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    Bluegrass mandolin is a style of mandolin playing most commonly heard in bluegrass bands. At the beginning of the twentieth century, mandolin orchestras...
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    mandolins feature prominently in European classical music and traditional music. Archtop instruments are common in American folk music and bluegrass music...
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  • of bluegrass bands. A bluegrass band is a group of musicians who play acoustic stringed instruments, typically some combination of guitar, mandolin, fiddle...
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    Sam Bush (category American bluegrass guitarists)
    Buying his first mandolin at the age of 11, his musical interest was further piqued when he attended the inaugural Roanoke, VA Bluegrass Festival in 1965...
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    Traditional bluegrass performers believe the "correct" instrumentation is that used by Bill Monroe's band, the Blue Grass Boys (guitar, mandolin, fiddle,...
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    and songwriter, and created the bluegrass music genre. Because of this, he is often called the "Father of Bluegrass". The genre takes its name from his...
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    Watchhouse (redirect from Mandolin Orange)
    Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange) is an Americana/folk duo based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The group was formed in 2009 in Chapel Hill, North...
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    (guitar), and Paul Hoffman (mandolin), who initially played together at an open mic night. As newcomers to the bluegrass scene, the three drew upon an...
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    Ricky Skaggs (category American bluegrass mandolinists)
    American neotraditional country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar...
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  • All American Bluegrass Girl is the 11th album released from bluegrass musician Rhonda Vincent. The album was released on May 23, 2006, via Rounder Records...
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  • Chop chord (redirect from Mandolin chop)
    Dix (2010). Getting Into Bluegrass Mandolin, p.18. Mel Bay. ISBN 9781610651196. "Mandolin Glossary: Chop Chord". MandolinCafe.com. Retrieved 24 March...
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  • Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra is an internationally-touring English-language bluegrass ensemble from Oslo, Norway, who have been nominated for a Norwegian...
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    David Grisman (category American bluegrass musicians)
    and Recipients". The Bluegrass Situation. July 19, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2023. Berkofsky, Joseph (June 16, 1995). "Mandolin-Playing Duo Plucks Tunes...
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    American country and bluegrass singer Ricky Skaggs. Many members of the band have won numerous awards. Bandleader Ricky Skaggs plays mandolin and is the lead...
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  • Mike Compton (musician) (category American bluegrass mandolinists)
    worked in bluegrass music, old-time music, folk music, and country blues. Compton is recognized for his interpretation of Bill Monroe’s mandolin style, performing...
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    Billy Strings (category American bluegrass musicians)
    multiple traditional bluegrass instruments. In 2012, Don Julin, a mandolin player from Traverse City, Michigan, and author of Mandolin for Dummies, asked...
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  • Americana-bluegrass) Mandolin Society of Peterborough Sydney Mandolins Artist Director: Adrian Hooper Bone, Philip J. (1914). The Guitar and Mandolin. Schott...
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    The Dillards (category American bluegrass music groups)
    Dillards are an American bluegrass and country rock band from Salem, Missouri. The band is notable for introducing bluegrass music into the popular mainstream...
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  • Compton is an American bluegrass mandolin player. In addition to his solo albums and recordings with the Nashville Bluegrass Band and John Hartford,...
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    Nashville Mandolin Ensemble in 1990. Their musical repertoire included bluegrass, classical, Celtic, and jazz, and they revived the 19th-century mandolin orchestra...
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    Doyle Lawson (category American bluegrass mandolinists)
    April 20, 1944) is an American traditional bluegrass and Southern gospel musician. He is best known as a mandolin player, vocalist, producer, and leader of...
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  • The Seldom Scene (category American bluegrass music groups)
    The Seldom Scene is an American bluegrass band that formed in 1971 in Bethesda, Maryland. The band's original line-up comprised John Starling on lead...
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    Gibson F-5 (redirect from F5 Mandolin)
    popular and most imitated American mandolin, and the best-known F-5 was owned by Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass music, who in turn helped identify...
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  • Wakefield Passes". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved April 29, 2024. Friskics-Warren, Bill (May 2, 2024). "Frank Wakefield, Who Expanded the Mandolin's Range, Dies...
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    the mandolin found a new niche in American country, old-time music, bluegrass and folk music. More recently, the Baroque and Classical mandolin repertory...
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  • The Nashville Bluegrass Band is an American bluegrass music ensemble founded in 1984. The group's members first played together in 1984 as a backing band...
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    Bryan Sutton (category Bluegrass musicians from North Carolina)
    Primarily known as a flatpicking acoustic guitar player, Sutton also plays mandolin, banjo, ukulele, and electric guitar. He also sings and writes songs. Sutton's...
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  • The Country Gentlemen (category American bluegrass music groups)
    and John Duffey on mandolin, with Eddie Adcock on banjo and Tom Gray on bass. They were inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor...
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    J. D. Crowe (category Bluegrass Album Band members)
    Williams: mandolin and Terry Smith: bass (Old Homestead OH-159). 1968: Bluegrass Holiday (with Red Allen (guitar), Doyle Lawson (mandolin), Bobby Slone...
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  • The Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the...
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