Build Your Own Hamdolin

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January/February 1985
By Wayne Erbsen 
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Anyway, I hope you'll give hamdolin making a try. I'll give you a quick course on playing a mandolin in the next issue of MOTHER. Meanwhile, any good book on the subject will get you started on your new instrument. I think you'll find that your hamdolin is especially good on such songs as "Ham Me Down My Walking Cane" and other old-time favorites like "Ham Sweet Ham."

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In fact, after you've practiced awhile, you can get together with other hamdolinists and form a "pork-estra."

Wouldn't that be a lard of fun? Good luck, and keep picking!

EDITOR'S NOTE: Wayne Erbsen is director of the Appalachian Music Program at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, North Carolina. Mr. Erbsen is also the author of a number of books on playing various instruments and types of music: Clawhammer Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus! ($6.95), Starting Bluegrass Banjo From Scratch ($7.95), The Complete & Painless Guide to the Guitar ($6.95), The Backpocket Bluegrass Songbook ($3.95), and The Backpocket Old-Time Songbook ($3.95). All are available for the cover price, plus $1.00 postage per order, from Wayne Erbsen, 825 Bee Tree Rd., Swannanoa, NC 28778.

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  • cory 1/13/2008 10:00:40 PM

    can you email a picture of your hamdolin and the deminsions for it,
    my computer is having problems loading the picture

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