I sometimes get sleepy when I play too slowly.
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I sometimes get sleepy when I play too slowly.
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Wake up!
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The Vega Mandolin:
https://thesession.org/tunes/2548
There is also the pulse effect where the less experienced fiddlers feel that the beat is slightly in front of them, so they speed up - to catch up.
So the others speed up etc.
https://mandolin.academy/
Although I’m not religious (at all), this sounds pretty cool.
They appear to be proactive and even share pdfs and mp3 files, presumably in order to practice before...
I think when they say relaxing they mean efficiency of movement.
In a sense it’s trying to be as lazy as you can, while still playing every note as cleanly as possible.
It’s what happens when you...
I really like his time signature changes.
I've been playing a bit of 7/8 time recently (half a reel, half a jig) and it's such a liberating thrill to jump from one rhythm to another and then back...
Have a look here: https://thesession.org/tunes/popular
How about learning a nice Cape Breton tune off by heart, and that’s your go-to tune?
Sarah’s Mandolin:
https://thesession.org/tunes/18028
Thanks for posting the Joe Mendel vid Chuck, those are some nice chords on that octave, I really need to practice arpeggios in this style.
Ah improvisation. Well most people who learn a tune ‘just like that’, third time through are improvising.
First time through is picking up the key or mode, total number of measures, the first note -...
Here you go, this is in C major though it’s not exactly right, good luck!
https://abcnotation.com/tunePage?a=trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/by/Colin_Hume/Entertainer/0000
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Welcome!
One bit of helpful advice: when in Ireland don't ever call a tune a song, unless it is.
Have fun! :)
If you always change the font on this type of TAB to New Courier then it all lines up. :)
Actually you could just strum it - for a certain style of music. The strum would be a down stroke with arc to hit both strings.
I remember seeing a great guitar performance by a Brazillian doing...
What style of music is this?
Jim Richter’s great with Blues licks: https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/164752-Jim-Richter-Mandolin-Blues-Lick-of-the-Day
I did some Peghead courses and I like them a lot.
My advice to...
The simple fiddle tunes are great practise.
It’s strange because you don’t need to completely ‘memorise’ tunes to play them fast, though it helps.
What I’ve found is that I have most tunes in my...
Welcome! :)
This is your vid:
https://youtu.be/sX3a9KIRwNY?feature=shared
You could try using mandolin or fiddle fingering by turning all fingers 45 degrees to the fretboard (all the...
The Crown at Portpatrick.
It’s woodshed time, with a lovely mazurka written by Nigel Gatherer. (Portpatrick is in beautiful Scotland).
Here it’s 200 feet below the snow line near a little village...
Sorry, some but not a lot of lyrics:
https://abcnotation.com/searchTunes?q=quebec&f=c&o=a&s=0
There’s more! :))
Mss List | The Village Music Project https://www.village-music-project.org.uk/?page_id=84
Traditional Irish music on The Session https://thesession.org/
www.simonwascher.info...
Good luck, speed improvement does have flat-spots, have you tried pushing the pick instead of swinging it?
And fret fingers spread out lying almost on top of their respective frets, ready to simply...
Here's one transcription:
https://www.folktunefinder.com/tunes/117159
It could be a pick direction issue.
Take a tune that you know really well (at a muscle memory level) and learn it with...
Happy Birthday Doc.
https://youtu.be/PUn-mHfTTJA?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/PUn-mHfTTJA?feature=shared
Thanks! After Sierra’s break the whole band almost stops in AWE!
Love Sturgill Simpson’s Breakers Roar. https://youtu.be/9qUqMAIelLY?feature=shared