Jeff, You can go here http://www.archive.org/details/bickfordmandolin01bick and on the far left are read and download options.
Or, do a search on Bickford's Mandolin Method. Mike what is the name of the books you refer to? Linda On Nov 12, 9:20 am, "Alexander, Jeffrey" <jeffrey.alexan...@louisvilleky.gov> wrote: > How did you find the Bickford book? I would love to see that. > > Jeff > > -----Original Message----- > From: taterbugmando@googlegroups.com > > [mailto:taterbugma...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Hoffmann > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 3:44 PM > To: taterbugmando@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: William Place Jr. Methods Books 1 - 3 > > Linda, I have another book on duo and trio style playing which I feel, > more so than the simply double stops, emphasizes the picking patterns > used to make one mandolin sound like two (duo) or three (trio) using > double and triple stops. Frank Wakefield is a big proponent of this > style. Dang, I gotta work on that book more. > It is available on Djangobooks.com > > good luck! > Mike > > On Nov 11, 2009, at 3:24 PM, Linda wrote: > > > The rest of the story is I find the Bickford book 1 (found on line for > > free) is better than the Place book. > > Also found out, the technique most interested in here, is called duo.. > > meaning playing melody on more than one string, (double stops). > > Thank you Mike. > > Seems books 2 onward have more on duo than book 1. > > All smiles here about this. > > ljt > > > On Nov 9, 2:39 pm, Linda <lj...@intas.net.au> wrote: > >> Mike, I sent away to some place in NYC or even maybe telephoned to > >> order, they only had Book 1 and 2. I wonder if he even made book 3. > >> If you can stand to go to the trouble there are likely some copies > >> about somewhere in your area. > >> I got mine in the early 90's. > > >> Never heard of Bickfords. Interested...too. > > >> I think William Place was playing mandolin in the 30's. The books > >> have been reprinted several times. Every now and again I do a big > >> computer search...no luck ever. Have seen book 1 and 2 for sale once > >> in a blue moon. > >> I would love to put my eyes on Book 3! > >> cheers > >> linda > > >> On Nov 9, 12:56 pm, Mike Hoffmann <mikehoffma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> Linda - very interested. Once I can acquire some more time I want > >>> to > >>> have another go at Bickford's method. I am historically very > >>> interested in, but bad at following up on, learning from these old > >>> method books. Did you buy digital copies or paper copies of 1 and > >>> 2? > > >>> Mike > > >>> On Nov 8, 2009, at 8:45 PM, Linda wrote: > > >>>> The previous thread, brings up ..my quest for book three in this > >>>> series. > > >>>> They are all out of print me thinks. Has anyone ever used his > >>>> books..besides me? > > >>>> Has anyone ever seen book 3. > > >>>> Curious for two decades about book 3, never seen it anywhere, not > >>>> even > >>>> a mention of it. > > >>>> linda --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
