Not only never heard his Boney Part but have never heard of the man I'm afraid, but then discovering something new gives me a reason for living, right? Am determined to do it in standard tuning, but maybe a half step lower. Tatertube may get it once I have had the time to look at it properly Robin
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 6:56 AM, mistertaterbug <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hey Robin, > Have you ever heard Ed Haley's version of "Boneypart's Retreat"? > Tater > > On Apr 1, 4:28 pm, Mark Seale <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
