Extra links
Welcome to
the Extra Links page!
This section of the website archives a wide variety of links
which have not been incorporated into the home page. These
include links which may be of interest to you as a musician but
which are not specifically about bluegrass mandolin.
The most recent links are listed below in the Latest links section.
After a few months they are moved
to the other archive pages:
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A lot of these links were originally contributed to the CoMando list,
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Riha , Niles Hokkanen and Jim Coon
. Thanks to all those who have taken the trouble to tell us where
to go! And any other links that you think should be here, please
let me know.
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Latest links
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Keep On The Bluegrass has a new range of bluegrass T shirts for individual instruments
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The Cat's Whiskers Barn Dance Band website has some useful resources for dancers, callers and musicians, including tunes and examples of callers at work. The band works from the Midlands in UK.
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Introduction to mandolin chords at http://mandolinchords.net with chords shown in diagram format, tab, and notation
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Hand braided mandolin straps by Bill Bailey. Bill also makes racks for storing your mandolin. http://www.thebaileystrap.com/
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Introduction to the Circle of Fifths for the beginner http://www.folkblues.com/theory/circle_5ths.htm And more Music Theory for the Short Attention Span at this excellent site http://www.folkblues.com/theory/theory_main.htm
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Page by Rick Townend includes some helpful insights into improvising and playing in a bluegrass session
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Wendy Anthony's pages - loads of mando links, music and much more http://www3.telus.net/On-LineMusicWorldofWendy/
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Banjo links in Paul Hawthorne's Banjo Directory
http://hawthorne.fastie.net/banjo/links.htm#jeffchumleybanjoglossary
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Bluegrass discography from 1942 - very thorough!
http://www.ibiblio.org/hillwilliam/BGdiscography/
- New Irish mandolin manual from Mel Bay by Joe Carr and Mike Gregory - looks great for beginners, with special section on pick direction for jigs and basic ornamentation techniques, plus accompanying CD
- Some great vintage mandolins for sale at Bearpaw Fiddles – and lots of other instruments as well http://web.mac.com/ironbear_/bearpawfiddles/Mandolins.html
- British
book on Building a flatback
mandoline by Ray Duffill
- 3rd Annual Monroe-Style
Mandolin Camp at the International Bluegrass Music Museum,
Owensboro, Kentucky, September 12-14 2008 with stellar lineup of
instructors
http://www.bluegrassmuseum.org/Mandolin%20Camp/Monroe_Camp.html
- Mandolins and other
instruments for sale in Minnesota from Tom Jessen at http://www.cricketfiddle.com/mandolins.htm
- Some useful links at
Monroe Crossing's site http://www.monroecrossing.com/links.html
- Bluegrass Forum - the
name says it all! http://www.bluegrassforum.com/
The mandolin section is at http://www.bluegrassforum.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=30
- Read about Lloyd
LaPlant's quality mandolins at
http://whitepines.blogspot.com/2005/11/mandolin-meets-its-maker.html
- Monroe's Revenge
(latest lineup of the band I used to play with!) at
YouTube
- Some useful looking
audio software including some free stuff at http://www.flexmusic.com
- All sorts of ethnic
instruments at Dulcimer Shofar http://www.dulcimershofar.com
For some ancient traditional stringed instruments see http://www.dulcimershofar.com/home.php?cat=100
- Ideas in tab for David
Grisman style mandolin at http://dmwdev.com/index.php?page=Mandolin_Tab.html
- Pay The Reckoning - a
terrific Celtic music site by Aidan Crossey at http://www.paythereckoning.com/
Lots of mp3s by a variety of players at http://www.paythereckoning.com/thepage.htm
plus a large file of Irish tunes in tablature at http://www.paythereckoning.com/bookone.htm
Also interviews, reviews and more. This looks to be an essential
site for Celtic music lovers!
- The official Monroe
Brothers Foundation website http://www.themonroebrothersfoundation.org/index.html
- Great article on Mike
Compton including background info on the tracks on the
Stomp CD http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11753751/site/newsweek/
- Many free mandolin
video tracks by various players at YouTube
- Rick Albertson has
posters of vintage mandolins for sale http://www.cafepress.com/vsip
- Beginning Irish
Mandolin courtesy Mike Gregory at the Mel Bay Mandolin Sessions
http://www.mandolinsessions.com/jun06/irish.html
- Eastman mandolins
available in UK from Bole Music http://www.guitarlink.co.uk/page4.html
- Song lyrics by many
artists at Marty Lloyd's site http://www.martylloyd.com/lyrics.html
- Lots of expert help
with learning to play bluegrass instruments - material includes
tabs, audio and video files, some of them free http://www.bluegrasscollege.org
- You can advertise
mandolins for sale at http://www.musicinstrument.biz/guitar_mandolin.htm
- Tour of the Gibson
mandolin factory courtesy of Frank Ford and the Frets.com site
http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Features/GibsonMills/gibsonmills01.html
- Mandolin Radio plays
"the best recorded mandolin music available" on the Internet
using Live365 http://www.mandolinradio.com/Welcome.html
- Old Time Music Radio on
the web at http://www.oldtimemusicradio.com/
- Gemwood is a South
Indian company dealing in rosewood http://www.gemwood.com/
- Discussion on mandolin
picks at The Session http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/440
- Help with amplifying a
mandolin and lots of other mandolin discussion topics at the
Mudcat Cafe http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=21047
- Some interesting
traditional tunes, and useful links, at http://www.tunefull.org/index.htm
- Capo museum courtesy
Anders Sterner http://web.telia.com/~u86505074/capomuseum/
- Wizz Jones' time tunnel
has pics from 1950s to present day http://www.wizzjones.com/time_tunnel.html
Home page of this influential British blues and bluegrass
musician http://www.wizzjones.com/
- Mandolin resources
listed at Wunder Music Directory http://music.wundermusic.com/music/dir/6/11838/mandolin.html
- Much interest for folk
and acoustic music buffs at http://www.tradmusic.com/index.asp
Lots of
mandolin makers listed.
- Many fiddle links
courtesy Fiddle On Canada http://www.fiddle.on.ca/fiddle/hotlinks.htm
Basic fiddle fingering chart for first position http://www.fiddle.on.ca/fiddle/fidlfing.htm
- Article about bluegrass
journalist Fred Bartenstein by Kurt Mosser http://academic.udayton.edu/KurtMosser/bgrass.html
- FolkLib web index to
bluegrass music http://www.folklib.net/bg_site_map.shtml
FolkLib home page http://www.folklib.net/
- Bill Monroe - very full
list of record releases, vinyl, CD and video, all with track
listings and release dates! http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/monroe_bill/albums.jhtml
- click on Albums in the navigation column on the left. Loads of
other interest at the CMT.com site, including record listings and
biographies of many bluegrass artists - well worth digging into
this site http://www.cmt.com/artists/
- Rural Rhythm Records -
lots of old favourites here http://www.ruralrhythm.com/
- Crooked tunes listed at
http://nwfolk.com/songlists/crooked.html
Other interesting "song themes" at this site http://nwfolk.com/songlists/
- FolkLib web index to
bluegrass music http://www.folklib.net/bg_site_map.shtml
FolkLib home page http://www.folklib.net/
- Some great mandolin
performances at Mandozine - streaming audio through a Flash
plugin http://www.mandotunes.com/mandotunes/index.php
- Bluegrass Music
Profiles magazine website has news, online record reviews and
interviews with artists http://www.bluegrassmusicprofiles.com/
- Guitar Guide has a
wealth of info and links for guitar players including tab and
instruction materials http://www.guitar-guide.us/
- In-depth analysis of
holding the pick and right hand technique (for tenor banjo but
applies absolutely to mandolin!) courtesy Mike Keyes - includes
video links http://www.banjosessions.com/aug05/righthand.html
- Mandolin basics from
Roland White - includes some useful right hand guidance http://www.rolandwhite.com/mandolinbasics.htm
Home page http://www.rolandwhite.com
- Bluegrass Books Online
offer Rick Williams' Jam Tunes, "your own private jam session,
anytime you want it" http://www.bluegrassbooksonline.com/
Download some (excellent) MP3 examples of the material from
http://www.bluegrassbooksonline.com/wst_page4.html
- Blaine Sprouse's site
offers much of interest, including downloadable (and affordable)
fiddle
tunes in MP3 and WAV formats Home page http://www.blainesprouse.com/
- The Bluegrass Blog has
lots of discussion and chat http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/
Useful FAQ for the site here http://thebluegrassblog.com/index.php/new-reader-faq/
- Some excellent pics of
musicians and bands at photographer Darwin Davidson's site
http://www.darwindavidson.com/musicianslist.html
- Mike Lane's bluegrass
photos are well worth seeing at http://www.mlanephoto.com/bluegrass.php
- Many mandolin makers
listed and linked at the Acoustic Playground http://newgrass.freeservers.com/mando/mandomakerz.html
- The Folk & Acoustic
Music Exchange features album reviews of new releases by folk and
acoustic artists, including some bluegrass http://www.acousticmusic.com/fame/famehome.htm
Album reviews index at http://www.acousticmusic.com/fame/reviews.htm
- Chris Walshaw's ABC
pages now at http://staffweb.cms.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc/
- Detailed discussion of
pick grip at this guitar site http://www.ibreathemusic.com/forums/showthread.php?p=59968
- Lots of bluegrass and
musical interest at the Kentucky Banjo site http://www.kentuckybanjo.com/
- Loads of guitar tabs and other guitar stuff at Mike
Wright's Flatpick Guitar http://www.raccoonbend.com/flatpick/fp_main.html
- Folk records for sale
at Vinyl Revival http://www.vinylrevival.com/lists/folk.shtml
- Jimmy Gaudreau and
Orrin Star have formed a duo - listen to them in MP3 format at
http://www.orrinstar.com/Pages/duoaudio.html
Home page with nice pic at http://www.jimmyandorrin.com/
- Murder On The Mandolin
Express - read all about it at the Classical Mandolin Society of
America http://www.classicalmandolinsociety.org/archives/0500.html
The rest of the story can be found via the links at http://www.classicalmandolinsociety.org/archives/
- Holiday Lake 4-H
Educational Center, Virginia, offers
Standard Mandolin Building Workshop with Don Kawalek and
Rhythm Mandolin Boot Camp with Niles Hokkanen October 23-26,
2005 Registration Deadline: October 7, 2005
- Pics of building a
Phoenix mandolin http://obyank.fotopic.net/c594002.html
- Moon Beam mandolins at
http://www.moonbeammandolins.com/
Lots of nice pics and ideas on mandolin making, also useful links
page
- Bluegrass
Boutique sells "cool stuff by pickers for pickers"
- Some
classic bluegrass and country recordings by the masters
- Useful bluegrass links
at Kent Folk Music site http://www.kentfolkmusic.co.uk/kentfolkmusiclinks.htm
and more courtesy Rick Townend http://www.ricktownend.co.uk/Links.htm
- In memory of Vassar Clements, who
died on 16th August 2005
- Weber mandolin armrest
http://www.soundtoearth.com/prod_armrest.htm
Other Weber accessories http://www.soundtoearth.com/products.htm
- Double neck mandolins
at Mandolin Cafe http://www.mandolincafe.com/archives/builders/double.html
And a double neck Vega Electric banjo (!) at http://www.banjoworld.de/High342.htm
plus lots of pics of classic banjos at http://www.banjoworld.de/Stringindex.htm
- Wide range of mandolins
for sale at
Music 123
- For oldies like me, Top
10 Oldies of 1957 at About.com http://oldies.about.com/od/50srockers/tp/topten1957.htm
- Lots of useful material and links at Wendy Anthony's
site - a great resource http://www3.telus.net/On-LineMusicWorldofWendy/
- Tab of Bill Cheatham
courtesy Wendy Anthony at Mel Bay site http://melbay.com/mandolinsessions/aug05/wendy.html
- Plenty of tunes,
particularly Irish, and other resources, especially for tin
whistle players, at the Sessioneer site http://www.sessioneer.org/
- Dulcimer Players News
site includes some useful music http://www.dpnews.com/
- Further informative
websites about the Hammered Dulcimer, including tuning info &
some music samples & transcripts: Hammered Dulcimer
Information, Everything Dulcimer,
Hammered Dulcimer
Page, Dulcimer Jam Clips
from Festivals,
James Jones Hammered Dulcimer Tuning Schemes, What's a Hammered
Dulcimer?, What Is a
Hammered Dulcimer, Anyway?
- Pic of Rhonda Vincent
with Dolly Parton http://rhondavincent.com/2005DollyinMissouri.jpg
Rhonda's home page at http://rhondavincent.com/
- New Frank Wakefield
pics and lots more at Jim Moss's site http://www.mossware.com/FrankLesn.html
Jim publishes lots of great interviews, available to subscribers
to his Bluegrass Newsletter http://www.candlewater.com/BLUEGRASS_NEWSLETTER/May2005/
- Basics of making your
own recordings, including some useful links, at http://homerecording.about.com/od/basictechniques/
- How to tell mandolins,
citterns, mandolas, bouzoukis, etc apart http://ceolas.org/instruments/cittern.html
- Lots of Bittorrent
downloads, including bluegrass shows and a 1997 Gillian Welch
appearance, at EzTorrent http://www.dimeadozen.org/
- Some good pics and
audio material at Butch Robbins' website plus video of Bill
Monroe playing Kentucky Mandolin http://www.butchrobins.net/index.php?page=media
Sound files can be downloaded from http://www.butchrobins.net/Media/
- Useful lyrics for folk
and popular music at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~dexy/music/
- Seldom Scene site has
lots of historical info about the band, and includes a
discography at http://www.seldomscene.com/Recordings.html
Home page http://www.seldomscene.com/
- Radio KZSU has a
searchable database of recordings including many
bluegrass songs
- Lots of links for
learner musicians courtesy Hamish Sutherland http://www.hamishsutherland.com/linksgeneral.htm
- Popular jam session
tunes listed at http://www.bristolbluegrass.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/about.asp
- A ton of helpful tips
on playing bluegrass courtesy Peter Wernick http://www.drbanjo.com/instructional/instruct04-jam.html
- Lots of useful 5-string
banjo info and links at http://www.trussel.com/f_banj.htm
- Travelin’
Light - article about Tim O'Brien's recent activities
http://www.styleweekly.com/article.asp?idarticle=10295
- Useful links page of
the Fretted Instruments NYC site http://www.frettedinstrumentsnyc.com/links.html
Site includes guitar and banjo music in TablEdit http://www.frettedinstrumentsnyc.com/musicchoice.html
- Special salmon-colored
Tortis picks at http://duscholar.home.mchsi.com/DUTORT/pickx.htm
And a complete range of Tortis picks at http://www.redbeartrading.com/picks.html
Recommendations of these picks at http://www.redbeartrading.com/index.html
- Phil Good-Elliott's
mandolin practice log http://homepage.mac.com/philg2/practice/practice.html
- Mandolins for sale at
Music Supplier.com Home page http://www.musicsupplier.com/
- Instruments for sale
and instruction at the Pickin' Parlor, Park Rapids, Minnesota
http://playbluegrassmusic.com/
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Literary references to the mandolin courtesy John Bird
- Some "unusual and
noteworthy vintage American instruments of the mandolin family",
including an informative page on the 1917 Gibson F4 http://bellsouthpwp.net/r/d/rdevelli/ip3mand.htm
- Chords for all sorts of
songs at http://www.chordie.com/
- Very useful learning
material on the Mel Bay Mandolin Session pages http://melbay.com/mandolinsessions/index.html
- Bluegrass guitar (and
mandolin) tablature
links at Guitar Tab Research Easy. Home page http://guitartab.researcheasy.com
- Custom tablatures for
bluegrass mandolin and guitar offered by Alois Kleewein http://customtabs.no-ip.org/
- Musical Instruments HQ
is "a categorized resource directory for everything about musical
instruments" - lots of links on this site http://www.musicalinstrumentshq.com
- A to Z Guitar has lots
of resources, including links to guitar tab sites e.g. country
guitar at http://www.atozguitar.com/countryguitar/
Home page http://www.atozguitar.com/
- Mike Vanden's F5
Mandolin Workshop Tour - lots of mando construction pics http://www.vanden.co.uk/f5tour/f5portal.htm
And for archtop guitar the Martin Taylor Artistry Guitar
construction page http://www.vanden.co.uk/artistrytour/artistryportal.htm
Vanden home page http://www.vanden.co.uk/index.htm
- Lots of UK bluegrass
events listed at the Acoustically Live and Inclusive Music
(Aclaim site) http://www.bluegrassfestivals.net/main1.htm
- BillMonroe.com Country
Music Directory - not really a Bill Monroe site but a bluegrass
and country music directory with lots of links http://www.billmonroe.com/
- Daniel Barenboim's site
- nothing about the mandolin but some remarkable insights into
music from the classical maestro. Check his Journal pages.
http://www.daniel-barenboim.com/
- Tributes to Charlie
Waller http://www.charliewaller.net/id54.htm.
And Charlie Waller article courtsey Caroline Wright http://www.wrightforyou.com/charliewaller.html
- Country Gentlemen site, with
words of many classic CG
songs
- Caroline Wright's
bluegrass links http://www.wrightforyou.com/bluegrass.html
And her article on being a bluegrass girl http://www.wrightforyou.com/bluegras.html
- Country Music
Records: A Discography, 1921-1942 by Tony Russell now
available - massive and authoritative discography of Old Time
Music http://www.oup.com/us/brochure/0195139895/?view=usa
- Country music artist
biographies at CMT http://www.cmt.com/artists/browse/a.jhtml
- Rockin' Country Style,
"a discography of country rock 'n' roll and related records
1951-1964" courtesy Terry Gordon http://els51.law.emory.edu/rcs/index.htm
- Bluegrass Now website,
well worth exploring! http://www.bluegrassnow.com/issues/102004/index.php
- Useful Word document
explaining what you can do with Cool Edit 96 http://cms.brookes.ac.uk/modules/other/23_CooEdit.doc
You can (still) download Cool Edit 96 at http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/cool_edit_96.shtml
- Sailcats have some nice
old Gibson mando family instruments plus guitars http://home.twcny.rr.com/ffpizza5/index.html
More Sailcats info at http://home.twcny.rr.com/ffpizza5/SailCats.htm
- Jack Tuttle offers free
mando learning material at http://www.jacktuttle.com/mandohelp.html
Jack teaches mandolin and other instruments in the South San
Francisco Bay Area - see home page http://www.jacktuttle.com/ for
some of useful bluegrass learning links
- Some interesting
mandolin designs at High Desert Mandolins (also High Desert
Guitars!) http://www.highdesertmandolins.com/
- Flatt and Scruggs
lyrics at Lyrics On Demand http://www.lyricsondemand.com/f/flattandscruggslyrics/
Some other useful pages on this huge site, e.g. Dolly Parton
http://www.lyricsondemand.com/d/dollypartonlyrics/
Home page http://www.lyricsondemand.com/
- Articles at JamBase,
including CD and concert reviews (with pics) http://www.jambase.com/headsup.asp
Show review archive at http://www.jambase.com/headsup/archive.asp
- Mandolins for sale at
the
Music Motel Home page of this "ultimate resource for unique
and hard-to-find products for the Americana Music afficionado"
http://www.themusicmotel.com
- Introduction to the
Monroe Brothers at http://www.charlottemag.com/buzz/story.cfm?ID=215
- Esential bluegrass
tunes (including tabs)at MandoZine http://www.mandozine.com/music/essential/bluegrass.php
Other genres (including old time) also listed http://www.mandozine.com/music/essential/
- Very full interview
with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings at the New Yorker - get it
while you can at http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040920fa_fact3
- Articles on playing by
ear - written for guitarists but just as relevant to mandolin
players http://www.maximummusician.com/playguitarbyearintro.htm
- Free on-line ear
training at Good Ear http://www.good-ear.com/
- Lots of links for
musicians' injuries http://eeshop.unl.edu/music.html
- Regaining your chops
after a layoff - article at
Strings Magazine Home page http://www.stringsmagazine.com/index.html
- Slanting the pick (at the Guitar Principles site but
also applies to the mandolin) http://www.guitarprinciples.com/Guitar_Technique/Slant.htm
- Lots of bluegrass CDs
(many by regional bands) listed at CD Baby - including reviews
and MP3s http://www.cdbaby.com/style/25
Many other styles - "the largest seller of independent CDs on the
web" Home page at http://www.cdbaby.com/home Try
typing in a search for "mandolin"...
- Dr Mellow's mandolin
learning blog at http://www.livejournal.com/users/drmellow_mando/
- Review of Chris Thile's
new album, Deceiver, at http://www.thatscountry.com/artman/publish/article_1908.shtml
- Profiles of country
music artists (including Canadian) at http://www.thecountrystage.com/
- Tortis flatpicks ("the
world's favorite pick") at http://www.redbeartrading.com/
- John Sullivan mandolins
(played by Adam Steffy, Greg Clarke and Tom Rozum) http://quicksitebuilder.cnet.com/heavyhorse/mandolin.html
- Digital Ear can analyze
a live or recorded solo performance and convert it into a
standard MIDI file http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Digital_Ear/
- MP3s by Oregon's Greg
Clarke at http://www.gregclarkemusic.com/sounds.html
Greg's home page http://www.gregclarkemusic.com/index.html
- Eric Clapton's guitars
included a 1929 Gibson L-5 (the model played by Maybelle Carter)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5295941/
- Lots of charts, bands
and free MP3s of many musical genres at http://www.soundclick.com/
Includes a
bluegrass chart
- Courses at Northern
Virginia 4-H Educational Center include Niles Hokkanen's mando
tuition, and mandolin and octave mandolin building with Don
Kawalek http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/northern/
And Niles interviewed at http://www.mandozine.com/resources/CGOW/niles.php
- The Heart of England
Bluegrass Club site has lots of good pics and bios of (mostly) UK
bands/performers - see links at http://www.btinternet.com/~hoebv/giglist.htm
- Bluegrass links page at
Fields of Bluegrass radio proramme site http://www.fieldsofbluegrass.com/BGlinks.html
Radio program home page http://www.fieldsofbluegrass.com/index.html
- Mandolin Society of
Central Indiana http://mypeoplepc.com/members/techmans/MandolIndy/
- Bluegrass DVDs "Your #1
Source for Bluegrass DVDs" http://www.bluegrassdvd.com/
They have a
mandolin instruction page
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