I bought the Bickford book in digital form from Djangobooks.com On Nov 11, 2009, at 5:20 PM, Alexander, Jeffrey wrote:
> > How did you find the Bickford book? I would love to see that. > > Jeff > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Hoffmann > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 3:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: William Place Jr. Methods Books 1 - 3 > > > Linda, I have another book on duo and trio style playing which I feel, > more so than the simply double stops, emphasizes the picking patterns > used to make one mandolin sound like two (duo) or three (trio) using > double and triple stops. Frank Wakefield is a big proponent of this > style. Dang, I gotta work on that book more. > It is available on Djangobooks.com > > good luck! > Mike > > > On Nov 11, 2009, at 3:24 PM, Linda wrote: > >> >> The rest of the story is I find the Bickford book 1 (found on line >> for >> free) is better than the Place book. >> Also found out, the technique most interested in here, is called >> duo.. >> meaning playing melody on more than one string, (double stops). >> Thank you Mike. >> Seems books 2 onward have more on duo than book 1. >> All smiles here about this. >> ljt >> >> On Nov 9, 2:39 pm, Linda <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Mike, I sent away to some place in NYC or even maybe telephoned to >>> order, they only had Book 1 and 2. I wonder if he even made book 3. >>> If you can stand to go to the trouble there are likely some copies >>> about somewhere in your area. >>> I got mine in the early 90's. >>> >>> Never heard of Bickfords. Interested...too. >>> >>> I think William Place was playing mandolin in the 30's. The books >>> have been reprinted several times. Every now and again I do a big >>> computer search...no luck ever. Have seen book 1 and 2 for sale >>> once >>> in a blue moon. >>> I would love to put my eyes on Book 3! >>> cheers >>> linda >>> >>> On Nov 9, 12:56 pm, Mike Hoffmann <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Linda - very interested. Once I can acquire some more time I want >>>> to >>>> have another go at Bickford's method. I am historically very >>>> interested in, but bad at following up on, learning from these old >>>> method books. Did you buy digital copies or paper copies of 1 and >>>> 2? >>> >>>> Mike >>> >>>> On Nov 8, 2009, at 8:45 PM, Linda wrote: >>> >>>>> The previous thread, brings up ..my quest for book three in this >>>>> series. >>> >>>>> They are all out of print me thinks. Has anyone ever used his >>>>> books..besides me? >>> >>>>> Has anyone ever seen book 3. >>> >>>>> Curious for two decades about book 3, never seen it anywhere, not >>>>> even >>>>> a mention of it. >>> >>>>> linda >>> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
