Yea, I don't know. Usually this is an excellent mindset. But to be honest with myself, I learn the picking when I learn the tune. So yea I play mostly DUDU, but that is because it is what the...
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Yea, I don't know. Usually this is an excellent mindset. But to be honest with myself, I learn the picking when I learn the tune. So yea I play mostly DUDU, but that is because it is what the...
I know what you mean. At times I have had gone through similar periods. I used to look at each hour and say to myself "why am I not practicing now" and I had to have a good reason (power out and...
I have played a Collings MTO, trying it out. At Pickers Supply in Fredericksburg VA, if I remember right. I fell in love with it immediately. But alas I had a bit too much impulse control concurrent...
I give you the benefit of the doubt absolutely. I am just exposing my knee jerk prejudices. :)
No intention to insult. The context is someone learning mandolin whose previous experience is fingerstyle guitar. You are right, learning any technique is hard.
Or, to achieve similar tonal improvements through expensive luthier modifications.
So would it be possible for me to borrow, say a 1923 signed Gibson F5, play it into the TD, and then use that sound in future playing, - making the amplified mandolin sound so much better than my...
Yes these are great bags. Are they still available? I recall that the larger ukulele bag was a perfect fit.
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Absolutely correct, sadly. :crying: Because I find it much easier to to get a good hat than to get good at the mandolin.
My goodness, isn't this the way its supposed to be? The break is supposed to be an improvisation in response to the energy in the room and the inspiration of the moment, not a collection of memorized...
That is a very powerful technique, and a ton of fun. I learned arpeggio shapes "keyed" to one finger. Put that finger on a note, and one can play the major and minor arpeggio for that note. I use my...
and also, if one puts in the necessary work and attention, fingerstyle mandolin could sound good.
I like this guide.
I would assume, give the larger distance between frets, that one must adopt a chromatic 'one finger one fret' approach. That would drive me batty.
Yes. He always wears the coolest hat in the room.
I have the same suspicion/prejudice, which is what gets me angry and negative as I described. Is the technique a new or unfamiliar way of doing things, or a way of avoiding doing the hard things? I...
Let us not forget Carlo Aonzo.
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My favorite Kenny Hall:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=DTU4_Apvplw
Anyone who thinks that is not mandolinning will have to deal with me first. :grin:
Some negativity is inevitable in these kinds of discussions. I know I have to overcome an initial pang or two. I know, in my case, it is a twinge of anger.
For all of us, our mandolin skills are...
No it doesn't. But really many of us are no longer trying to get closer and closer to the holy grail with each mandolin purchase. It is more that as we play more and more and get involved in all...
There are straps for bowlbacks? Oh, ... never mind. :)
Yes we have all heard our heroes, Chris Thile, Jacob Reuven, Avi Avital, etc., but lets not forget to include one of my all time favorites Carlo Aonzo. And if he doesn't inspire one to play a bowl,...
That is the one thing that is impossible to test. Longevity.
They asked Dracula, are vampires immortal? He reportedly replied "well that is the theory, but it takes so long to verify."