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I've been very impressed with the work being done here on the bluegrass college and I was excited to hear that these good folks were going to start up a forum dedicated to bluegrass music. I hope it catches on and encourage everyone to participate and help create an extension of the learning evironment here. My experience is that if not enough people participate, the few folks that do eventually drift away to a message board that has a larger more active user group. This is our forum, so let's make it a great place to meet other pickers, support each other and exchange information.

-jonathan





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]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/4.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/4.page GMT Amoret Phillips here I've been playing fiddle now for about a year and a half and I'm completely hooked. Bluegrass college is great I really appreciate the format, the quality of the information... it's the berries.

I'm a very late bloomer Other than playing a few chords and learning some songs out of Bluegrass Songbook 30 years ago (with the guitar) I have not been around bluegrass very much at all, then 3 years ago went to MerleFest and got re-aquainted with the sound.

~Amoret Phillips]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/5.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/5.page GMT


to find some awesome videos of fiddling go to [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr4dCz8Qkb8[/youtube]


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I play dobro. I might not post all that much but I sure am enjoying this bluegrass college. What songs you working on? I'm in the middle of Salt Creek... am just playing it at slow jam pace.. and am getting ready to start on EMD. I don't know why my "avatar" ? isn't showing up. That's a right fancy name for a picture.]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/8.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/8.page GMT http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/10.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/10.page GMT
man was that heaven???]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/11.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/11.page GMT even though I am behind in my lessons...lol

I have been a professional musician
for most of my life until recently-
guitar-slide-lap-pedal steel-etc...

but I also bought a squarenecked dobro
2-3 years ago and have been enjoying
learning the blugrass "book"--some of which, of course,
I had been exposed to and performed over the course of
my career....a lot of crossover technique from steel helps...

seems like quite a few reso heads here
at least as far as initial postings go--
always a good thing---
But I was wondering about this summit?
where and when was it?
guess I am "out of the loop"
or I should be logging into resonation.com more often?]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/19.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/19.page GMT http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/20.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/20.page GMT
I have been playing guitar since I was nine years old which was forty some odd years ago. I played mostly country for most of that time. I went to a bluegrass festival three years ago and was hooked. After watching Missy, Bub, Micky Harris and Marshall play on stage that was it for me.

I signed up for a bluegrass camp next July which is called the Augusta Heritage located in Elkins, WV. The instructors for bass are Missy Rains and Mike Bub. I look forward to attending and comming back a little smarter.

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Bluegrass Breakdown has to be my altime favorite picking tune, and the version here one of the cleanest tighest versions to jam with. Wish I could hit all those notes, but at least I can keep up !

These lessons are excellent, and the performance tunes are great just to listen to.]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/29.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/29.page GMT http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/30.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/30.page GMT http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/67.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/67.page GMT http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/68.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/68.page GMT ]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/94.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/94.page GMT
Started out guitar, picked up mando about fifteen years ago, and in the last several years I have been playing bouzouki, bass, and resonator, a Clinesmith. Just last weekend I was hanging in tight with the slow-jam version of Fireball Mail on the reso. After months and months of lullabyes on the thing the wife's jaw was hanging low. Thanks, BGC!]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/112.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/112.page GMT
Started out guitar, picked up mando about fifteen years ago, and in the last several years I have been playing bouzouki, bass, and resonator, a Clinesmith. Just last weekend I was hanging in tight with the slow-jam version of Fireball Mail on the reso. After months and months of lullabyes on the thing the wife's jaw was hanging low. Thanks, BGC!]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/113.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/113.page GMT http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/114.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/114.page GMT http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/116.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/116.page GMT http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/117.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/117.page GMT http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/119.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/119.page GMT http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/126.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/126.page GMT
I am really grateful that this site is available. Godwin, as a dobro player totally new to a stringed instrument, I found the Murphy Method dobro video by Mark Panfil to be just what I needed. It doesn't use tab, and he is so patient. I have met Murphy Henry (a wonderful banjo teacher) several times, and each time I tell her that I have her to thank for giving me the gift of being able to play the dobro. (Here is the web address: http://www.murphymethod.com/) I found the Cashdollar DVD too hard to start, but I did use it a year or so later, when I wasn't so overwhelmed by all I had to learn. Good luck. It's a long road of learning, but it sure is worth it - and a lot of fun. I have trouble tearing myself away from my dobro to do anything else these days!]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/132.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/132.page GMT I'm from eastern KY and I pick the banjo. I started playing about ten years ago, but took a bit of a hiatus, for a thousand or so days, somewhere in the middle. I've since renewed my interest and have become fairly committed. I try to practice as much as possible and pick with friends a couple times a week. Like others have said, BGC is a great resource and I'm eating it up. Although something still seems a bit fishy with my tuning for hold whatcha got, I'm super psyched with the site and am looking forward to updates. ]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/139.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/139.page GMT
Chris does specify his tunings at the top of the tab... though it looks standard to me. Mind you I'm not a banjo player.

Does that help?

Andy]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/141.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/141.page GMT ]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/169.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/169.page GMT http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/201.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/201.page GMT "graduate myself up to performance level"

Mrnefarious, I never got back to you to say [b]thanks[/b] for your reply. That about describes how I work at them.]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/204.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/204.page GMT http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/217.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/217.page GMT This Bluegrass College so far is new to me but, I am liking it. ]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/275.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/275.page GMT http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/298.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/298.page GMT http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/362.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/362.page GMT Jim ]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/363.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/363.page GMT
Max in Arizona]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/378.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/378.page GMT ]]> http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/390.page http://www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/jforum/posts/preList/2/390.page GMT