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I'm playing at a dance on Sept. 29 and if you're in the Chicago area that night you're invited.

It will be at Grace Christian Fellowship in Naperville at 7:00 and will probably run 'till around 10.

The address is 1701 Quincy Ave., Suite 17. Quincy is off of Ogden just after it intersects with Raymond.

All Greasespots are welcome ! I'm the bass player in the band so be sure to come up and say "hi!'

This is a night of fun and music so if you can make it I'd love to see you there !

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Jim,

That's a mandolin in the foreground. You have 2 of each of the strings. I don't remember the tuning but it's the same as a violin. I have a "how to play the mandolin book" ( have a mandolin I haven't played in years ) so I'll have to look it up.

Jim -- TOMMYZ is right. That's a mandolin, not a guitar. :)

And yes -- it is tuned just like the fiddle/ violin is.

If you hold it in your lap, and look at the strings (going from left to right),

the strings are tuned G D A E. The fiddle has 4 strings tuned to that pitch.

The mandolin has 2 each of the G D A E strings,

thus the eight tuners you see there.

TOMMY -- sorry this thread got derailed, but I do have one more thing to add. ;)

There is an entire *mandolin family* that corresponds to the *violin family*.

violin ---- mandolin... tuned to GDAE

viola ---- mandola..... tuned to CGDA

cello ---- mandocello. tuned to CGDA

bass ---- mandobass.. tuned to EADG

The difference between the violin family, and the mandolin family is ---

the violin family of instruments are played with bows.

The mandolin family of instruments are played with picks.

From the 1880's to the 1920's, Mandolin orchestras were hugely popular.

Mando-Fever swept the country, with co-mando orchestras, cashing in on it!

Personally -- I don't like the sound of a lot of mandolins together.

They sound (to me), like a bunch of electric staple guns stuck on full auto! :biglaugh:

Here's all 4 mandolin family instruments together:

jesu.jpg

(Left to right)

Mandolin - Gibson F-4, ca. 1920

Mandola - Gibson H-2, 1917

Mandocello - Gibson K-4, 1924

Mandobass - Gibson, 1929

And a pic of a mandolin orchestra *back in the day*:

gibsonmandoorchestra7.jpg

Tommy -- again -- sorry for the de-rail.

Here's hoping your gig goes well. :spy:

(edited for a speeling errur) :redface:

Edited by dmiller
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Well I am not the only person who may be listening to that one on a daily basis.

My 16 year old son really enjoys that song and techno music.

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