Sure DDAD is possible.  The Low D is REALLY low and slappy.  You could also
do it as ADAD.

Mark



On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Robin Gravina <[email protected]>wrote:

> Got hooked on A.A. Gray's Bonaparte's retreat - I think Pete Seeger does it
> similarly, but frankly I'm not really up on fiddle tunes: only what is on
> the legacy ipod..  I was trying to quietly figure it out in regular tuning
> and it fits nicely into an F shape in regular tuning, apart from the drones.
> Then I checked out Mr Google who tells me DDAD... Is this possible? Can one
> do this on the mandolin without the whole thing rattling or exploding? Out
> of stubbornness I may have to just work out some way of doing it myself, but
> would be interesting to hear points of view.
>
> All answers please in Sonnet form or simple Iambic Pentameters if that is
> too challenging.
> Robin
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