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You are welcome Jeff! Indeed we like to use a variety of instruments :-)

I just realized that I should have posted this to another category, I guess I got confused with the "Video" in the title of the category...apologies...

A year ago, the orchestra I play with in Athens Greece (MandolinARTE) performed its last concert before the pandemic (ahhhh good times).

Anyway, we played a beautiful piece of music from the...

I would like to share a video I just uploaded on Youtube of our recording of Johann Sigismund Weiss concerto for guitar and orchestra.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Dcmc5vPx4

The...

I am really impressed with the amount of interaction and discussion this thread is enjoying. Thank you all!

I would like to share a story as food for thought:
A lot of years ago (early 80s) I...

Thanks for the comments DavidKOS! I have seen my share of "wrong" or "weird" pick holding techniques over the years, but lately I am re-considering and I now think of them as different...
Also,...

Hi Henry,
actually the technique displayed in the photo is the one used by Yaki Reuven. In his interview he says for his technique: "...My way of holding the pick is based on the idea of the bow. If...

I have made a lot of experiments over the years related with the technique of holding the pick and I have soon realized that there is no right way to hold a pick. This is perhaps easier understood by...

The concert took place yesterday and it was amazing.
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Here is a small clip showing this huge choir singing the beautiful song "Myrtia":

https://youtu.be/0rLZPwT9p6E

Here is a link to...

And finally two video from yesterday's rehearsal... featuring the composer, conducting, and a beautiful a Capella song!

https://www.facebook.com/eleni.voudouraki/videos/10155221461161469/

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Here is a video from the finale of previous concert in Athens, featuring 300 singers and the symphonic orchestra, (9 Feb 2017)

https://youtu.be/B67r45mAueI

Sharing some very good news:
The mandolin in Greece is becoming more popular lately and I am very happy about it! Today, a concert will take place, featuring 30 choirs with 1000 singers and a...

I would like to share with all mandolin lovers using Mandolin Cafe forums a great mandolin-related success story taking place now in Greece.

MandolinARTE, the Plucked Orchestra of Athens is giving...

Great! I love mandolin orchestras. Although it seems that today they are not as popular as they once were in the US, they are still popular here in Greece.
Being a member of an orchestra is the best...

I have ended up with the following pattern:
- at the beginning, when learning a song, I never use a metronome,
- once I have learned to play it without big mistakes, I use a metronome cause it...

Jim, David,
The next rehearsal of the mandolinarte orchestra has been setup for the 15th of December. I will get a full copy of the piece then for you guys.
It is going to be a nice piece to...

I think that really tremolo can be very expressive, and in this case it matters how it starts and especially how it finishes (slowing down). Anyway, that is why playing music is so nice. Everybody is...

Hi Jim,
very happy that you like it (I mean both the site and our performances). The Waltz is fantastic piece of music, I agree with you - my wife even asked me to convert it to a ringtone for her...

The best tremolo I had ever heard was from a senior in a mandolin orchestra in Greece. I wish I had a way to measure how many strokes he was doing per second. It was amazing, a completely continuous...

Although it is not a full featured music notation software, Vextab is a very interesting piece of software. I use it at my blog to show music scores and tabs and even chord diagrams. Check for...

I am afraid the classical guitar approach is really not suitable for the mandolin. I am a classical guitar player as well and I know what you mean.
Here are some points to remember
- Position first...

Hi all,
the Mandolin Orchestra of Athens (Greece) just released its web site: www.poa-mandolinarte.org

I am proud to be a member of the orchestra playing octave mandolin and also the one that...

Thanks Kieran, I love Piazolla music. I want to record some more, hopefully soon.

The Plectrum Strings Orchestra of Athens where I now play the octave mandolin, is working on Otono Porteno from a...

Hi Martin,
thank you for the permission, I like this picture very much.

I followed your instructions and I am happy that now the Seattle Mandolin Orchestra appears at the home page of my blog...