On Sat. the 11th my neighbor and fellow mando picker dropped off a
homemade recording of the two of us and his wife on bass pickin' a few
tunes. Scars and all it was fun to here myself play. We recorded
Billy in the Low Ground, Old Virginia Waltz, All of Me, and Waltz for
Bill Monroe. It's funn
Hey Val- take a chord book along and some unusual progressions. Learn
the chords and where the arpeggios (broken chords) lay. This always
enlightens me and breaks open new territories. Get all those bluesy
sixths and dominant sevenths sewn up. Desert islands make one focus.
John
On Oct 10, 1
Transcribe a few tunes for students for next week. Tonight playing a
Jazz gig at a local dining establishment. Practice stuff from my
(piano) teacher. Bluegrass band practice tomorrow for gigs in
November. Just the usual weekend around here...
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I think those of us in NC and SC need to put a whooping on Tater for not
telling us he was gonna be in Charlotte last night. Would have loved to
go down there, had I known about it.
Bud
> I'm packing and trying to figure out what ... in terms of mandolin
> music ... to take back to India with m
Take the Bear Box set of Bill Monroe, 1969-1979. It's got a lot of great
instrumental tunes. That will keep you busy.
bull
--- On Sat, 10/10/09, ljt wrote:
From: ljt
Subject: Re: Your weekend music plans
To: "Taterbugmando"
Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 10:15 AM
Val,
What about som
Val,
What about some cool gypsy music??
ha
linda
On Oct 10, 11:46 pm, Val Mindel wrote:
> I'm packing and trying to figure out what ... in terms of mandolin
> music ... to take back to India with me for the next six months (I
> leave on Monday). It seems like excellent practice time, but I'm in
really interesting. I usually figure out the simple chord progression,
even if there are a lot of substitutions going on, to keep the
harmonies straight ... and I count it out. Hope you're feeling way
better. best, val
On Oct 10, 1:46 am, Linda wrote:
> I found this helpful
>
> http://guitar-les
I'm packing and trying to figure out what ... in terms of mandolin
music ... to take back to India with me for the next six months (I
leave on Monday). It seems like excellent practice time, but I'm in a
muddle about what best to tackle. It's the sort of thing where you
gotta think ahead, or depen
Wow, Sicilian grandfather! dormitories...and business trips!, gigs,
recordings, recognition and special honors, community concerts, shut-
ins, invalids, vino, parties and Scooby-doo..too.
Lots of variation in Tater-land.
On Oct 10, 4:09 pm, The Holstein Kid
wrote:
> Hey ljt, my sympathy for you,
