I wish my cat would sleep in the case instead of climbing on my legs as soon as I tune up, then digs her claws in if I do too much bouncing. Still I will miss her terribly when her time comes. I hope...
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I wish my cat would sleep in the case instead of climbing on my legs as soon as I tune up, then digs her claws in if I do too much bouncing. Still I will miss her terribly when her time comes. I hope...
These are all worth trying. For now I'm concentrating on the stop-and-relax-restart advice. I'm seeing how lightly I can tremolo the strings and still hear myself and stay relaxed. I increase volume...
I'm going to try that. Thanks for the tip!
I've been working on getting a solid, sustained, smooth timed tremolo, after years of using quick tremolo embellishments, which were easy. I practice to strummachine.com, metronome and use some...
I think I found this here in another context but it was the one thing that really made arpeggios come alive for me, because I found this exercise so much fun! (Your mileage will vary.) Now the first...
She says she should have explained more. The band has an Irish fiddler and a Cajun accordion player/vocalist and they plan to play and sing (!) Red-haired/Little Beggar and Whiskey b4 Breakfast and...
If a person who has trained herself up to play fiddle tunes in the bluegrass style, though she has never managed to get to those ludicrous speeds, is invited to play with some Irish-oriented people,...
One of the best things about playing music is that you can't think while playing. Sometimes after a good jam I have to remind myself what I'm worried about.
On the other hand, it is hard not to...
Whenever I get kind of stuck, in a slump, I come back here for the cure. It works!
What should I say to people who when I tell them I play the mandolin say, "Oh is that like a ukulele?" It makes me homicidal. This has happened three or four times. Certain "friends" like to bait me...
If you get it you know it. :cool:
I'm back!
I had to be in Seattle and so, as one does, I decided to check out a music store, and Dusty Strings showed a good selection of mandolins on its website. IRL, I was warmly welcomed and...
Chapter 1: My husband heard me say enough times that I'd love to play mandolin (I had a guitar I played folky fingerstyle) and he gave me a Rogue from Musicians Friend for Christmas. I was hooked...
I was one of those people who did not understand why anyone had a problem with changing strings. Find something on TV that was interesting but you didn't have to look at, like old episodes of Austin...
I absolutely could not use a metronome until someone on the internet said start by letting each click stand for an eighth note (or whatever is the smallest/shortest you are dealing with). If you have...
Another totally agree. Great strategy--provide free content that is so useful you'd feel ashamed not to subscribe!
Learn 2-3 licks in G, C, D, A and successfully combine them with double stops in my breaks. I found learning one lick in G, even if I don't play it as I learned it (which happens most often!) gives...
I know lots of songs, so looks like trial and error is the path.
I got a big book of mandolin licks for Christmas and I see "learn these licks" all over the Internet, but can't find anything on what to do with them once you learn them.
I could play them over...
Despite the name, I've heard it's a good weekend for mandolins. I assume a few folks on this site have gone. I could use some intensive playing of fiddle tunes, and I'd love to hear the opinions of...
was pretty depressed reading advice to take it easy, but now I'm fired up to learn new tunes by humming, do voice exercises, learn lyrics, fill fretboard gaps in my head at least, etc. I think...
that feels like useful work, tx
right handed, no surgery. taking advice, tx
Broke head of humerus 4weeks ago. not funny! Today played A part of OJC slowly twice before tremor set in, and pain. NoPT for at least 3 weeks so experimenting on my own. I plan to play a little bit...
I can play it outside my house without totally choking and bursting into tears.:grin: