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Stay Connected Acoustically by Visiting These Sites Often
The Internet has infinitely contributed to the growth and support of acoustic music. Many have devoted their time and effort to keep the spirit of acoustic music kindled. Check out these acoustic infused websites!
Acoustic Friends of Folk of the Wood
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Instrument Specific Sites 12-String Guitar
Dr. Banjo: Peter Wernick's wonderful website. Peter is the consummate 5-string artist. He's one of my all-time favorite banjo players...be sure to listen to the early stuff from "Country Cooking" where he played banjo duets alongside Tony Trischka...still, very inspiring to hear to this very day! Mickey
Greg Gilbert's 5-String Sampler: Greg Gilbert had one of the coolest banjo tab books ever written...we've been trying to get him to reprint it.
Banjo Haven
A nicely produced website that covers everything related to 4-string banjos...lots of info for the tenor banjo player.
Bill Palmer's Banjo Setup I have a very effective method for setting up a Mastertone™ type banjo. As I describe it, I will explain the history and science behind the whole thing. Although the emphasis here is on bluegrass banjo, the principles work on other banjos as well.
5-String Banjo Banjo Tune Index
About 20 years ago in Hawaii, I indexed all the tunes in the numerous 5-string banjo tab books I'd collected, and I published that list as the "Banjo Tune Catalog." I've added many additional books since then, and the result is this on-line Banjo Tune Index (BTI), with over 3,800 tabs listed from over 90 songbooks. (Thanks to Paul Hawthorne and others for sending me new listings!)
BLUEGRASS BANJO teachers interNational directory: Find your local banjo teacher here! Just recentlyconstructed...if you're a banjo teacher, be sure to list your info here.
http://banjitar.blogspot.com/: This is one of the first pages ever dedicated to the banjitar online. Be sure to visit and support this blogspot.
Alan Bond's Berkeley Mandolins Alan Bond, a member of "Dark Hollow" bluegrass band has some great pick designs developed for mandolin. Additionally, there's indispensable mando info on his site...check it out! Alan wrote the "Mandolin Crosspicking Technique" Book! review.
John Baldry's Bluegrass Mandolin Page Here's a great mando site set up by John Baldy (not the Long John Baldry?) Has a great introductory page that introduces the mandol player to plenty of resources. "Hi! My name is John Baldry. I live in England, and I've been learning to play bluegrass mandolin as an amateur for over 20 years. I currently play mandolin in the UK band Monroe's Revenge."
The Bluegrass Mandolin Home Page: Lots of useful links for learners, and a developing library of tablature.
Mandozine This is a superb site that covers everything mando-related...videos that demonstrate all varieties of high-end mandolins really shines through. Lots of historical info on mandolins...an endless resource and well worth a visit. Mickey
Tut Taylor's The Great Dobro Sessions ... one of my all-time favorite Dobro compilations. Mickey
Stacey Phillips This is Stacey's very own homepage describing his legendary Dobro® books. If you're into Dobro or Fiddle, this is a must-see. Great excerpts from his long list of books.
JerryDouglas The ultimate Dobro Player with the ultimate resophonic website! I just saw Jerry Douglas sitting in with John Fogerty (of Credance Clearwater Revival fame) on Austin City Limits...what a show!!!
Dobro Players Anonymous Hey folks, Jonathan (aka Dobroplayer) here. Well it seems that it is time for an update so I hope you like the changes. Reasons for the update...well, it was time and I had the time.
Theresa Bourke's Fiddlers Retreat
Welcome to Fiddlers Retreat, the first and only school of its kind in Ireland that runs an Irish music and cultural residential school for violinists of all styles of music, for professional and non-professional players alike.
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The Santa Fe Violin Shop Here you can find a special concentration of quality violins up to $5,000 and cellos up to $10,000. Accessory strings, shoulder rests, chin rests, rosins, tuners, metronomes, music stands and cases for both instruments and bows.
We happily offer the best available values in violins, violas, cellos, bass and bows from around the world: America, Italy, Germany, France, China, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia.
Guitar Lessons - Google PR 2 Blog Lots of excellent material on chordal studies for guitar. Here's a great example: Suspended
"This lesson uses suspended chords which are comprised of either the 1st, 2nd and 5th notes of the scale (sus 2) or the 1st, 4th and 5th notes of a scale (sus 4). Sometimes a sus 4 in one key will be a sus 2 in another key. For example, G sus 2 is D sus 4.Let's construct a C sus 2 chord. First, we know the G scale is composed of the C, D, E, F, G, A and B notes. Therefore, the C sus 2 chord is made up of the C, D, and G notes. How about a C sus 4 ? It is composed of the C, F and G notes."
Paul Kucharski's Fingerstyle Acoustic Site: Compositions and arrangements for fingerstyle guitar. Includes guitar tabs, jokes, MIDI data, links and a forum.
Contemporary Acoustic Guitar: home of guitarist/composer Ted Reece and TC Publishing.
Bluegrass Guitar The Bluegrass Guitar Home Page is designed to be a convenient source of information about the acoustic flat-top guitar and it's use in Bluegrass music. Our goal is to help promote traditional guitar and assist players and fans alike.
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12StringGuitar.com: Lots of cool 12-string stuff here! Many legendary 12-string guitar players are covered including Leadbelly, Leo Kottke, Fred Gerlach...wow...a well-focused dedicated website to the 12-string guitar. Mickey
www.12stringguitar.com is dedicated to the preservation, enhancement, enjoyment, and education of 12-string guitar.
Gila Mountain Dulcimers An excellent resource for all things dulcimer ... from teachers, to videos, to CDs on the ultimate Appalachian tradition: The Art of the Mountain Dulcimer!
Tilly on the Octave Mandolin: This is a noteworthy site...considering that there are very few sites on the net dedicated to the Octave mandolin...Accolades to Jonathan TILLY for his dedication and effort on behalf of the Octave mandolin!
Mandolirium Mandolirium was born when mandolin freak Russ Godfrey proposed the concept of an all-mandolin band to mandolin freak Rick Van Krugel, whose mood became wildly excited. This site also offers MP3s of their latest works...songs like: "Apache" and "Ghost Riders in the Sky". A great concept album! (Sorry, the site appears to have been taken down as of August 23, 2009.
Banjo Don's Homepage A clawhammer banjo player with some midi samplers...includes a step-by-step instructional on how to build a bouzouki.
Don Stevison's Plectrum Banjo For those who are interested in the 4-String Banjo!
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