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I am using the Dubliners chords, at least for the moment. Thanks for the advice about the F miner chord and others, will give them a try when I get home!

Cheers,
Jen!

I am working on this song, using the harder chords from this site:
http://www.irish-folk-songs.com/lifeboat-mona-lyrics-and-chords.html

I've looked at a few other on-line resources, but they...

Getting so many good tune ideas from this thread :)

I say try it.
If it sounds good to you and the others in your band then do it, if not then maybe have a chat about what might work better and do that.
Re what is trad:
I really like Irish trad,...

I just received this Scarlett interface;
https://uk.focusrite.com/usb-audio-interfaces/scarlett-2i2-studio

I figured the Mic it comes with will be ok for vocals, but I am also looking to get a...

Someone there doesn't like dogs and has a scream and shout about my assistance dog being there *true story*.

Other reasons:
They serve food there; they don't serve food there; that really...

I'm really not sure whether I'm an introvert or extravert. Like a lot of people I probably have traits of both.

I had an ex GF who was quite obsessed with personality typing, so I'm not super keen...

I think that not knowing the brand of the mando might be fair enough. It might be an un-branded one, I believe those do exist :)

However, not identifying himself is pretty strange behaviour.

I...

The first Album I heard that sounded like I thought music should in my head, was Flood Land by the Sisters of Mercy!
I was very goth back then :D

I first got in to folk music via Steeleye Span.
...

I live alone currently in a small two up two down, though my current partner is at my place for between 3 and 5 nights a week.

I'm not very good at playing around him, or anyone I've ever dated :O...

Hi,

Not sure about the alternative make you are looking at, but I brought an Ashbury Rathlin from Hob and have personally found it pretty good for the price.

I also had a friend who is a very...

I brought an IQ7 for use with my phone. HAven't checked out the accessibility of the HandyRecorder app yet, but sure it will work with something I can use.

My friend uses the Zoom to record...

Thanks all for the suggestions so far.

actually things are going a bit better :)

I'll keep at it!

Cheers,
Jen.

One of my friends has a Zoome recorder (H@ I think) and I was very impressed with its quality. It wasn't accessible for me, so I'll probably end up getting a Myc attachment for the phone. However my...

Surely a deposit is to protect the builder to some extent, if the buyer doesn't come through.

I don't think you should have to give it back to the prospective buyer if they don't communicate with...

I thought that with the Octave Mandolin it was/is common to use first finger for frets 1 and 2, second for 3, third for 4th and 4th for 5th Fret, because of the longer stretch.

Not sure if I can...

Hi all,

Thanks for the suggestions so far.

Say for example, that I am playing something where I go between the A string (held on the 5th fret (I use little finger for that) and the open E...

Hi,

I'm planning to go for a couple of lessons soon, to get some advice, but thought it worth asking here as well.

When I'm playing tunes (or trying to play them) I notice that if my little...

I find that working on them together is good for me, and slowing things down also really helps.

Perhaps make the strumming and/or picking patterns pretty simple at first. That's what I'm doing any...

But if you have to transport a piano, that's some dam hard work!... :D

Personally now I've moved on to OM and recently a Banjo I don't feel the need to go back to 6 strings. Guess it depends what...

I will be watching this thread with interest.

So far I've posted a couple of very low quality recordings on youtube, just to get over the fear of recording myself mostly.

Would like to do some...

I find I sometimes have this problem as well. Also I am very good at squeezing the neck of the OM pretty hard with the thumb, then the muscle between my thumb and the rest of my hand (not sure what...

I find that if it's a song I really want to learn/perform, then it's a lot easier for me to learn and then work on the chords.

So far I'm only using two and three finger chords on my OM.

My...

Will someone explain/clarify how the Ovid Mic clips on to an OM?

I have a very simple tear drop shape OM (it's an Ashburry if that helps).

I'm looking in to getting something like this as I do...

Muscle memory, that's what I was getting at, though other's have put it much better than I did :D

Once I know something and want to improvise/add in more extra little bits, I can usually do this...