Reply to: Mandolin

[EternalOptimist]

I used to play the harp in a stringed quartet. We did lots of gigs opp norf, even in a disco owned my one Sam Pan Domingo.
In fact , thats where I lost it one night

I left my harp in Sam Pans disco

[NotAllThere]

How're you getting on with the mandolin? Just messing with chords or getting the melody in there as well?

Cos it's tuned GDAE there's tons of tab (if you don't read music), for every style - bluegrass, Irish, classical et al. I play mostly celtic style combining chords and the melody and a few Bach cantatas thrown in.

It's a great instrument if you just want to play chords to songs but really comes into its own when playing the melody.

Only had it for a few days, but mucking around with chords and melody.

[Paddy]

[Old Hack]

Loved him in Iron Man 3.

Can't sleep?

[socialworker]

I love the mandolin. Heard it said once that you never find an unpleasant mandolin player. It's not for big egos.

[Cliphead]

Not to mention a senior government official.

How're you getting on with the mandolin? Just messing with chords or getting the melody in there as well?

Cos it's tuned GDAE there's tons of tab (if you don't read music), for every style - bluegrass, Irish, classical et al. I play mostly celtic style combining chords and the melody and a few Bach cantatas thrown in.

It's a great instrument if you just want to play chords to songs but really comes into its own when playing the melody.

[NotAllThere]

A mandolin is musical instrument, a Chinese Language and a type of Orange all at once...

Not to mention a senior government official.

[Cliphead]

I had my mandolin hand built by Jimmy Moon, wonderful instrument.

[mudskipper]

Mandolin is for girls.

I prefer Cantonese.

[stek]

Mandolin is for girls. Citar is for the serious players.

Cigar?

Oh, you mean sitar!

I had sitar lessons once, when I was on my 'hanging out with George Harrison who was hanging out with Ravi Shankar phase'

Playing ragas for hours on end sat on my legs, cramp, numb feet, jacked it in.

That and the Asian scale isn't the same as the Western one (AIUI) with more steps between octaves, hence most of it sounds tuneless to us and why there'll never be a Bob version of the Rolling Stones or even Marillion.

Could have 'The Loving Needful' or 'Steel-eye Pakistan'..

[Troll]

Great for slicing tomatoes

[stek]

A mandolin is musical instrument, a Chinese Language and a type of Orange all at once.

Very versatile piece of kit.

[northernladuk]

Mandolin is for girls. Sitar is for the serious players.

[MarillionFan]

Loved him in Iron Man 3.

[stek]

Just got one. Even more fun than a ukulele.

Doesn't it have seven strings too many?