Yeah I would like to see that. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Linda Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:59 PM To: Taterbugmando Subject: Re: William Place Jr. Methods Books 1 - 3
That would be very nice!! On Nov 12, 2:48 pm, Mike Hoffmann <[email protected]> wrote: > The Bickford book goes into Duo and Trio a little, but I learned about > it by picking up a book at an antique store called "Etienne's Duo and > Trio mandolin" It was put out by Oliver Ditson. It explains a lot of > the playing style in written format. There is lots of reading to go > along with the music. That is a book I should really digitize. The > old way of learning is so different. Do it over and over and over in > different styles. If anyone is interested maybe I should go about the > work of digitzing Etienne's. > > On Nov 11, 2009, at 5:34 PM, Linda wrote: > > > > > Jeff, > > You can go here > >http://www.archive.org/details/bickfordmandolin01bick > > and on the far left are read and download options. > > > Or, do a search on Bickford's Mandolin Method. > > > Mike what is the name of the books you refer to? > > > Linda > > > On Nov 12, 9:20 am, "Alexander, Jeffrey" > > <[email protected]> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
