Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 02 Mar 09 - 03:02 AM

I don't think I've ever done an "ow" look at one of your harmonies, VT. And it was YOU who brought up the numerically challenging nature of "Children Go Where I end Thee".

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 02:15 AM

Oi' This thread almost fell off the page.

It's difficult to tell who you are giving that look too, RB. I may have brought up the maths disability but you poked a little fun at it last time I performed that song. S'ok. No mean spiritedness in it.

Just want to pick on you, Bro. You can take it, can't you?

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 02:21 AM

I have got my Mandolin back from Brian and what a excellent job he has done with it.
I cant put the instrument down.
Mandolins are temperamental instruments,indeed mine was a complete bitch,but not anymore, Thanks RB for recommending this genius of a man. Ironically I always sit down to play guitar, With he Mandolin I find it is much more agreeable to stand up and play.

VT that thread I opened on Mudcat Re Humour and wit Thanks for your comment. Folk are funny I noticed there is not a single negative reply. Well until NOW maybe,

RB re Above . you are not bad at all indeed, I needed to sing up and you made me aware of the fact. Thats good.   If it makes you feel better You did not bellow a typing error on my behalf.
kind regards to all Pierre.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: melodeonboy
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 03:06 AM

"St George is bringing Turkey to all parts of England for several days..."

A bit of breast for me, please!

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 12:32 PM

And if

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 12:34 PM

Sorry about that slip of the Thumb.
And If I have both Legs that will save any arguments about whose having the other one?

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Dead Horse
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 03:42 PM

"I cant put the instrument down."
Ya shoulda waited fo the varnish ta dry ya twit!
And Tam, the reference ta doctors bills was to Pierres post bout his Mandarin (I had always thought that was a monkey with an orange bum - but now i lerns it be some sort of hinstrument)

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 03:53 PM

DH- My bad re doctor/NHS thingiemebob. Orange bottomed baboon is a Mandril I think. And weirdly I had 2 emails today with pictures of Mandrils from a friend who took photos at Colchester zoo last weekend.

Pierre le Chap- Like me and the guitar, don't want to put it down. I cannot play her tonight, cause I burned me bloody thumb.
So what are you learning to play on the mandolin. I am getting sick of Boil That Cabbage Down.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: GUEST,The Barden of England in Lanzarote
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 04:41 PM

I see Brian has done his usual brilliant job for Pete le Capeau. The man is a genius.
Jhn Barden

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 05:36 AM

Hi Tam.
Re Mandolin. firstly Im concentrating on two fingered chords. making sure I am using the the correct fingers in regards to 1.2.3.4. I then want to get this chord par-larva worked out.
For instance
If one plays in C, you are actually playing in G.
And if one is playing in Gm you are actually playing A flat minor?

I thought you only got a A flat minor if one dropped a Piano down a Mine shaft.

And I am not certain if any thing I have wrote here is correct so do not take any notice of this because I do not want to confuse you . hence my haste to get it sorted.
The songs I am working on which was you original question are

Blow the man down.
Drunken Sailor.
Over the Hills and far away.
Maid of Amsterdam,
Bedlam boys.

These can all can be played using the two fingered chords
C and G7. but the last 2 songs above sound better with a F thrown in and that is a sod of a chord to get right.

I have a lot to learn but the fact the Mandolin is now near perfect I look at it has money well spent and that I can now crack on with it.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 10:36 AM

excellent free online Mandolin lessons.
I have learned the pintatonic scale of D this morning.
Its easy on the Mandolin and sounds great with guitar.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: melodeonboy
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 10:41 AM

The pintatonic scale! That sounds brilliant! One gulp per semitone!

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Abdul The Bul Bul
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 10:54 AM

I wanna learn that one!!
I'll practice and practice honest.

Al

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Abdul The Bul Bul
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 10:55 AM

not so much of the tonic tho eh?

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Kev The Clogs
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 11:04 AM

Pete, where are the free online lessons that you did?

I'm pussyfooting around with my Mandolin as well!!!! I'm going to try the ones you are working on when I get home tonight.

Perhaps all three of us should get together at each session and just find a quiet spot and chat to each other and chivvy each other along.

Mine is a lovely Crafter that Mr Bridge bought on my behalf, and Graham, who plays Banjo for my morris side, did the setup on it - so I DO want to get to grips with it if I can.

I think that learning to play is a bit like going to the gym - if you go with someone, you egg each other on to do better - if you go on your own, you start of with good intentions, but end up in the sauna or jacuuzzi ----- just like learning to play!!!

At this rate, we could have a couple or three brace of Mandolins at each session :-))

Kev

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 01:00 PM

Pete- I second Kev's question. Where are the online lessons?

Kev- Good idea re practice and pushing each other. I will be leagues behind you guys, because I am so smitten with the new guitar it is difficult to divide my time.

The danger is the mandos may dominate the sessions. Wonder if RB would be willing to provide some mando tuition half hour or so prior to or after sessions?

One problem with our trio - We have the head (chapeau) and feet (clogs) covered. What exactly is my function?

Don't answer that!

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 02:19 PM

Right folks
follow my instruction carefully.
Right here we go...................Go to Google.
When site comes up click on .......Images.
go to search bar.............Type in D Scale Mandolin.

Remember your in Images ok so the first Picture is a guy who Ironically Looks abit from a distance Like Kev The Clogs wearing a flat cap. Click on it and up will come the site with a lesson in D.

All the other picture of the same geezer on that page are different lessons. Good luck folks let me know how you get on.


A tip from me Never type In Mandolin lessons because the sites will pop up and there will be a charge or they will try to sell you a book to avoid this .

Type In "Online Mandolin Playing tips" any problems let us Know.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 03:51 PM

Kev & Tam
Ok May I suggest you start with the D it fairly simple and I found it easy with the Plectrum.
When you have mastered it to a certain extent you can have some real fun doing mandolin lead .

by adding some backing with guitars in the same Key of D.
This has helped me no end today.

Im Giving all my secrets away here.

Let me know when you are ready for the guitar backing site.You wont find it.But once you are on it its so simple and its dead safe I have been on it all day and I am going back on it now.


Im sorry I can not Cut and Paste from the workplace so you will have to follow my lead again.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 04:28 PM

God this is like playing in a studio Wow.Ok its the same key but it dont matter.Iam not ready to change key yet so Iam staying on D.The next one will be G.Yes you can set it to change key The drum and bass backing is great. You set the Tempo. Its not has good has Garage Band on my Apple Mac but it will do for work.I wont post no more till you guys get back to me and you are ready for the studio.Good Luck folks.

Melodeonboy You are sharp eyed Re Pintatonic.I agree a excellent scale invented by Pierre Le Chapeau.
The women can through a few Gins in with it?

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 07:01 PM

Hardly ever worth playing G7 on a mandolin (0021) play G major (023).

But you don't want me to teach you mandolin, you want someone like Cliff Bayliss.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 07:33 PM

Richard
I hold you in very high regard re Mandolin. And if you say play G major so be it. I will remember that, Thanks. Us newbies need info like that.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 05 Mar 09 - 02:42 AM

The pintatonic scale deserves its own thread. We could have a pintatonic scale festival.

All kinds of activities, including:

A new way to play water glasses. Pint glasses filled to variying levels with different Ales. Which Ales would be on the upper end of the scale? Which on the lower?

Drink to the note - Whenever a muso with comparable Ale in his/her glass hears matching Ale note played he/she must drink to the note.

Any other ideas?

I did not get enough sleep last night.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: melodeonboy
Date: 05 Mar 09 - 02:59 AM

I seem to remember that John Barden has a song about the pintatonic scale, although to be absolutely accurate, his song's about the pintabeer scale (an ancient scale from which the pintatonic scale was developed, primarily, but not exclusively, for female musicians, many of whom found that the pintabeer scale caused strain in the right wrist while playing).

Over to you, Mr. Barden. Let's hear it (or rather, as this is an internet forum, let's see it).

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 05 Mar 09 - 03:53 AM

Dos, a beer, a Mexican beer
Ray, a man who buys me beer
Me, a man Ray buys beer for
Far, a long way for a beer
So, I think I'll ahve a beer
La--ger? No, I'll have a beer
Tea? No, I said a beer
Which will bring us back to Dos..

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: melodeonboy
Date: 05 Mar 09 - 03:57 AM

Yes, Richard. That's the one!

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Dead Horse
Date: 05 Mar 09 - 09:35 AM

I tried typing that scale into Gargle, but my cerveza wouldn't let me.
When I saw the pintatonic scale mentioned, I assumed it was a typo for Pinto-tonic, which is a medicinal potion for white horses.
Stops 'em from becoming Dead Horses.
And I always thought a mandril was the bit on ya boring tool that held the bits.
I usually hold me own bits, but sometimes a kindly passing stranger will oblige.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 05 Mar 09 - 09:37 AM

Mr Bridge "I am going for the copy write on the pintatonic scale. Mr Barden Indeed,
"I put it to you all, Twas it not a humble spelling mistake on my behalf ? That brought about this break through in music.

Kev and Vt , once mastered if you want to play my Pintatonic scale in D with backing from a struming guitar in the same key,Follow this.
                                                               
Go to google.
                                                                Click on web page.
                                                                Type in search bar.
                                                                  Jam studio.com.
Up it will come click on the very first site.

Fill the boxes in front of with D taken from the chord rack.
Choose the guitar style you want to accompany from the style rack.
You can do the same with drums and bass but I tend to stick with just a guitar strumming/optional ?
Important click on the Loop box for continual loop in D. or you can have chord changes in every box if you want.
Turn your speakers on.
There is a tempo button on the far left. choose your tempo. I choose 120/ optional
press the play button under the chord rack for a continuous loop in D or whatever you wish.

I find it makes playing Mandolin scales much more fun then just sitting there.
its gives a sense of rhythm to play scales to.                     
And I have learned quicker then just siting there Playing with me self .Go for it.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 06 Mar 09 - 01:49 PM

Saints alive.
I think I ought to re thrase that.
sit there playing by meself, I suffer from this Dyslexia thing you know, But I dont care.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 07 Mar 09 - 04:16 AM

woohoo! that jam studio thingie is fun.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 07 Mar 09 - 12:25 PM

Well done Tam.
Go for it. Its will help you I promise. Involve your instruments and Play along.
There are better sites out there but get the hang of this one first.
Regards Pierre.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Kev The Clogs
Date: 07 Mar 09 - 05:02 PM

Not had time to do anything yet - I've been updating our Morris Dancing Website and our new Programme of events for the year ahead!!

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 05:53 PM

I am looking forward to the year ahead I enjoy these get tog-ethers ,Roll on sing sessions, roll on Knockholt. its important to post these events.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Mar 09 - 07:31 AM

Hi Woodsie and Hoffmeister
Nice pics, will come along to meet you on the 29th and am looking forward to it.
If you can think of anything relevent to add to the site please let me know, I will be pleased to post.
I am planing some shots on the 29th and perhaps a couple of clips for the site.
Dave J

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 10 Mar 09 - 08:53 AM

Look forward to seeing you Dave. Do you sing or play? Bring your voice and instrument!

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Abdul The Bul Bul
Date: 11 Mar 09 - 06:38 AM

Just thought I'd bump it up.
Singers night at Faversham tonight if anyone fancies it.

Al

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Abdul The Bul Bul
Date: 12 Mar 09 - 06:23 AM

Do we need a bump?

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 12 Mar 09 - 08:10 AM

I think that was Joe Tex, wasn't it? Sorry Dilligaf.

Incidentally, anent another thread, I will NOT be handing out marks out of 10, and I will NOT be prescribing detention or suspension from the school cricke team if anyone (a) uses a cribsheet (b) forgets the words (c) falls off the guitar (d) sings out of tune or time.

We are there to have fun, aren't we?

And will we??

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Abdul The Bul Bul
Date: 12 Mar 09 - 08:13 AM

OH YES WE WILL RICHARD. TILL OUR DADDY TAKES THE T BIRD AWAY

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Abdul The Bul Bul
Date: 12 Mar 09 - 08:13 AM

oops caps off

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Dead Horse
Date: 12 Mar 09 - 11:34 AM

I understand that congratulations are in order to all at Gundulfs for becoming a margarine free zone at last.
Will there be an announcement to that effect in your updated website, Kev? :-)

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 12 Mar 09 - 11:42 AM

I didn't tell him Kev. Honest!

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 12 Mar 09 - 02:13 PM

So hope I don't find out what it is like to fall off a guitar.

Who is Dave J?

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 12 Mar 09 - 02:19 PM

He is the website operator for the pub - see www.the-nags-head.blogspot.cm

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 13 Mar 09 - 04:51 AM

I am pleased to say that it looks pretty definite that we will have Clive Lever.

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 13 Mar 09 - 04:59 PM

hooray!

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Kev The Clogs
Date: 14 Mar 09 - 10:43 AM

Yes DH, Gundulf's are now a margarine free zone - all musicians, dancers and members that have left are all welcome to return :-)

I'll be updating the site with photos of 2008 in the near future.

Kev

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Kev The Clogs
Date: 14 Mar 09 - 11:39 AM

I'm really getting into this chord stuff for the old Mando!!!

Pete and VT - just go and have a look at this here!!

How cool is that??!!!!!!!

Kev

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Kev The Clogs
Date: 14 Mar 09 - 11:48 AM

Try this one as well!!!

Kev

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: Kev The Clogs
Date: 14 Mar 09 - 12:27 PM

The last one wasn't as good as I thought it would be, but this seems much more useful wouldn't you say!!!

Kev

Ps wonder who will get the "100" on this one?

Subject: RE: Sng/Ssn L Stoke N Kent UK poss 22/9Mar?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 14 Mar 09 - 12:48 PM

How very kewl! I have not been practising much. Not even guitar, though I purchased 2 books at Allegro music shop in Chelmsford today.

Must get on with both. But first, the laundry and dinner (chili) call.