That would be very nice!!
On Nov 12, 2:48 pm, Mike Hoffmann <mikehoffma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The Bickford book goes into Duo and Trio a little, but I learned about
> it by picking up a book at an antique store called "Etienne's Duo and
> Trio mandolin" It was put out by Oliver Ditson. It explains a lot of
> the playing style in written format. There is lots of reading to go
> along with the music. That is a book I should really digitize. The
> old way of learning is so different. Do it over and over and over in
> different styles. If anyone is interested maybe I should go about the
> work of digitzing Etienne's.
>
> On Nov 11, 2009, at 5:34 PM, Linda wrote:
>
>
>
> > 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
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