord.
If you were jamming on Sweet Georgia Brown with the E7 as the first chord, try playing lines based around a Bm...
As in Scruggs style banjo, the melody notes are generally surrounded by (mostly) chord tones and sometimes scale notes from the key/mode of the moment.
The 'dullness' comes in contrast to this funny effect that thin picks have- the bright tone sounds kind of loud to the player, but the sound does not project, because the thin pick doesn't draw the...
You know what? Whether you use Jesse style or alternate picking, it sounds really good, doesn't it?!? :mandosmiley:
Mickey's book is cross string alternate picking, not McReynolds style. You can apply Jesse's picking patterns to many of the examples, and the music in the book is all good and valid, how about if we...
In real life, these terms are not going to have the kind of 'stricter definition' that I use. That's life, and I'm not so pedantic to say "that's bad" or "wrong". I just call it cross string picking....
I'm not Jim, but I'll try ;)
In a DDU roll on strings 432 or 321, the first down is played and the pick comes to rest on the next string. The 2nd pick stroke, then, is basically a continuation of...
Of course Dan Crary, Mike Marshall, Chris Thile are exemplary musicians, and they can call whatever they do whatever they want.
So can anybody who just bought their first Morgan Monroe.
Tony Rice...
Celtic fiddlers rarely play beyond first position.
Celtic guitarists use 20 lb. bond copy paper for picks.
Bluegrass guitarists use illegal dinosaur scales 5 inches thick.
No bluegrass...
Amazon USA has a copy for a mere $200, but if you dig around the interwebs enough...
I actually had email communication, back around 2005, with someone from the company that now owns the Oak...
Hi Andy- I didn't mean to imply that you were implying anything ;) Just wanted to reassure mandolinists that, although there aren't a lot of high profile full time professional "Gypsy Jazz...
If good players think it makes a difference (and many good players use Blue Chip picks, ToneGards etc.), then there just might be something to it.
If you can play, and something makes you sound...
5 strings, left off the 6th string space like Keith Richards...I forget what string gauges I used, but based around a .010 on top.