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I've just completed BG 101 and can't say enough good things about Matt. Great teacher. Very patient. Every class went long as he continued to teach and interact with the students. Encouraged...

I'm hoping!

maybe I'm just as "out of it" as the rest of you but I think it's a genius idea -- especially building a replica of the Station Inn - and I think it'd work. It could become a "must stop" on any tour...

This book got some favorable notice in a book by a non-musician who wanted badly to play guitar. The book Guitar Zero mentioned that Principles helped him learn how to practice.

Okay, I don't...

Adam Steffey and Danny Roberts did that kind of workshop Saturday at the Argyle Bluegrass Festival. We didn't go home with handouts but it was an awesome workshop. They talked about their...

would be interested in your review. awful hard to get a full week off of work - wonder if you think it's worth it?

amazing ... and hilarious. "whoever has the most chords when they die wins."

this may not be popular, but I'd pay to see Doyle Lawson (and have). He and his band are just mighty entertaining. I'd pay to see Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, Adam Steffy and the Boxcars, and Hot...

1. play a Loar - anybodys, somebody, just play one once
2. be good enough to play in a band
3. play on stage in a band
4. visit the bluegrass museum/Bill Monroe's birthplace
5. go to IBMA

not...

Have seen a Gibson Yellowstone that is covered with sigs. I've always wondered if they'd fade/rub off if the mandolin was played a lot ... and it's just not for me. Somehow makes you look like...

* the standard equipment questions - pick (and why), strings, etc.

* how to maximize practice time

wow - thanks everybody so much for all the help.

I've been out of town and unable to check in for a bit. your encouragement and help are greatly appreciated. gonna see if I can put something...

thanks for the video Chris but I want to note something here: you're entirely mistaken when you say picking up a tune by ear "is not near as hard as you make it out to be." YES IT IS! For me, this...

trust me - I'm looking to play the simplest thing out there! I'm such a beginner I need help playing that!

but there is a big difference in working the break out entirely from scratch and having...

aha - a breakthrough! in TefView you can turn OFF tablature and turn ON standard notation giving you a beautiful printout of the banjo tab in notation so you can go right to work turning those notes...

thanks Chuck! That was very helpful. unfortuantely googling up mandolin tab for doug's tune and the others has been a failure. maybe I should publish a book of mando tab of banjo tunes (what a big...

I don't want to offend and I do appreciate all the help but maybe I can refocus what I'm asking for here ...

* I know that I can laboriously sit down and pick out the tune myself - and that such...

I can't translate the melody to the fingerboard yet - if I could do that I wouldn't need to ask for help!

and playing my A Cripple Creek IS hard for me - I can't do it and don't know where to...

am playing in a good beginner jam but there are a lot of banjo guys there and they do like to play some banjo dominated instrumentals from time to time:

* Cripple Creek - always in G and the...

well played, sir!

okay - just about everybody wins ... great advice that prove to be dead right.

took it to the local shop and the guy immediately noticed the frets may not be spaced right. did some measurements...

I have the tab to Country Roads but I don't know where I got it. pm your address and I'll mail you a copy US Snail Mail style.

working on it. using an electronic tuner, not my ear. gonna take it to a local shop for a change of strings. we'll see what happens then.

it is, after all, a $50 mandolin.

thanks to all...

okay, tried it. loosened strings. the mandolin is sharp in most places so down the bridge went toward the tailpiece. moved her about an inch before things changed much. now the G string, when...

wow! thanks so much. am delighted to know she can be rescued. she actually plays very very nicely (for a fifty dollar mandolin). plus I don't want to take my good one to summer camp!