Mandolin Self Help Group Links
General Resouces
Acoustic UK based magazine with bi-monthly column by Simon Mayor.
Acoustic Guitar USA based acoustic guitar magazine.
BBC 2 Virtual SessionBBC Radio Scotland Great source of traditional music via the online player.
BMG Promoting education and teaching of Banjo, Mandolin & Guitar
British Library Sound Archive Some fascinating mandolin clips available.
Comholtas Traditional Irish Music Publications & Events.
Cranford Publishing Great Fiddle Tune books by Paul Cranford from Cape Breton.
Folk Tune Finder Find that tune!
Foot Stompin' Scottish CD's, Books, DVD's...
Greenblatt and Seay Deborah Greenblatt's excellent mandolin books for two players.
Mandolin and Guitar.com Allan Alexander's books for mandolin & guitar
Mally Fantastic source of rich traditional music books.
Mel Bay Publisher of many mandolin & fiddle tune books.
Merlin Music Fantastic session tunebooks.
Music In Scotland Scottish CD's, Books, DVD's...Music Scotland Scottish CD's, Books, DVD's...
Nottingham Folk Music Database Eric Foxley's Traditional Tune Collection
Pay The Reckoning Aidan Crossey's informative site
Portland Collection Wonderful Contradance music books.
String Thing Debora Chen's excellent introduction to standard notation methods.Taigh na Teud Alaisdair & Christine Martin's great selection of fiddle tune books and Dagger Gordon's Scottish Mandolin Tutor.
Zzsounds.com Useful links to mandolin resources.
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ABC
ABC Notation.com All you need to learn abc.
Banjolin.co.uk Great source of mandolin music and tips.Jack Campin A Scotsman full of wisdom and great abc's.
Concertina.net Tune-O-Tron Converts abc to standard notation or midi
JC's Tunefinder Another great source of abc files.
Richard Robinson's Tunefinder Excellent collection of abc files.
The Session Good source of traditional abc files.
The Fiddler's Companion Another great source of Fiddle Tune abc's.....
I had been suffering with RSI in my right hand and used a Powerball and had a positive result. (my problem was mouse related, not mando! But they are good and help tone up the wrist and arms).....
Dave's Emporium supplier of Powerballs