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Gerry Hastie
Oct-24-2009, 7:10am
Very intriguing stuff. Can anyone identify these instruments? They look like they have six strings.
They must have a hell of a callouses! Either that or feather weight strings, flat frets and awfy low action!
Gerry Hastie
Oct-24-2009, 7:12am
I just checked the website. The link at the bottom left of the screen on their website explains about the Indian Mandolin!
Scott Tichenor
Oct-24-2009, 7:25am
Their YouTube site has a lot of interview from this appearance. I just want to hear the music, and it's there. Great playing, and very interesting. When they play the same parts in tandem it's sort of mesmerizing.
sgarrity
Oct-24-2009, 8:12am
And now for something completely different! That was cool. Those girls obviously have some talent. Anybody got tab for that?? :))
Larry S Sherman
Oct-24-2009, 11:10am
Excellent find...I love Carnartic classical.
Here's part 2:
It appears that one sister is playing a Sahmax, and the other has no name on the headstock.
Here's a picture of two I found in India:
http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=33315&d=0
More about the mandolins in this thread. (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8537&highlight=india)
Larry
Bill Snyder
Oct-24-2009, 10:40pm
The two mandolins the sisters are playing in the video appear to be identical, but as you point out one does not have a name on the headstock.
fishtownmike
Oct-24-2009, 11:02pm
Are they mandolins since they have six single strings instead of the 4 tier of a standard mandolin?
jefflester
Oct-26-2009, 3:22pm
Are they mandolins since they have six single strings instead of the 4 tier of a standard mandolin?
Only 5, actually.
delsbrother
Oct-26-2009, 5:52pm
Cool! Does this mean we can actually argue about Srinivas clones like we already argue about Monroe clones and Thile clones? Um sorry, stylists. :popcorn:
kalenh
Oct-26-2009, 6:13pm
Cool! Does this mean we can actually argue about Srinivas clones like we already argue about Monroe clones and Thile clones? Um sorry, stylists. :popcorn:
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm158/k4r03/clone_meme.jpg
:))
I know...it's an old meme...but I couldn't resist.
mrmando
Oct-26-2009, 6:56pm
Actually, the sisters list their gurus on their Web site ... and Srinivas is not among them!
delsbrother
Oct-26-2009, 7:45pm
Look! We're arguing!!!
To be fair, one of their gurus supposedly taught "the legendary Mandolin Srinivas." So Srinivas is acknowledged - if only to give cred to their common teacher. Hey, maybe the Sahmax was really just the instrument Vidwan Sri Rudraraju Subbaraju preferred to give his pupils?
Their site also has some of the "flowery" description so often lamented on Srinivas' site.. :whistling: