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JazzMando

Opening the frontiers of jazz to the proactive mandolinist.

About Me

Ted Eschliman, Site Author, www.JazzMando.com and writer for Mel Bay Publishing and Music Inc Magazine . Devoted Dad and husband.
Please visit my educational mandolin website at JazzMando.com .
For the curious jazz mandolinist...

Check out our Mandolin Sessions Archives from Mel Bay.

"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice... In practice there is." Yogi Berra

Read the latest "Tips and Tricks" for the jazz mandolinist.

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My Interests

Bringing the fascinating worlds of Jazz and Mandolin together, being a Dad, and a really really good cup of fresh ground/fresh brewed coffee.

I'd like to meet:

Chris Thile

Music:

Jazz, Classical, Choro, Praise Band Music

Movies:

Being There (Peter Sellers), all the Ocean's Thirteen movies.

Television:

Suggestion: Kill your television. Practice more....

Books:


Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend (Michael Dregni)
Choro: A Social History of a Brazilian Popular Music (Tamara Elena Livingston-Isenhour, Thomas George Caracas Garcia)
Inner Game of Tennis (W. Timothy Gallwey)
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Malcolm Gladwell)
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Malcolm Gladwell)
The Heart of the Artist (Rory Noland)
Effortless Mastery (Kenny Werner)

Heroes:

Scott Tichenor, Corey Christiansen, Don Stiernberg, Michael Lampert, Will Patton, Paul Glasse, Tim Pratt, Paul Eschliman

My Blog

Comfortable Jazz Chords for Mandolin

Digging into jazz right away...   If you started playing a guitar before mandolin, you probably began like a million other novices by learning three simple, but satisfying chords. There are a cou...
Posted by JazzMando on Mon, 21 May 2007 05:48:00 PST

FFcP: Four Fingers, only Four Keys on a Mandolin!

FFcP Roundup About five years ago, I started cataloging a unique approach to mandolin fretboard familiarity on my website JazzMando.com. I felt the traditional approach to learning the instrument...
Posted by JazzMando on Thu, 17 May 2007 10:14:00 PST