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Category Archives: History
Mandolins From A to F
Today when you go to a music store specializing in stringed instruments, you will see a variety mandolins by different instrument makers. They may come in different wood finishes and colors, yet the styles have remained the same for many … Continue reading
Posted in History, Mandolin
Tagged A Style Mandolin, F Style Mandolin, Mandolin, Orville Gibson
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Greatest Musicians – Do Polls Only Go So Far?
Over the course of a year or so, I added polls to my website www.fretmentor.com, for readers to vote on who they believe is the best banjo, guitar or mandolin player of all-time. Of course, some of these polls had … Continue reading
Posted in Banjo, Guitar, History, Mandolin
Tagged banjo players, guitar players, history of performers, mandolin players, music pioneers
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