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Just want to say thanks for your replies. Having only taken a short course in music theory, I'm trying to understand all which has been posted. It will come to me in time.

Jäger, do you know the english word for "ledtonsverkan"? Can't find a translation of it.

That's great to hear! Makes stuff easier. Pretty simply, in a major key, five will almost always go to one or six. Minor keys in ITM tend to resolve from the major seven chord to the one. Are you with "five", "six" and so on referring to scale degrees, or chord functions? Modal t...

Hello. I've been told that a good system for putting together sets is using tunes with the following tonics (in regards to the first tune): I - ii - IV (tonic - subdominant parallell - subdominant). Julia Delaney was mentioned as an example of a minor tune to use between the two major, but when I lo...

Luckily the name of the song just popped up in my head, which is extraordinary because I never remember irish song or tune names (let alone those I haven't listened to in two years). The brain is a slow but amazing search engine. Turns out my first message was worthless anyhow, since the song is not...

Good thinking, with the maritime theme and so on.
But no, that's not the one.

I used to listen to a specific irish song on youtube, which I can't find now. I thought that it was on UISTMAN59's channel (great collection of videos there), but I don't find it there, nor by searching for specific keywords. It's such a beautiful song so I hope someone here can help me identify the...

It's good to hear that it can be fixed! I went to another workshop where they said that the nut could be a bit too high and uneven, but they couldn't guarantee better intonation if they were to fix the nut so I've decided to do a little more research before spending my money. Doesn't seem to far-fet...

I went to the store that sold me the banjo, to let them have a look at it. The problem I'm having is that even when the bridge is positioned so that the open string and the 12th fret are in tune, the intonation is way off on some other frets. Wouldn't be a problem if it wasn't for the fact that many...

I see, thanks for your help.

Great vid. I guess it will take longer for me to learn banjo than I thought, being used to resting my wrist against the bridge when playing guitar. I could swear though that Barney MacKenna mutes the skin repeatedly in this video (for example at 1:15): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p8HSw_t-G8 And ...

Hello. I'm new to the banjo and uncertain where to rest the right-hand wrist when playing, if at all? Been watching youtube videos, but can't really see how the players do it. I've tried resting my wrist on the bridge, which makes it easier to play triplets but on the other hand it seems to mute the...

For Irish trad, D/G would be better than either of those, and I suspect for Scottish too, although not being able to play in proper A major would be a bit of a handicap. Halfstep boxes are very rare where I live too, but rather than settle for something less than what I wanted, I ordered from outsi...

I've got a dry-tuned PA, and I want to change the tuning to wet. I called the store where I bought the accordion, and their representative said that it was a lengthy and advanced thing which necessitated a cost of between £400 and £600 depending on the accordion. Is there any truth to this, or is th...

In my country B/C or C#/D boxes are extremely rare. Are there any other two-row diatonic tunings that cover the most common keys (in irish and scottish trad)?

Like G/C or A/D.

It's not uncommon for classically trained violinists to get injuries too. I believe many injuries are due to people not being entirely aware of how they actually feel, or just not caring about it and focusing on the music instead. A great deal of experimentation and listening to your body is involve...