Re: Reel picking
The few times I've discussed something like this with a teacher, the only constant appears to be that a large segment of the ITM mandolin world plays jigs as DUD DUD. Anything else appears to be DUDUDUD, be it slide, reel, hornpipe or polka. Most of that is subject to the tune itself, of course, since some tunes simply work better with the occasional double stroke. I happen to have a powerful upstroke, so i mostly bag the DUD DUD for jigs and play everything with alternate strokes. YMMV.
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